Student Collaborators
Simon Altmejd
Email: simon.altmejd@mail.mcgill.ca
Simon on LinkedIn | University profile
Simon is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University in the field of Strategy and Organization. He is interested in the role of emerging technologies in organizational knowledge, knowing, and power relations. He holds a BEng from McGill University and an MBA from HEC Montréal. Prior to joining the program, Simon was a biomedical engineer, designing technologies for respiratory research and collaborating with scientists around the world to advance projects. Simon also worked as a consultant in innovation for a global management consulting firm.
Anand Bhardwaj
Email: anand.bhardwaj@mail.mcgill.ca
Anand on Google Scholar | LinkedIn | Website | University profile
Anand is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University in the field of Strategy and Organization. He's interested in qualitative research on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in organizational knowledge and knowing. He holds a prior PhD in Computational Systems Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Prior to joining McGill, he was an AI Strategist and Data Scientist with Accenture, where he designed and executed both AI algorithms and organizational digital transformations at multiple North American Fortune 500 companies.
Gina Page
Email: gina.page@mail.mcgill.ca
Gina on LinkedIn | University profile
Gina is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University in the field of Strategy and Organization. She holds a specialized Bachelor of Health Science in Addiction and Mental Health, from the University of Lethbridge, and she spent her first career in frontline community clinical practice. Based on her interest in healing and physical space, she completed a Masters of Architecture from the University of Toronto. Before pursing her PhD, Gina worked within a Toronto hospital leading complex and high stakes design projects with divergent stakeholder groups. Her current doctoral research focuses on professions under threat, and how they respond.
Wadih Renno
Email: wadih.renno@mail.mcgill.ca
Wadih on Google Scholar | LinkedIn | University profile
Wadih is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University in the field of Strategy and Organization. He holds a BE in Computer and Communications Engineering, and an MBA from the American University of Beirut. Prior to joining the program, Wadih worked for ten years in research, project management, sales, non-profit management and fundraising. Interested in understanding how people collaborate in different situations and what role technology plays in that process, Wadih has presented his work at the Academy of Management (AOM).
Xian Zhu
Email: xian.zhu2@mail.mcgill.ca
Xian on Research Gate | University profile
Xian is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University in the field of Strategy and Organization. He holds a Master's degree in Public Administration (research oriented) at the Tsinghua University. He is interested in cross-disciplinary collaboration in complex settings that include technological transformation, emergency and crises, and temporary organizations. Under this topic, he explores empirical phenomena as diverse as the organizing dynamics of temporary shelter hospitals at the Wuhan City immediately after Covid-19 outbreak; the scaling up of the Chinese medical mask industry; and the interaction between emergency call takers, callers, and frontline police officers.
Zhuoyue Pang
Email: zhuoyue.pang@mail.mcgill.ca
Zhuoyue on LinkedIn| University Profile
Zhuoyue is a PhD student at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, in the field of Strategy and Organization. She holds a Master of Philosophy in Management (thesis-oriented) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Master of Applied Psychology (thesis-oriented) from Peking University. She is interested in qualitative and quantitative research on the role of AI, open innovation, and lower-status groups in healthcare practices. She has presented her work at leading conferences such as the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention (SPSP). She has received several awards, including a postgraduate studentship award in Hong Kong (total funding of approximately HK$432,720), a full-tuition summer visiting scholarship in Japan, and a National Scholarship in China.
Before joining McGill, she was the President of the Graduate Students & Alumni Association (GSAA) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a director of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for University Students in Shanghai.
Nasrin Sultana
Email: nasrin.sultana@hec.ca
Nasrin on LinkedIn| Google Scholar
Nasrin will be completing her PhD in administration from the Department of International Business at HEC Montreal in Summer 2024. She has been investigating the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem and the Life Science and Health Technology (LSHT) ecosystem in Quebec to understand the context of innovation in healthcare using AI. Part of her doctoral research, titled "Open Innovation for Sustainability in Healthcare" is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship. In her postdoctoral research, she plans to expand her research and delve deeper into the context, and therefore, will be investigating the context of "Implementation of artificial intelligence for achieving sustainability in healthcare" under the supervision of Dr. Samer Faraj. This research is also funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Edie Pearman
Email: edie.pearman@mail.mcgill.ca
Edie on LinkedIn
Edie is in her final year at McGill University, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Management. Within the Complex Collaboration team, she has focused on analyzing data to improve our understanding of surgery wait times and operating room throughput in Quebec. Her other interests include data governance and how AI intersects with the cultural connotations of objectivity, materiality, and automation.
Göktuğ Bender
Email: Goktug.Bender@mail.mcgill.ca
Göktuğ on LinkedIn
Göktuğ Bender is currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Psychology with minors in Behavioral Science and Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. He has been honored as a recipient of the James McGill Scholarship and as a Global Health Scholar. His work as a recipient of the McGill Journal of Human Behavior Fellowship involved crafting a paper on the future directions of AI in healthcare. Currently, as a recipient of the McCAIS Undergraduate Research Award (McURA), he is working on a project to evaluate and enhance precision medicine in Quebec, crafting a capacity building roadmap through AI. With a profound interest in the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, Göktuğ is particularly focused on exploring the implementation of various AI models in precision medicine and relevant research infrastructures while assessing socio-technical feasibility and ethical considerations inherent in this domain.