Dr. Igor Jurisica is a Senior Scientist at Osteoarthritis Research Program, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Schroeder Arthritis Institute and Data Science Discovery Centre for Chronic Diseases, Krembil Research Institute, Professor at University of Toronto, and Visiting Scientist at IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. Since 2015 he has served as Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab, Rotman School of Management, and since 2021 has served as the scientific director of the World Community Grid.

His research focuses on integrative informatics and the representation, analysis, and visualization of high-dimensional data to identify prognostic/predictive signatures, determine clinically relevant combination therapies, and develop accurate models of drug mechanism of action and disease-altered signaling cascades. Dr. Jurisica has published extensively on data mining, visualization, and integrative computational biology and has received international recognition for his work in artificial intelligence and its role in drug discovery and advanced healthcare.