Osmar Zaiane, University of Toronto

Research

Artificial Intelligence Conversational Agent Major Depressive Disorder Agentic Ai Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Latest funding

MIRA for Adaptive CLinical Evaluation in Depression (MIRACLE-D): Design and Evaluation of an AI-Powered Personalized Virtual Assistant for Depression Care
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Trauma-focused Responsive AI Using MIRA (TRAUMIRA): Development and Evaluation of a Trauma-Focused AI Conversational Agent for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Care
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$823,905
Co-Designing MIRA: A Community-Based Digital Partner to Support Personalized Depression Care and Advance Health Equity
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$150,000

MIRA for Adaptive CLinical Evaluation in Depression (MIRACLE-D): Design and Evaluation of an AI-Powered Personalized Virtual Assistant for Depression Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant - PA: INMHA Health Effects of Digital Applications and AI

Principal investigators: Bhat, Venkat; Gallson, Dave; Greenshaw, Andrew J; Jetly, Rakesh; Lou, Wen-Yi W; Mulsant, Benoit H; Porter, Ken D; Rockwell, Geoffrey M; Selby, Peter L; Sharma, Divya; Zaiane, Osmar R

Keywords: Agentic Ai; Artificial Intelligence; Conversational Agent; Major Depressive Disorder

$100,000

Trauma-focused Responsive AI Using MIRA (TRAUMIRA): Development and Evaluation of a Trauma-Focused AI Conversational Agent for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bhat, Venkat; Gallson, Dave; Greenshaw, Andrew J; Jetly, Rakesh; Monson, Candice; Porter, Ken D; Rockwell, Geoffrey M; Sharma, Divya; Zaiane, Osmar R

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Conversational Agent; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

$823,905

Co-Designing MIRA: A Community-Based Digital Partner to Support Personalized Depression Care and Advance Health Equity

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - General Pool

Principal investigators: Bhat, Venkat; Porter, Ken D; Greenshaw, Andrew J; Zaiane, Osmar R

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Major Depressive Disorder

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Artificial Intelligence Dear Professor Zaiane, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on artificial intelligence connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "MIRA for Adaptive CLinical Evaluation in Depression (MIRACLE-D): Design and Evaluation of an AI-Powered Personalized Virtual Assistant for Depression Care" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]