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Aaron Ward

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Medical BiophysicsWestern University

Aaron Ward

Associate Professor

Department of Medical Biophysics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (2 SSHRC, 2 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Adjuvant Therapy Clinical Decision Support Digital Histopathology Machine Learning Prostate Cancer

Latest papers

Artificial intelligence may enhance the role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer focal therapy.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2026
Testing remote feedback using a virtual semi-automated educational tool for the detection of pancreatic tumour-vessel contact on staging CT.
Current problems in diagnostic radiology · 2026
Introduction to the JMI Special Section on Computational Pathology.
Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2025 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Histopathology image analysis for prostate cancer prognosis after radical prostatectomy
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$592,876
Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 6 grants and awards

15 publications.

Artificial intelligence may enhance the role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer focal therapy.

Au RC, Jenjitranant P, Cool DW, Izawa J, Inman B, Ward A, Chin JL

Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41391-025-00990-9 PMID: 40456969

Testing remote feedback using a virtual semi-automated educational tool for the detection of pancreatic tumour-vessel contact on staging CT.

Policelli R, Ward A, Dammak S, Kassam Z, Ramsewak D, Kalia V, Nadrah A, Wang D, Madubuobi H, Abbott C, Dawson C, McCarthy D, Balki I, Ladak I, Knezevic S, Marshall H

Current problems in diagnostic radiology2026

DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2025.10.007 PMID: 41162206

Introduction to the JMI Special Section on Computational Pathology.

Fei B, Nafi Gurcan M, Huo Y, Sarder P, Ward A

Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.12.6.061401 PMID: 41409435

Imaging Biomarkers in Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: A Review and Clinical Trial Protocol.

Liu W, Loblaw A, Laidley D, Fakir H, Mendez L, Davidson M, Kassam Z, Lee TY, Ward A, Thiessen J, Bayani J, Conyngham J, Bailey L, Andrews JD, Bauman G

Frontiers in oncology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.863848 PMID: 35494042

Defining radio-recurrent intra-prostatic target volumes using PSMA-targeted PET/CT and multi-parametric MRI

Liu W, Fakir H, Randhawa G, Alfano R, Corkum M, Kassam Z, Rachinsky I, Chung HT, Chung P, Loblaw A

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology202219 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.11.006

Short-duration dynamic [18F]DCFPyL PET and CT perfusion imaging to localize dominant intraprostatic lesions in prostate cancer: validation against digital histopathology and comparison to [18F]DCFPyL PET/MR at 120 minutes.

Yang DM, Alfano R, Bauman G, Thiessen JD, Chin J, Pautler S, Moussa M, Gomez JA, Rachinsky I, Gaed M, Chung KJ, Ward A, Lee TY

EJNMMI research2021

DOI: 10.1186/s13550-021-00844-0 PMID: 34652551

Stochastic Sequential Modeling: Toward Improved Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Through Temporal-Ultrasound.

Nahlawi L, Imani F, Gaed M, Gomez JA, Moussa M, Gibson E, Fenster A, Ward A, Abolmaesumi P, Mousavi P, Shatkay H

Annals of biomedical engineering2021

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02585-y PMID: 32779056

Correction to: Stochastic Sequential Modeling: Toward Improved Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Through Temporal-Ultrasound.

Nahlawi L, Imani F, Gaed M, Gomez JA, Moussa M, Gibson E, Fenster A, Ward A, Abolmaesumi P, Mousavi P, Shatkay H

Annals of biomedical engineering2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02601-1 PMID: 32901381

The Singularity is Near(ish): Emerging Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Cancer Management.

Chin J, Bauman G, Power N, Ward A

European urology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.12.006 PMID: 31926754

Measuring the Integration of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Plus Surgery for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial.

Palma DA, Nguyen TK, Louie AV, Malthaner R, Fortin D, Rodrigues GB, Yaremko B, Laba J, Kwan K, Gaede S, Lee T, Ward A, Warner A, Inculet R

JAMA oncology2019

DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6993 PMID: 30789648

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Aaron Ward

Research

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Latest funding

Artificial intelligence may enhance the role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer focal therapy.

Testing remote feedback using a virtual semi-automated educational tool for the detection of pancreatic tumour-vessel contact on staging CT.

Introduction to the JMI Special Section on Computational Pathology.

Imaging Biomarkers in Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: A Review and Clinical Trial Protocol.

Defining radio-recurrent intra-prostatic target volumes using PSMA-targeted PET/CT and multi-parametric MRI

Short-duration dynamic [18F]DCFPyL PET and CT perfusion imaging to localize dominant intraprostatic lesions in prostate cancer: validation against digital histopathology and comparison to [18F]DCFPyL PET/MR at 120 minutes.

Stochastic Sequential Modeling: Toward Improved Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Through Temporal-Ultrasound.

Correction to: Stochastic Sequential Modeling: Toward Improved Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Through Temporal-Ultrasound.

The Singularity is Near(ish): Emerging Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Cancer Management.

Measuring the Integration of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Plus Surgery for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial.

Histopathology image analysis for prostate cancer prognosis after radical prostatectomy

Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma

Hybrid human-machine learning for prediction of immunotherapy success in squamous cell carcinoma

Machine learning-based quantitative image, tissue, and clinical data analysis for lesion detection and characterization on prostate cancer imaging

Advancing Personalized Cancer Care with an Automated Radiomics-Based Radiation Therapy Method

Quantitative 3D digital pathology image analysis for tissue characterization on prostate cancer imaging

Frequent collaborators

Glenn Bauman

Ting-Yim Lee

Stephen Pautler

Andrew Loblaw

Keith Kwan

Parvin Mousavi

Aaron Fenster

Purang Abolmaesumi

Stewart Gaede

Jenna Sykes

Ting Lee

Jonathan Thiessen

Edward Yu

Katherine Zukotynski

Brant Inman

Nicholas Power

Gerard Morton

Robert Bartha

John F Valliant

Katherine Zukotynski