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Javier Alfaro leads a bioinformatics biomedical AI group at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. His research integrates proteogenomics, immunopeptidomics, and machine learning to design RNA therapeutics and cancer vaccines. He has previously served as a Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical AI at the University of Edinburgh and participated in research fellowships at the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science in Gdańsk. Dr. Alfaro has significantly contributed to the European Union Horizon KATY and UK MANIFEST projects focused on AI-guided immunotherapy. His research centers on cancer integrative omics and bioinformatics engineering, advancing biomedical artificial intelligence and developing immunity-based cancer vaccines and immunotherapies. With over 35 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Alfaro's work has appeared in prestigious journals such as Nature Methods, Nature Communications, and Cancer Cell, and he has an h-index of 17.
Cumming School of Medicine • Calgary, AB
Leading bioinformatics biomedical AI group focusing on cancer-related research.
Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.