Dr. Nardin Samuel

Dr. Nardin Samuel is currently a resident physician and scientist at the University of Toronto, specializing in Neuroscience. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles in neuroscience and oncology. She is also the CEO & Co-founder of Cove Neurosciences, an enterprise developing an innovative software tool that provides advanced brain data analysis in psychiatry and neurology.

Dr. Samuel is one of the board members of the Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada and an Advisory Board Member of iGan Partners. Meanwhile, she has taken part in multiple speaking engagements in 2023, including Roche International Women’s Day Luncheon and Roundtable (March 2023), Limitless Organization (February 2023), and Health Innovation Hub at University of Toronto (January 2023) and the RBC Women in Data Science Conference (May 2024) .

Dr. Samuel is also taking an active part in undergraduate and graduate education and is a lecturer and course coordinator in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Specifically, she is one of the supervisors in an undergraduate biotechnology project course (since September 2023) and has been a guest lecturer in the Medical Device and Entrepreneurship course for graduates since January 2023. She also created the Medical Innovation in Technology Course for medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is a successful entrepreneur, physician, and leader. She has recently been awarded with the Leadership Award by the 2023 Women Empowerment Awards (awarded in 2024). She has also been placed in the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada list by WXN.