About Me

Bill Qi | Ph.D. graduate | McGill University


I am an AI/ML developer with a passion for building practical applications. My work spans from generative AI to computational biology, focusing on creating robust and scalable models and applications.


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Publications


  • PhD Thesis: "Advancing the understanding and treatment of psychiatric and other complex diseases through machine learning and omics"  Link
  • Qi, Bill, and Yannis J. Trakadis. "Graph Representation Learning for the Prediction of Medication Usage in the UK Biobank Based on Pharmacogenetic Variants." Bioengineering 12.6 (2025): 595.  Link
  • Qi, Bill, and Yannis J Trakadis. "Advancing Clinical Psychiatry: Integration of Clinical and Omics Data Using Machine Learning." Biological psychiatry (2023).  Link
  • Qi, Bill, Sonia Boscenco, Janani Ramamurthy, and Yannis J. Trakadis. "Transcriptomics and machine learning to advance schizophrenia genetics: A case-control study using post-mortem brain data." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (2021).  Link
  • Trakadis Yannis, Andrea Accogli, Bill Qi, David Bloom, Ridha Joober, Emmanuel Levy, Karim Tabbane. "Next-generation gene panel testing in adolescents and adults in a medical neuropsychiatric genetics clinic." Neurogenetics (2021).  Link
  • Qi, Bill, Janani Ramamurthy, Imane Bennani, and Yannis J. Trakadis. "Machine learning and bioinformatic analysis of brain and blood mRNA profiles in major depressive disorder: A case-control study." American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics (2021).  Link
  • Qi, Bill, Kellie MacDonald, Marcelo T. Berlim, Allan Fielding, Eric Lis, Nancy Low, StĂ©phane Richard-Devantoy et al. "Balance problems, paralysis, and angina as clinical markers for severity in major depression." Frontiers in Psychiatry (2020).  Link/
  • MacDonald, Kellie, Yuting Jiang, Ankur Krishnan, Sameer Sardaar, Bill Qi, Aristotelis Eleftheriadis, Stephen J. Glatt et al. "Patient stratification using metabolomics to address the heterogeneity of psychosis." Schizophrenia Bulletin Open (2020).  Link
  • Qi, Bill, Laura M. Fiori, Gustavo Turecki, and Yannis J. Trakadis. "Machine learning analysis of blood microRNA data in major depression: a case-control study for biomarker discovery." International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (2020).  Link
  • Sardaar, Sameer, Bill Qi, Alexandre Dionne-Laporte, Guy A. Rouleau, Reihaneh Rabbany, and Yannis J. Trakadis. "Machine learning analysis of exome trios to contrast the genomic architecture of autism and schizophrenia." BMC psychiatry 20, no. 1 (2020): 1-11.  Link
  • Azar, Marleine, Kira E. Riehm, Nazanin Saadat, Tatiana Sanchez, Matthew Chiovitti, Lin Qi, Danielle B. Rice et al. "Evaluation of Journal Registration Policies and Prospective Registration of Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonregulated Health Care Interventions." JAMA internal medicine (2019).  Link
  • Rice, Danielle B., Lorie A. Kloda, Brooke Levis, Bill Qi, Emily Kingsland, and Brett D. Thombs. "Are MEDLINE searches sufficient for systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools? A review of meta-analyses." Journal of psychosomatic research 87 (2016): 7-13.  Link

Explore some of my other creations


Topic modeling EHR data

Extract topics based on ICD9-codes.

Bayesian Fine-mapping of Genetic Loci

Identifying causal genetic variants using genome-wide association summary statistics

Marathon Time Prediction

Predict a runner's time in a new marathon based on previous race times.

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Animated Weather

What is the weather like today?

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Colorful Calculator

Has 9 different colors!

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Pomodoro Clock

Trouble concentrating? Try the Pomodoro technique!

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Wikipedia Search Engine

Read some random articles!

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Random Quote Generator

Find your inspiration!

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ChatMedia.io

Ask any question about your videos!

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