{"id":2774,"date":"2025-05-07T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/?post_type=qsc_member&#038;p=2774"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:41:53","slug":"amber-simpson-phd","status":"publish","type":"qsc_member","link":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/members\/amber-simpson-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Simpson, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex qsc-member-single-core-info-container\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow qsc-member-single-photo-column\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Simpson_Photo-e1668632892106.jpg\" class=\"qsc-member-single-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Simpson_Photo-e1668632892106.jpg 594w, https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Simpson_Photo-e1668632892106-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow qsc-member-single-info-column\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-name\"><h1>Amber Simpson, PhD<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-position\">Director<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-department\">School of Computing, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-organization\">Queen&#8217;s University<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-contact\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-socials\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amber-simpson-70945a16\/\" title=\"LinkedIn\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=MZc-H1EAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Google Scholar\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-google-scholar\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qsc-member-bio\">\n\t\n<p>Dr. Amber Simpson is a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Computing and Informatics and an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences and the School of Computing at Queen\u2019s University. 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