Dr. Ali Sadeghi Naini

Biography

Ali Sadeghi-Naini received his MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Tehran Polytechnic University in 2006 and earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario in 2011. He enriched his education through participation in the NSERC CREATE program for Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions. He completed four years of postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, supported by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and awarded the Banting postdoctoral fellowship from CIHR. His seminal studies demonstrated the use of novel ultrasonic spectral textural biomarkers at low frequencies to detect cell death. He is a core member of a team translating basic science findings into emerging clinical applications to predict and monitor tumor responses in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In 2015, he began his independent research program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, serving as a Scientist in the Physical Sciences Platform within the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Odette Cancer Centre and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. In 2018, he joined the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, holding cross-appointments in the Departments of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Research Institute. He is currently an Associate Professor and York Research Chair in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University.

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