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Brandon Helfield is a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biophysics in Human Health. He holds positions as an Assistant Professor in both the Physics and Biology departments at Concordia University. His research focuses on biomedical ultrasound imaging, including the application of focused ultrasound therapy in treating cardiovascular diseases. Additionally, he is involved in gene editing and targeted delivery methods using microbubbles, as well as cellular immunotherapy. Helfield completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh and earned his doctoral degree in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, following a Bachelor of Science in Physics from McGill University. He has been recognized with several awards, including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career at the Scientific Interface Award and the Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Echocardiography, among others.
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