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Experience and evidence

Research, public-health analytics, biomedical innovation, and the operational and community work alongside them. Each entry describes my contribution and its scope, with a source where one is available.

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Andres Bravo

Biomedical innovator and applied health-AI researcher, working toward a physician-innovator path.

andres@thoughtforawhile.com · LinkedIn · thoughtforawhile.com

Experience chronology

32 experiences. 88 records in the complete CV.

  1. Research

    Research Assistant in AI and Mental Health

    University of Toronto / Unity Health Toronto collaboration

    • Contributed to research and evidence synthesis at the intersection of mental health and AI. The scope includes research planning, prototype evaluation, and scientific communication with attention to safety and human oversight.
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  2. Research

    AI4PH Data and Analytics Intern

    Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

    • Developing an exploratory public-health analytics workflow with attention to survey context, equity, privacy, reproducibility, and human interpretation. Public methods are described in two Phiz articles.
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  3. Research

    Biomedical Innovation Graduate Project Lead

    McMaster University

    • Academic venture work connecting clinical needs, workflow mapping, prototype thinking, and validation planning. MedPal, SanaPen, and AcuPoint are described as concepts or prototypes, with team contributions kept explicit.
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  4. Education

    Master of Biomedical Innovation

    McMaster University

    • Graduate education in biomedical innovation, including interdisciplinary academic venture work.
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  5. Leadership

    Director of Clinic

    Medical Innovation and Global Health Association

    • Student-association leadership supporting interdisciplinary learning and connection. This is an educational leadership role, not independent clinical management.
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  6. Research

    Surgical AI Research Lead

    Tufts Medical Center / UPMC

    • A continuing surgical-AI research role as the lab moved from Tufts to UPMC. The work connects video annotation, model evaluation, evidence synthesis, and research coordination with clinical and technical collaborators.
    1. Tufts Medical Center May 2024–September 2026
    2. UPMC September 2026–present
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  7. Research

    AI Research Assistant

    Tufts Medical Center

    • Supported surgical-video annotation and collaborative research writing in thoracic AI.
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  8. Leadership

    Peer Mentor

    College of Biological Science, University of Guelph

    • Peer mentoring within the College of Biological Science.
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  9. Operations

    Unit Clerk

    Emergency Mental Health and Addictions, Homewood Health at Guelph General Hospital

    • Administrative coordination in an emergency mental-health and addictions setting, with careful communication and confidential information handling. This work sits within the care team’s support operations.
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  10. Education

    Secondary Education

    Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute

    • Secondary education retained in the complete résumé.
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  11. Research

    AI Research Assistant

    Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital research collaboration

    Dates not specified

    • Supported robotic-thoracic-surgery research through literature synthesis and video-annotation work with clinical and technical collaborators.
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Publications, abstracts, and writing

Awards and recognition

  1. MBI scholarship recognising community engagement in biomedical innovation

    McMaster scholarship recognition for community engagement in biomedical innovation.

  2. Inaugural MBI Pitch Competition — AcuPoint

    Team recognition for an academic venture pitch.

  3. MBI end-of-year final pitch — SanaPen

    Team recognition for an academic venture pitch. This does not establish clinical validation or product deployment.

  4. Entrance scholarship — University of Guelph

    Entrance scholarship recognition. The formal award title and date remain to be reconciled.

  5. Partners in Health Canada Global Health Case Competition — team recognition

    Recognition for a collaborative student case proposal.

  6. University of Guelph Dean’s Honour List

    Academic honour-list recognition recorded in the résumé.

  7. Honours BSc graduation with distinction

    Academic graduation distinction in biomedical science.

Courses and training

  1. Academic Research Integrity and Ethics — SGS101

    Graduate research integrity and ethics training.

  2. AODA Training — SGS201

    Accessibility training recorded in the résumé.

  3. Introduction to AI for Public Health

    An introductory course in AI for public health.

  4. Scaling Sports Medicine with AI

    Professional development on lifelong mobility and cardiovascular health beyond sport.

  5. Animal Facility Safety and Orientation

    Research-facility safety and orientation training.

  6. Animal Welfare Guidelines at TCP

    Training in research animal-welfare guidelines.

  7. Regulatory Oversight and Animal Ethics

    Training in research oversight and animal ethics.

  8. Smart Serve

    Service training recorded in the résumé.

Skills and tools

  1. Python

  2. R

  3. pandas

  4. NumPy

  5. scikit-learn

  6. Git / GitHub

  7. Reproducible analysis workflows

    Jupyter, VS Code, Kubeflow, configuration-driven scripts, GitHub Actions, pull requests, provenance documentation, and synthetic testing.

  8. Exploratory public-health analytics

    Data dictionaries, eligibility and routing-aware preprocessing, missingness analysis, mixed data, FAMD, clustering, model comparison, robustness checks, privacy suppression, and equity review.

  9. Data visualization and scientific communication

    Persona profiles, UMAP and t-SNE views, scientific figures, technical documentation, plain-language interpretation, presentations, and offline HTML materials.

  10. Surgical computer vision

    CVAT and Mosaic; anatomy, instrument, phase, and step annotation; dataset curation and harmonization; segmentation evaluation; research involving Mask R-CNN and XMem.

  11. LLM and agent prototypes

    OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, Pydantic structured outputs, sequential agent workflows, and Gemini-based command parsing.

  12. Web and interface development

    React, TypeScript, Vite, HTML/CSS, Canvas 2D, Framer Motion, responsive interfaces, reusable components, and MkDocs. MedPal work also includes Next.js and Supabase.

  13. AI-assisted development with human review

    Agent-supported research, coding, documentation, and iteration, with human review and explicit limits on what generated outputs establish.

  14. Biomedical innovation methods

    Needs assessment, stakeholder interviews, requirements, user journeys, wireframing, patient and clinician UX, CAD and 3D modelling, early prototyping, usability walkthroughs, risk analysis, market assessment, business models, pitching, and implementation planning.

  15. Research and evidence synthesis

    Literature searching and screening, systematic-review support, narrative reviews, biostatistics, experimental design, protocol development, scientific writing, abstracts, manuscripts, tables, figures, ethics submissions, and interdisciplinary coordination.

  16. Healthcare operations and governance research

    Biomedical foundations, hospital administration, confidential documentation, PHIPA-related workflows, escalation processes, FDA and Health Canada pathway research, reimbursement and intellectual-property concepts, and project-level NIST AI RMF documentation.

  17. Leadership and communication

    Mentoring, workshop facilitation, stakeholder communication, project tracking, remote collaboration, event logistics, and knowledge translation.

  18. Earlier laboratory and technical exposure

    The career record also includes PCR, gene sequencing, cell culture, histology, and LLM fine-tuning. These are retained as source-reported experience rather than a current proficiency rating.

Languages — self-assessed

  1. English — fluent, self-assessed

  2. Spanish — advanced, self-assessed

  3. French — basic, self-assessed

  4. Italian — basic, self-assessed

Community participation and service

  1. Member — Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine

    Participation in a multidisciplinary health-AI community at the University of Toronto.

  2. CIAMI / GE Healthcare panel participation

    Professional learning and panel participation recorded in the historical activity table.

Interests

  1. Recreational co-ed soccer

    Recreational participation, kept separate from professional credentials.

  2. Running, cycling, strength training, and golf

    Recreational interests recorded in the résumé.

  3. Sketching, with earlier painting and sculpting

    Creative interests described at their recorded scope, without claiming a current professional art practice.

  4. How health AI behaves outside its development setting.

  5. Public writing that makes uncertainty and responsible practice understandable.

  6. Learning across clinical, technical, and public-health perspectives.

Experience chronology

  1. Research

    Research Assistant in AI and Mental Health

    University of Toronto / Unity Health Toronto collaboration

    • Contributed to research and evidence synthesis at the intersection of mental health and AI. The scope includes research planning, prototype evaluation, and scientific communication with attention to safety and human oversight.
  2. Research

    AI4PH Data and Analytics Intern

    Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

    • Developing an exploratory public-health analytics workflow with attention to survey context, equity, privacy, reproducibility, and human interpretation. Public methods are described in two Phiz articles.
  3. Development

    Accepted to the AI Career Accelerator Program

    Amii

    • Acceptance to an AI professional-development program.
  4. Leadership

    Workshop Designer and Facilitator

    McMaster University

    • Designed and facilitated an academic workshop.
  5. Development

    Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition

    • Participation in an international student global-health case competition.
  6. Development

    Mary Heersink Intramural Global Health Case Competition

    McMaster University

    • Interdisciplinary student case-competition participation.
  7. Service

    Chrysalis Innovation Challenge Volunteer

    SE Health

    • Volunteer support for a health-innovation event.
  8. Service

    Run for the Cure Participant

    Canadian Cancer Society

    • Community participation in Run for the Cure.
  9. Development

    Medventions Toronto Innovation Day Attendee

    Sunnybrook

    • Attendance and learning at a health-innovation event.
  10. Research

    Biomedical Innovation Graduate Project Lead

    McMaster University

    • Academic venture work connecting clinical needs, workflow mapping, prototype thinking, and validation planning. MedPal, SanaPen, and AcuPoint are described as concepts or prototypes, with team contributions kept explicit.
  11. Education

    Master of Biomedical Innovation

    McMaster University

    • Graduate education in biomedical innovation, including interdisciplinary academic venture work.
  12. Education

    Interventional Radiology Clinical Observation

    St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

    • Observed interventional-radiology workflows as an educational placement.
  13. Development

    Partners in Health Canada Global Health Case Competition

    • Team-based student case-competition participation.
  14. Leadership

    Director of Clinic

    Medical Innovation and Global Health Association

    • Student-association leadership supporting interdisciplinary learning and connection. This is an educational leadership role, not independent clinical management.
  15. Research

    Surgical AI Research Lead

    Tufts Medical Center / UPMC

    • A continuing surgical-AI research role as the lab moved from Tufts to UPMC. The work connects video annotation, model evaluation, evidence synthesis, and research coordination with clinical and technical collaborators.
    1. Tufts Medical Center May 2024–September 2026
    2. UPMC September 2026–present
  16. Research

    AI Research Assistant

    Tufts Medical Center

    • Supported surgical-video annotation and collaborative research writing in thoracic AI.
  17. Leadership

    Peer Mentor

    College of Biological Science, University of Guelph

    • Peer mentoring within the College of Biological Science.
  18. Operations

    Unit Clerk

    Emergency Mental Health and Addictions, Homewood Health at Guelph General Hospital

    • Administrative coordination in an emergency mental-health and addictions setting, with careful communication and confidential information handling. This work sits within the care team’s support operations.
  19. Service

    Youth DiverSTEAM Symposium Chaperone

    Ontario Hospital Association / UHN KITE

    • Chaperone support at a youth STEAM symposium.
  20. Service

    Vaccination Clinic Volunteer

    Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

    • Volunteer support in a vaccination-clinic setting.
  21. Education

    Bachelor of Science, Honours, Bio-Medical Science

    University of Guelph

    • Undergraduate education in biomedical science.
  22. Service

    Cashier and Front End Team Member

    Longo Brothers Fruit Markets

    • Front-end grocery service work, retained as part of the full professional history.
  23. Service

    Inpatient Visiting Program Volunteer

    Guelph General Hospital

    • Volunteer participation in an inpatient visiting program.
  24. Education

    Secondary Education

    Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute

    • Secondary education retained in the complete résumé.
  25. Research

    AI Research Assistant

    Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital research collaboration

    Dates not specified

    • Supported robotic-thoracic-surgery research through literature synthesis and video-annotation work with clinical and technical collaborators.
  26. Service

    Volunteer Spanish–English Medical Translator

    Dates not specified

    • Volunteer language support in a community medical practice.
  27. Leadership

    Case Competition Marketing Executive

    STEM Students Guelph Support Association

    Dates not specified

    • Student-association communications and case-competition marketing.
  28. Leadership

    Discovery Mentor

    UofT Discovery

    Dates not specified

    • Mentoring within the UofT Discovery program.
  29. Service

    National Outreach Volunteer

    American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative

    Dates not specified

    • Volunteer outreach for a lung-cancer-screening education initiative.
  30. Service

    RBC Olympic Training Ground Regional Qualifier Volunteer

    Canadian Sport Institute Ontario

    Dates not specified

    • Volunteer event support at a regional qualifier.
  31. Development

    Brainterns Neurosurgery Program Participant

    Lenox Hill / Northwell Health

    Dates not specified

    • Remote educational participation in a neurosurgery learning program.
  32. Education

    Family Medicine Observation

    Dates not specified

    • Educational observation in family medicine.
  1. MBI scholarship recognising community engagement in biomedical innovation

    McMaster scholarship recognition for community engagement in biomedical innovation.

  2. Inaugural MBI Pitch Competition — AcuPoint

    Team recognition for an academic venture pitch.

  3. MBI end-of-year final pitch — SanaPen

    Team recognition for an academic venture pitch. This does not establish clinical validation or product deployment.

  4. Entrance scholarship — University of Guelph

    Entrance scholarship recognition. The formal award title and date remain to be reconciled.

  5. Partners in Health Canada Global Health Case Competition — team recognition

    Recognition for a collaborative student case proposal.

  6. University of Guelph Dean’s Honour List

    Academic honour-list recognition recorded in the résumé.

  7. Honours BSc graduation with distinction

    Academic graduation distinction in biomedical science.

  1. Academic Research Integrity and Ethics — SGS101

    Graduate research integrity and ethics training.

  2. AODA Training — SGS201

    Accessibility training recorded in the résumé.

  3. Introduction to AI for Public Health

    An introductory course in AI for public health.

  4. Scaling Sports Medicine with AI

    Professional development on lifelong mobility and cardiovascular health beyond sport.

  5. Animal Facility Safety and Orientation

    Research-facility safety and orientation training.

  6. Animal Welfare Guidelines at TCP

    Training in research animal-welfare guidelines.

  7. Regulatory Oversight and Animal Ethics

    Training in research oversight and animal ethics.

  8. Smart Serve

    Service training recorded in the résumé.

  1. Python

  2. R

  3. pandas

  4. NumPy

  5. scikit-learn

  6. Git / GitHub

  7. Reproducible analysis workflows

    Jupyter, VS Code, Kubeflow, configuration-driven scripts, GitHub Actions, pull requests, provenance documentation, and synthetic testing.

  8. Exploratory public-health analytics

    Data dictionaries, eligibility and routing-aware preprocessing, missingness analysis, mixed data, FAMD, clustering, model comparison, robustness checks, privacy suppression, and equity review.

  9. Data visualization and scientific communication

    Persona profiles, UMAP and t-SNE views, scientific figures, technical documentation, plain-language interpretation, presentations, and offline HTML materials.

  10. Surgical computer vision

    CVAT and Mosaic; anatomy, instrument, phase, and step annotation; dataset curation and harmonization; segmentation evaluation; research involving Mask R-CNN and XMem.

  11. LLM and agent prototypes

    OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, Pydantic structured outputs, sequential agent workflows, and Gemini-based command parsing.

  12. Web and interface development

    React, TypeScript, Vite, HTML/CSS, Canvas 2D, Framer Motion, responsive interfaces, reusable components, and MkDocs. MedPal work also includes Next.js and Supabase.

  13. AI-assisted development with human review

    Agent-supported research, coding, documentation, and iteration, with human review and explicit limits on what generated outputs establish.

  14. Biomedical innovation methods

    Needs assessment, stakeholder interviews, requirements, user journeys, wireframing, patient and clinician UX, CAD and 3D modelling, early prototyping, usability walkthroughs, risk analysis, market assessment, business models, pitching, and implementation planning.

  15. Research and evidence synthesis

    Literature searching and screening, systematic-review support, narrative reviews, biostatistics, experimental design, protocol development, scientific writing, abstracts, manuscripts, tables, figures, ethics submissions, and interdisciplinary coordination.

  16. Healthcare operations and governance research

    Biomedical foundations, hospital administration, confidential documentation, PHIPA-related workflows, escalation processes, FDA and Health Canada pathway research, reimbursement and intellectual-property concepts, and project-level NIST AI RMF documentation.

  17. Leadership and communication

    Mentoring, workshop facilitation, stakeholder communication, project tracking, remote collaboration, event logistics, and knowledge translation.

  18. Earlier laboratory and technical exposure

    The career record also includes PCR, gene sequencing, cell culture, histology, and LLM fine-tuning. These are retained as source-reported experience rather than a current proficiency rating.

  1. English — fluent, self-assessed

  2. Spanish — advanced, self-assessed

  3. French — basic, self-assessed

  4. Italian — basic, self-assessed

  1. Member — Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine

    Participation in a multidisciplinary health-AI community at the University of Toronto.

  2. CIAMI / GE Healthcare panel participation

    Professional learning and panel participation recorded in the historical activity table.

  1. Recreational co-ed soccer

    Recreational participation, kept separate from professional credentials.

  2. Running, cycling, strength training, and golf

    Recreational interests recorded in the résumé.

  3. Sketching, with earlier painting and sculpting

    Creative interests described at their recorded scope, without claiming a current professional art practice.

  4. How health AI behaves outside its development setting.

  5. Public writing that makes uncertainty and responsible practice understandable.

  6. Learning across clinical, technical, and public-health perspectives.

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