Candace Fleischer, PhD

Biography

Candace C. Fleischer, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Fleischer also holds a faculty appointment at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. She serves as the director of the Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory. She is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Education

Dr. Fleischer received her PhD in Physical Chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She obtained her BS and MS from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.

Titles & Roles

• Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

Research

Dr. Fleischer is a spectroscopist with formal training in physical chemistry and biomedical engineering. Her research group is highly collaborative and focused on the development of new MR spectroscopy and imaging technologies for biomedical and translational applications.

Current projects include the development of magnetic resonance-based methods for identifying inflammatory biomarkers in malignant brain tumors; and creating new tools for non-invasively measuring brain temperature with applications in cerebrovascular and cardiovascular injury. Her laboratory is also committed to community outreach and increasing scientific literacy.

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