Brian Helsel
Assistant Professor at University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Helsel is an assistant professor and physical activity epidemiologist at the KU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center with eight years of experience translating exercise, nutrition, and technology into interventions that prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome. He combines a strong academic background (PhD in Applied Health Research and Evaluation) with hands-on clinical and community experience ranging from personal training and YMCA program leadership to graduate-level teaching. His research focuses on lifestyle-based prevention strategies, leveraging real-world behavior change and measurement approaches developed during postdoctoral work in physical activity and weight management. Based in Kansas City, he brings interdisciplinary fluency across neurology, exercise physiology, and program implementation. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and outcomes-driven, often bridging rigorous study design with scalable community programs. Beyond academia, he has a track record of building practical wellness programs that inform his research questions and implementation strategies.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Health Research and Evaluation, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Health Research and Evaluation at Clemson UniversityAssociate of Science (A.S.), Science, Associate of Science (A.S.), Science at Grand Rapids Community CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Clinical Exercise Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Clinical Exercise Science at Grand Valley State UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Exercise Physiology, Master of Science (M.S.), Exercise Physiology at Western Michigan University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (10)
r-package9
r7
quarto3
typst2
latex2
html2
powerpoint1
stable1
docx1
reveal-js1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bhelsel/BRIDGE21
Jan 2025 - Jun 2026
Building Reports and Insights for Down syndrome Guidance and Empowerment (BRIDGE21)
Contributions:2 releases, 4 reviews, 6 PRs in 1 year 5 months
bhelsel/agcounts
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
R package for extracting actigraphy counts from accelerometer data.
Contributions:10 releases, 28 commits, 27 PRs in 6 months
rr-package
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