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MRI Technician ganeshgv7007@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Ganesh G V MRI Technician CBM Ganesh is a Laboratory Technician in Centre for Brain and Mind Project. With a Masters degree in Virology, Ganesh has working experience in molecular biology research, and clinical laboratory. He enjoys photography, watching movies and Gardening in his spare time

Laboratory Technician Instagram Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Deepthi R Laboratory Technician CBM Deepthi R is a Laboratory technician at the Centre for Brain and Mind, holding a Master's degree in Medical Laboratory Technology.With a strong foundation in clinical and research laboratory practices, she supports high-quality diagnostics

Lab Scientist (Equivalent to Research Assistant Professor), Department of Psychiatry paul.pradipp@gmail.com Google Scholar ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6269-9449 Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team, Lab Team Stem Cell Research, Molecular Genetics Dr Pradip Paul Lab Scientist (Equivalent to Research Assistant Professor), Department of Psychiatry CBM Dr. Pradip Paul received his Ph.D. from NIMHANS in 2019. Ganesh, A., Paul, P. , Nadella, R., Jain, S., Purushottam, M., Viswanath, B., & Paul, P. (2024). F97. DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF MICRORNAS UPON IN VITRO LITHIUM AND VALPROATE EXPOSURE TO BIPOLAR DISORDER PATIENTS-DERIVED LCLS. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.508 Gayathri, R., Manasadeepika, Shankarappa, B., Mahadevan, J., Jain, S., Sud, R., Viswanath, B., Purushottam, M., & Paul, P . (2024). F92. ASSESSMENT OF CELLULAR HEALTH ON ETHANOL-INDUCED TOXICITY IN HUMAN NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.503 Mahadevan, J., Holla, B., Ganesh, S., Shankarappa, B., Paul, P. , Sud, R., Jain, S., Purushottam, M., & Viswanath, B. (2024). W32. A GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF BIPOLAR DISORDER FROM INDIA. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.241 Manasadeepika, Lakshana, P., Paul, P. , Sud, R., & Viswanath, B. (2024). T99. INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF LITHIUM AND MITOCHONDRIAL PARAMETERS. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 205–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.409 Viswanath, B., Sud, R., Ganesh, S., Mahadevan, J., Holla, B., Paul, P. , Purushottam, M., & Jain, S. (2024). DECIPHERING THE UNDERLYING BIOLOGY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS THROUGH LONGITUDINAL FAMILY COHORT BASED STUDIES IN INDIA. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 43–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.108

Professor, Department of Biostatistics kthenna@gmail.com LinkedIn | Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Thennarasu Kandavel Professor, Department of Biostatistics

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Research Nurse nawazpashakgn7@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Nawaz Pasha Research Nurse CBM, GENMETSZ Nawaz Pasha is a Research Nurse at the Centre for Brain and Mind. With a bachelors degree in Nursing. Nawaz has experience working in the ICU department. He likes to travel new places and enjoys photography

Senior Professor & Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr Prabha S Chandra Senior Professor & Department of Psychiatry Dr. Prabha S. Chandra, is a Professor and Head of Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. She studied at the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi and NIMHANS. She has served as a Temporary Advisor to the WHO and UNAIDS and is the Secretary of the International Association of Women’s Mental Health, a nominated member of the World Psychiatric Association and an executive member of the Marce International society. She has been an NHS International Fellow and Consultant in Manchester, UK and a visiting professor at the University of Liverpool. Her main areas of interest are Women's Mental Health, Perinatal Psychiatry, teaching methods, ethics and palliative care. She has nearly 180 publications and has edited several books. She has three active research grants and has won several recognitions and awards. She has started the first dedicated psychiatry service including a Mother Baby unit in South Asia for mothers with severe mental illness.

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Junior Research Fellow akshiva2891@gmail.com LinkedIn ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7143-9887 Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Doctoral Candidate Akshaya Ganesh Junior Research Fellow MGL Akshayaa is a Molecular Biology graduate from Dr ALM PG IBMS, University of Madras. She has explored molecular aspects of diverse research questions like mitochondrial genetics of Plasmodium falciparum, miRNA-curcumin-mediated regulation in cervical cancer cells, and cellular aging markers like Telomere attrition & mitochondrial copy number variation in Huntington's disease. Currently, she works on accelerated cellular aging in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders for her PhD thesis . At India-ENIGMA Ageing program, she aims to understand the genetic heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) which makes a set of people vulnerable or resilient towards the disease progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to mild AD and then to AD. She will study AD heterogeneity by employing genetic & epigenetic tools like Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), miRnome & global methylation analysis.