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Professor and Head, Department of Mental Health Education meenaksiyer@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Dr K S Meena Professor and Head, Department of Mental Health Education

Clinician Scientist (Equivalent to Assistant Professor, Psychiatry) ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3173-4248 swarnabuddha_nayok@yahoo.co.in Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Dr Swarna Buddha Nayok Clinician Scientist (Equivalent to Assistant Professor, Psychiatry) Swarna Buddha Nayok has completed DPM & MD in Psychiatry, and done Ph.D. in Clinical Neuroscience (submitted). He works at the Centre for Brain and Mind as a Clinician Scientist. His fields of interest are severe mental illness, media & psychiatry

Psychiatric Social Worker (Research) ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8708-7505 ainakurian.98@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Aina Kurian Psychiatric Social Worker (Research)

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Project Associate Twitter PMID: 37067100 karishmaravikumar02@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Karishma G R Project Associate Karishma is a dual degree graduate in Molecular Medicine, holding an M. Tech from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, and an MS from the University of Arizona, US. Her previous research focused on understanding the interactions between cancer cells and neurons. Beyond science, she is trained in Bharathanatyam and loves dancing. Her favourite pastime activities include reading books, watching movies and expressing her thoughts through writing.

Psychiatric Social Worker shamashareen06nov@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Shama Shareen R Psychiatric Social Worker Ms.Shama Shareen R is a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Centre for Brain and Mind who had completed her M.Phil in Psychiatric Social Work from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Her Areas of Interest are Promotive and Preventive Interventions in Mental Health, Severe Mental Illness and Homeless Persons with Mental Illness.Performance Arts, Cooking, Organising are her other interests.

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Clinician Scientist, MQ: Transforming Mental Health Fellow, Department of Psychiatry LinkedIn | Google Scholar suhasg90@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Co-Investigator Team Bioinformatics, Molecular Genetics Dr Suhas Ganesh Clinician Scientist, MQ: Transforming Mental Health Fellow, Department of Psychiatry Dr Suhas Ganesh worked as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Central Institute of Psychiatry in Ranchi, India. He also holds an adjunct position as Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr Ganesh received the young investigators award from the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation whilst he was at Yale University in the USA, for his research into epigenetic effects of cannabis use and its effects on neurodevelopment. He is a recipient of an MQ Fellows Award , and his focus now is on addressing the gaps in knowledge around genetics, mental illnesses and brain development, particularly in under-represented communities. Jeevan, Y., Mahadevan, J., Viswanath, B., Jain, S., Ganesh, S. , Holla, B., Purushottam, M., & Shankarappa, B. (2024). F35. INVESTIGATING GENETIC RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS IN BIPOLAR DISORDER IN INDIA USING POLYGENIC SCORES. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.446 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 Patra, C., Ganesh, S. , Mahadevan, J., Gujarati, K., Awasthy, D., George, S., Ganapathy, A., Phalke, S., Bettadapura, R., Viswanath, B., Varghese, M., Jain, S., Prasad, P., & Purushottam, M. (2024). W48. PROFILING THE RARE VARIANT GENETIC RISK FOR DEMENTIA WITH WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING: A STUDY FROM INDIA. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.257 Shankarappa, B., Ganesh, S. , Purushottam, M., & Jain, S. (2024). W94. ALLELE FREQUENCIES AT CRUCIAL LOCI MIGHT UNDERLIE DISPARATE CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL ABUSE ACROSS WORLD POPULATIONS. European Neuropsychopharmacology , 87 , 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.303 Shankarappa, B., Prasad, V. P., Kumar, S., Rao, R. S., Royal, A. B., Swamy, M., Prasad, P., Niranjana Murthy, A. S., Ganesh, S., Viswanath, B., Jain, S., Purushottam, M., & Thyloth, M. (2024). A Novel Homozygous Variant in CPLANE1 Gene in a Patient with Developmental Deficits. Molecular Syndromology , 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000541167

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