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

Project Associate, Doctoral Student mythri0834@gmail.com LinkedIn ORCID ID: 0009-0001-5846-1315 Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Doctoral Candidate Mythri S V Project Associate, Doctoral Student CBM Mythri is a PhD scholar at the Centre for Brain and Mind. She obtained her Masters in Biochemistry from Central College, Bengaluru City University. She plans to work on the cellular phenotypes in obsessive compulsive disorder using iPSC derived brain cells. Apart from Science, she's a coffee and dosa aficionado, enjoys dancing and singing, watching films and exploring food joints in her spare time.

Clinical Project Associate, Doctoral Student shrinkhalamajumdar96@gmail.com LinkedIn Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Doctoral Candidate, Data Centre Team, Clinical Team Shrinkhala Majumdar Clinical Project Associate, Doctoral Student CBM, A-BIG-NET Shrinkhala has a Masters degree in Psychology and has worked in both industrial & clinical settings. She is a therapist by profession who pursues her research in deviation in neurotrajectories amongst those affected by bipolar disorder. She enjoys writing for newspaper articles, swimming and art therapy with children in her spare time.

Engineer, Doctoral Student rashmirao.raviraj@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team, Doctoral Candidate Rashmi Rao Engineer, Doctoral Student CBM

Psychiatric Social Worker, Doctoral Student shamashareen06nov@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team, Doctoral Candidate Shama Shareen R Psychiatric Social Worker, Doctoral Student CBM 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.

Project Assistant, Doctoral Student pannagaprasadg@gmail.com LinkedIn | Twitter | Instgram ORCID ID: 0009-0009-2075-7979 Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Doctoral Candidate Pannaga Prasad G Project Assistant, Doctoral Student CBM, MGL Pannaga Prasad G is a dedicated Project Assistant with a passion for molecular biology and genetic research. Holding an Integrated MSc in Molecular Biology, Pannaga brings expertise in Sanger sequencing, variant effect prediction, electrophoresis, and NGS analysis to his role. Apart from his scientific pursuits, he's an avid chess player and passionate about nature conservation, spending his free time gardening and exploring the outdoors.

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Project Associate, Doctoral Student lakshanadp1998@gmail.com Google Scholar | LinkedIn Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team, Doctoral Candidate Lakshana DP Project Associate, Doctoral Student CBM Lakshana is a Ph.D candidate working on understanding the mechanisms of lithium in bipolar disorder. Lakshana's personality can be summed up in a few words; hungry, sleepy & bad at math (until she has to run stats for her experiments).

Clinician Scientist, MQ: Transforming Mental Health Fellow, Department of Psychiatry suhasg90@gmail.com LinkedIn | Google Scholar 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 GENMETSZ, A-BIG-NET, MQ 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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Clinical Project Associate amrutha.001634@nimhans.net LinkedIn Back Back to People Page Back Clinical Team Amrutha Gunda Clinical Project Associate CBM, A-BIG-NET Amrutha is a Clinical Project Associate at the ABIGNET project with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She has worked with addiction populations, children with developmental challenges, and older adults. Her interests lie in understanding diverse mental health needs and providing empathetic, evidence-based support. She is committed to continuous learning and meaningful contributions in the field of mental health.