आई.सी.एम.आर.- राष्ट्रीय व्यावसायिक स्वास्थ्य संस्थान, ICMR- National Institute Of
Occupational Health अहमदाबाद - 380016 भारत. Ahmedabad - 380016 India.
व्यावसायिक स्वास्थ्य के लिए डब्ल्यूएचओ का सहयोग केंद्र. WHO Collaborating Center for
Occupational Health

Dr B Rakesh

Dr. B Rakesh

Health sciences Division
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Academic Qualification

  • MBBS (RGUHS),PhD (NIMHANS) Clinical Neurosciences,Post doctoral fellow (University of Hamburg),Joint postdoctoral fellow (Simon Fraser University & University of British Columbia, Canada)

Research Interest

  • The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART)

Membership / Affliation

  • The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
  • Alzheimer’s and related disorders society of India (ARDSI)
  • Neurological society of India

Fellowship/Awards

  • Gold Medal (2009) in Forensic Medicine during MBBS.
  • Best research Award” (2011) by International Congress of Neuropsychiatric Association (2011).
  • Alzheimer’s Association International award” (2012) from International Alzheimer’s Association.
  • Alzheimer’s Association International award” (2014) from International Alzheimer’s Association.
  • Alzheimer’s Association International award” (2015) from International Alzheimer’s Association.
  • Post doctoral fellowship, University of Hamburg (2015)
  • Post doctoral fellowship, Canadian Institute of Health research (2016)

Publications

  • Rakesh, B.,Bagepally, B., Bharath, S., Saini, J., Sadanand, S., Donthi, N., Sivakumar, P., et al. (2012). Cognitive decline and regional brain perfusion in Alzheimer’s disease using single photon emission computed tomography: A retrospective study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 8(4, Supplement), 508–509.
  • Balachandar R, John JP, Saini J, Kumar KJ, Joshi H, Sadanand S, et al (2014). A study of structural and functional connectivity in early Alzheimer's disease using rest fMRI and diffusion tensor imaging. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry; 30(5):497-504.
  • R Tripathi, K Kumar, R Balachandar, P Marimuthu, M Varghese, S Bharath (2014), Neuropsychological markers of mild cognitive impairment: A clinic based study from urban India, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology; 18(2): 177–180.
  • R Balachandar, S Bharath, J P. John, J Saini, et al (2014); Resting state functional connectivity of executive network predicts the performance of cognitive function; Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association; 10(4, Supplement): 838–839
  • Rakesh, B., Bharath, S., Bagepally, B. S., Saini, J., &Sadanand, S. (2014). A Retrospective Study on Relation between Cognitive Performance and Lobar Perfusions of Brain in Alzheimer’s Dementia using Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography. Brain DisordTher; 3(4): 135 – 139
  • Balachandar, R., Tripathi, R., Bharath, S., Kumar, K., (2015). Classic Tower of Hanoi, Planning Skills, and the Indian Elderly. East Asian archives of psychiatry;25(3):108-114.
  • Balachandar R, Bharath S, Shilpa S (2015); Evidence based management of Alzheimer’s Disease. Annals medicus; supplement; 29-36 https://goo.gl/5fySkc
  • Sadanand, S Balachandar R Bharath, S (2015); Memory and Executive Functions in Persons with Type-2 Diabetes, A Meta-analysis; Diabetes Metab Res Rev; 32(2):132-142.
  • Balachandar R, Bharath S, John P J, Joshi H, Sadanand S, Kumar J, Saini J (2015) Resting state functional connectivity changes associated with visuo-spatial cognitive deficits in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. Neurodegenerative Diseases; 15 (Supplement 1): 876 - 879
  • R Balachandar, S Bharath, J P. John, H Joshi et al (2015); Effect of apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele on functional and structural connectivity of the brain in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease; Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association; 11(7, supplement): 529-530
  • Bharath, S., Joshi, H., John, J.P., Balachandar, R., Sadanand, S., Saini, J., Kumar, K.J., Varghese, M., (2017). A Multimodal Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Study of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry; 25(2): 158–169.
  • K Sriganesh, R Balachandar, BS Bagepally, J Saini, GSU Rao (2017) Effect of propofol anesthesia on resting state brain functional connectivity in Indian population with chronic back pain Neurology India; 65 (2): 286-292
  • Balachandar R, Bharath S, John P J, Joshi H, Sadanand S, Kumar J, Saini J (2017) Resting state functional connectivity changes associated with visuo-spatial cognitive deficits in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders; 43 (5-6): 229-236
  • Bharath S, Sadanand S, Kumar KJ, Balachandar R, Joshi H, Varghese M (2017). Clinical and neuropsychological profile of persons with mild cognitive impairment, a hospital based study from a lower and middle income country. Asian J Psychiatr. 2017; 30:185-189.
  • Balachandar R, Maria G, Brigitte R, Ramesh K (2016), Hippocampal shape changes after sight restoration in congenital dense cataract patients Federation of European neuroscience Societies
  • K Popuri, E Dowds, MF Beg, R Balachandar, M Bhalla, et al (2018), Gray matter changes in asymptomatic C9orf72 and GRN mutation carriers NeuroImage: Clinical 18, 591-598
  • D Lu, K Popuri, GW Ding, R Balachandar, MF Beg (2018) Multimodal and Multiscale Deep Neural Networks for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease using structural MR and FDG-PET images Scientific reports; 8 (1): 5697
  • D Lu, K Popuri, GW Ding, R Balachandar, MF Beg (2018) Multiscale deep neural network based analysis of FDG-PET images for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease Medical image analysis; 46: 26-34
  • Karteek Popuri R Balachandar Kathryn Alpert Donghuan Lu et al (2018) Development and validation of a novel dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) score based on metabolism FDG-PET imaging NeuroImage: Clinical; 18: 802-813
  • Joshi H, Bharath S, Balachandar R, et al. (2019) Differentiation of Early Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Cognitively Healthy Elderly Samples Using Multimodal Neuroimaging Indices. Brain Connect. 2019;9(9):730-741.
  • Upadhyay, K., Viramgami, A., Bagepally, B. S., &Balachandar, R. (2022). Association between blood lead levels and markers of calcium homeostasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1850.
  • Kalahasthi, R., Nagaraju, R., Balachandar, R., &Bagepally, B. S. (2022). Association between occupational lead exposure and immunotoxicity markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Toxicology, 465, 153047.
  • Murhekar, M. V., Bhatnagar, T., Thangaraj, J., Saravanakumar, V., Santhosh Kumar, M., Selvaraju, S., Rade, K., Kumar, C., Sabarinathan, R., Asthana, S., Balachandar, R., ICMR serosurveillance group (2021). Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among the general population and Healthcare workers in India, June-July 2021: A population-based cross-sectional study. PLoS medicine, 18(12), e1003877.
  • Balachandar, R., Pullakhandam, R., Kulkarni, B., &Sachdev, H. S. (2021). Relative Efficacy of Vitamin D2 and Vitamin D3 in Improving Vitamin D Status: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 13(10), 3328.
  • Murhekar, M. V., Bhatnagar, T., Thangaraj, J., Saravanakumar, V., Kumar, M. S., Selvaraju, S., Rade, K., Kumar, C., Sabarinathan, R., Turuk, A., Asthana, S., Balachandar, R., ..ICMR Serosurveillance Group (2021). SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and Healthcare workers in India, December 2020-January 2021. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 108, 145–155.
  • Chakma, T., Thomas, B. E., Kohli, S., Moral, R., Menon, G. R., Periyasamy, M., Venkatesh, U., Kulkarni, R. N., Prusty, R. K., Balu, V., Grover, A., Kishore, J., Viray, M., Venkateswaran, C., Mathew, G., Ketharam, A., Balachandar, R.,… Panda, S. (2021). Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Healthcare workers in India & their perceptions on the way forward - A qualitative study. The Indian journal of medical research, 153(5&6), 637–648.
  • Bagepally, B. S., Balachandar, R., Kalahasthi, R., Tripathi, R., &Haridoss, M. (2021). Association between aluminium exposure and cognitive functions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chemosphere, 268, 128831.
  • Singh, D. P., Sahu, M. C., Pagdhune, A., Viramgami, A., Perumal, S., Balachandar, R., & Sarkar, K. (2021). Viral load could be an important determinant for fomites based transmission of viral infections. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 10(2), 929–932.
  • Popuri, K., Beg, M. F., Lee, H., Balachandar, R., Wang, L., Sossi, V., Jacova, C., Baker, M., Shahinfard, E., Rademakers, R., Mackenzie, I., &Hsiung, G. R. (2021). FDG-PET in presymptomatic C9orf72 mutation carriers. NeuroImage. Clinical, 31, 102687.
  • Balachandar, R., Bagepally, B. S., Kalahasthi, R., &Haridoss, M. (2020). Blood lead levels and male reproductive hormones: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Toxicology, 443, 152574.
  • Viramgami, A., Upadhyay,K., Balachandar, R., (2020). Catastrophic Health expenditure and Health facility access among rural informal sector families, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8(4), 1325-1329
  • Upadhyay,K., Viramgami, A., Pagdhune, A., Balachandar, R., Sarkar, K., (2021) Hematological and cardiovascular effects of chronic low level lead exposure: A study on e-waste recyclers, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 9, 269 – 274
  • Viramgami, A. ., Pagdhune, A. ., Sarkar, K. ., & Balachandar, R.. (2020). Occupational Health and Safety Practices at workplace during COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Comprehensive Health, 8(2), 77-82.
  • Balachandar, R., Soundararajan, S., &Bagepally, B. S. (2020). Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in age-related cognitive decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of clinical pharmacology, 76(5), 639–648.
  • Murhekar, M. V., Bhatnagar, T., Selvaraju, S., Rade, K., Saravanakumar, V., Vivian Thangaraj, J. W., Kumar, M. S., Shah, N., Sabarinathan, R., Turuk, A., Anand, P. K., Asthana, S., Balachandar, R., … Bhargava, B. (2020). Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020. The Indian journal of medical research, 152(1 & 2), 48–60.
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