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 Soundarya

Dr. Soundarya

Health Sciences Division
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Academic Qualification

  • MBBS, Ph.D. (NIMHANS), Postdoctoral Fellowship (NIAAA/NIH)

Research Interest

  • Occupational Mental Health, Addiction, Data Visualization and Machine Learning, Genetics/Epigenetics

Membership / Affliation

  • Research Society on Alcoholism
  • International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)
  • International Society for Biological Research in Alcoholism - ISBRA
  • Asia Pacific Society for Alcohol and Addiction Research - APSAAR

Fellowship / Awards

  • Postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
  • Diversity Scholar Award for R Studio Global Conference 2021
  • Travel Fellowship Gordon Research Conference – Alcohol and Nervous System-2018
  • NIAAA Student Merit Award to attend RSA 2017
  • Travel Fellowship from Science and Engineering ResearchBoard (SERB), for Gordon Research Conference – Alcohol and Nervous System – 2016

Publications

  • StanglB, ByrdN, Soundararajan S, Plawecki M, Connor S, Ramchandani V.The Motivation for Alcohol Reward: Predictors of Progressive-Ratio Intravenous Alcohol Self-Administration in Humans. JoVEJournal of Visualized Experiments
  • Soundararajan S, Kazmi N, Brooks AT, et al. FAAH and CNR1 Polymorphisms in the Endocannabinoid System and Alcohol-Related Sleep Quality. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021;12:1504. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.712178
  • Soundararajan S, Agrawal A, Purushottam M, et al. Changes in DNA methylation persist over time in males with severe alcohol use disorder-A longitudinal follow-up study. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. Published online January 25, 2021. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.32833
  • Balachandar R, Soundararajan S, Bagepally BS. Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in age-related cognitive decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J ClinPharmacol. 2020;76(5):639-648. doi:10.1007/s00228-020-02843-x
  • Soundararajan S, Narayanan G, Agrawal A, Prabhakaran D, Murthy P. Relation between age at first alcohol drink & adult life drinking patterns in alcohol-dependent patients. Indian J Med Res. 2017;146(5):606-611. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1363_15
  • Soundararajan S, Narayanan G, Agrawal A, Murthy P. Personality Profile and Short-term Treatment Outcome in Patients with Alcohol Dependence: A Study from South India. Indian J Psychol Med. 2017;39(2):169-175. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.203127
  • Mythri RB, Raghunath NR, Narwade SC, Soundararajan S et al. Manganese- and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced neurotoxicity display differences in morphological, electrophysiological and genome-wide alterations: implications for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. J Neurochem. 2017;143(3):334-358. doi:10.1111/jnc.14147
  • Issac TG, Soundarya S, Christopher R, Chandra SR. Vitamin B12 deficiency: an important reversible co-morbidity in neuropsychiatric manifestations. Indian J Psychol Med. 2015;37(1):26-29. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.150809
  • Sivakumar T, Soundararajan S, Waghmare A, et al. Services for Enhanced Recovery with Intensive and Continued Engagement (SERWICE): an outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation model from India. Asian J Psychiatr. 2014;11:84-85. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.024
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