Principal Investigator
Virendra R. Mishra, Ph.D.
Virendra R. Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He got his Ph.D. in 2014 from the joint degree program between the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and the University of Texas at Arlington, TX. He was a staff scientist at Cleveland Clinic, Nevada for 7 years (between 2015 – 2022) before his move to UAB. Dr. Mishra develops novel computational tools for the analysis of various MRI modalities for understanding early-stage Parkinson’s disease (PD) and non-motor symptoms of PD with disease progression. His current interest is developing machine learning/deep learning algorithms by fusing various MRI modalities to predict cognitive decline in PD and also due to repeated head impacts. His research is funded by the National Institute of Health and philanthropic organizations in the past.
Narayan D. Chaurasiya, Ph.D – Research Scientist, Profile
Leticia Mason – Research Coordinator, Profile
Lexie Reeves – Lab Administrator
Clinician-Scientist Mentoring
Rebeka Sipma (Co-Advisor: David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.), Clinician-Scientist,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ph.D. Co-Advisor, Profile
Graduate Student Mentoring
Nazneen Sultana, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Mentor
Anjali Dudhat, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Mentor
Gaurav Rathi, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Mentor
Rishitha Praveen, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Mentor
Praneeth Sai Chunchu, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Mentor, Profile
Surya Sai Maheshwar Budidi, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Mentor, Profile
Shivya Gupta, M.S. in Forensic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Research Mentor
Ivan Campbell (Co-Mentor: Benjamin Hill, Ph.D.), Ph.D. in Neuropsychology, University
of South Alabama, Co-mentor, Profile
Taylor Robin Davis, Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Mentor, Profile
Karthik Sreenivasan, M.S./Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Co-Mentor: Jefferson Kinney, Ph.D.), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Co-Mentor
Graduate Student Committee
Aakash Sunkari, Accelerated Bachelors/Masters, Neuroscience/Biophysics, University
of Alabama at Birmingham
Anastasiia Gryshyna (PI: Jennifer DeBerry, Ph.D.), Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ph.D. Committee Member
Chloe Jones (PI: Jarred Younger, Ph.D.), Ph.D. in Medical/Clinical Psychology,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ph.D. Committee Member, Profile
Undergraduate Student Mentoring
Neha Singhal, B.S. in Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anshita Rathore, M.B.B.S., India, Profile
Anshita Rathore, M.B.B.S., India
Avantika Reddy, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
Alan Gardner, B.S. in Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
Rotation Students
Dhanush Amin, Neuroradiology Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
Rangari Shivani, Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University
of Alabama at Birmingham
Jinxin Chen, Graduate Student, Neuroengineering Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
Krishna Kanth Bondempudi, Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer
Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
Saul Lopez, Graduate Student, Neuroengineering Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Profile
