Merina T Varghese, PhD
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
Research Topics:
Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Brain, Cell Biology, Epilepsy, Morphometrics, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, SynapsesDr. Varghese is an Assistant Professor in the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and a member of the Hof laboratory. She is a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, India and completed her first postdoctoral training in the Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She joined the Dickstein and Hof laboratories in Neuroscience as a postdoctoral fellow in 2014 and served as Instructor of Neuroscience starting in 2016. Her research aims to understand the pathological and morphological changes in cells of the brain in aging and in neuropsychiatric diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and epilepsy.
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Neuroscience [NEU]Education
PhD, Jadavpur University
Cellular Neurobiology
Dr. Varghese's research aims to understand the pathological and morphological changes in cells of the brain in aging and in neuropsychiatric diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and epilepsy.
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Varghese during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Company Founder:
- Keystone for Incubating Innovation in Life sciences Network (KiiLN)
Consulting:
- Society for Neuroscience
Scientific Advisory Board:
- Keystone for Incubating Innovation in Life sciences Network (KiiLN)
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