Rajendra D. Badgaiyan Assistant Professor, Associate Neuroscientist, Division of Nuclear Medicine Department of Radiology Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Education and Training
M.D. (1982), Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India M.B.,B.S. (1978), Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India M.A. Psychology (1984), Bhopal University, India Postdoctoral Training (Cognitive Neuroscience; Molecular Imaging): Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Oregon Residency Training in Psychiatry (2003): Harvard Medical School
Academic Positions
1999- current: Harvard Medical School 1998- current: Harvard University 1997-1998: University of Pittsburgh 1995-1996: University of Oregon 1986-1995: Banaras Hindu University, India 1984-1986: Medical College, Rohtak, India 1979-1983: Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal
Member, Editorial Board
Human Brain Mapping The Open Nuclear Medicine Journal International Journal of Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration Element
Member, National Advisory Panel/Study Section
National Institutes of Health, USA National Science Foundation, USA
Research Funding:
National Institutes of Health (PI) Dana Foundation (PI) Dupont Foundation(PI) Shriner Hospital Foundation (Co-PI)
Papers Taught as Essential Reading (Selected)
Badgaiyan, RD (2000): Sophomore (Psych 970), Harvard University Badgaiyan, RD et al (1999): BA (Linguistic Q1L11), University of Wales, UK Badgaiyan, RD (2000): Graduate seminar, Riken Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan Badgaiyan and Posner (1998): Graduate Course, Cognition, Cornell University Schacter and Badgaiyan (2001): Psychol 20, Univ of North Carolina; Psych 398, Univ of Waterloo; Psychology 511-01 Georgetown Univ Casey et al (2000): Science and Engineering in Medicine (14:125:450), Rutgers Univ.
National Research Prize
B.K. Anand National Research Prize for the most outstanding research in physiology and allied sciences, 1991
Other Awards/Honors
Harvard University nominee for the Dana Foundation award, 2004 Best paper award, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2004 Solomon Award for the best resident researcher, Harvard Medical School, 2002 Dupont-Warren Award, 2002 Livingston Award, 2002 Best Paper Award, Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 1991 Invited contributor, Advances in Physiological Sciences, 1992
Research Supervision
Mentored Ph.D. (Neurophysiology) and M.D. students: Banaras Hindu University, India
Invited Speaker (Selected):
International Neurosciences young investigator award symposium, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 Keynote address: Third International Symposium on Cognition, Education and Mental Health, 1999 Gauss symposium lecture, Munich, 1993 Special invited symposium lecture: Second Congress of Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies,1990 Invited seminar, King's College, London, 1989 KN Udupa Memorial Lecture, Varanasi, India, 2005 National New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 2005 Grand rounds, VA Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 2003 Invited speaker, Society for neuroscience, 2002 Grand rounds, Medical College of Ohio, 2002. Grand rounds, Harvard Medical School, 2000 Invited lecture, Harvard Psychiatry Day, Harvard Medical School, 1999 Special guest lecture: Second Annual Conference of the Association of Biomedical Scientists, 1992 Invited lecture, University of Iowa, 1991
Membership in Scientific Societies
Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2003 American Psychiatric Association, 2001 Society for Neuroscience, 1997 International Brain Research Organization, 1989 International Union of Physiological Sciences, 1989 Organization of Human Brain Mapping, 1997 Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 1995 New York Academy of Sciences, 1997 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996 Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 1979
Research Techniques Used
Molecular imaging technique, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Neuroreceptor modulation techniques using PET Neuroimaging using PET: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Neuroimaging using fMRI: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Neuroimaging using 64 and 128 channels EEG and ERP: University of Oregon UNIX (super user; HP and SGI), Macintosh, and Windows platforms Used softwares for fMRI, ERP and PET data analysis, various statistical and graphical applications Experience of programming using PsyScope and MatLab. Patch clamping and computational modeling. Stereotaxic procedures, intracerebral cannulation and infusion, micro-iontophoresis, electrical and chemical lesion and stimulation Electrophysiological and neurochemical methods. neural transplantation, histological procedures. Behavioral and cognitive studies using laboratory animals: learning and memory, motivational drives, motor activity, feeding, drinking, circadian rhythm, thermoregulation, self stimulation, and sexual behavior
Other Academic Activities
Grant Review National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation European Science Foundation Israel Science Foundation Jewish Hospital Foundation Welcome Trust, UK Book Review Academic Press Elsevier Press Manuscript Review (Selected Journals) Archives of General Psychiatry Behavioral and Brain Sciences Biological Psychiatry Brain Research Brain Research Bulletin Brain Research Interactive Cerebral Cortex Cognitive Brain Research Consciousness and Cognition Elements European Journal of Neuroscience Human Brain Mapping Internat J Hypotherm Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience NeuroImage Neuropsychologia NeuroReport Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA Proceedings of the Royal Society, London: Biological Sciences Psychonomic Bulletin & Review The Open Nuclear Medicine Journal
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