Vinay Bharadia

Program affiliation: Clinical Neuropsychology

Supervisor: Dr. Holly Tuokko

Research interests

My research focuses on the early detection of Alzheimer disease using biological and neuropsychological markers. Specifically, I am interested in the oxidative stress model of Alzheimer disease, and am seeking to identify blood borne markers of oxidative damage for use in early detection of the disease. These data may aid in the development of affordable, fast and reliable clinical tests that may identify individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease before clinical symptoms appear. Our hope is that early identification may lead to the development of future treatments to slow or halt the disease process in Alzheimer’s disease.

Awards

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Award [Biomedical Stream] (2006-2008)
Julius Schleicher Graduate Scholarship for excellence in medical research. (2005)

Representative publications and presentations

Stein, P.D., Hull, R.D., Patel, K.C., Olson, R.E., Ghali, W.A.., Brant, R., Biel, R.K., Bharadia, V., Kaira, N.K. 2004. D-dimer for the exclusion of acute venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine, 140(8), 589-602.

Logan, C., Millar, C., Bharadia, V., Rouleau, K. 2002. Onset of Tlx-3 expression in the chick cerebellar cortex correlates with the morphological development of fissures and delineates a posterior transverse boundary. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 448(2), 138-149.

Gilbert, T.H., Bharadia, V., Teskey, G.C. 2001. Conventional anticonvulsant drugs in the guinea pig kindling model of partial seizures: effects of acute phenytoin. Experimental Brain Research, 140(4), 469-478.