Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD

Clinical Psychology PhD student// @McMasterU // Minority Stress & PTSD Research// Board Member @ Epilepsy Durham Region // She/Her

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Went from a MSc student —> PhD student today!!! 🙇🏽‍♀️📚

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

@pavlosbob Thank you, Dr. Bobos!!

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Very happy to share that I went from a PhD candidate —> Dr. Sandhya today!! So excited to start my next chapter in clinical psychology :)

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Went from a MSc student —> PhD student today!!! 🙇🏽‍♀️📚

[Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD @LaniusRuth]

Just published: our first Psychology Today blog post - and it was selected as an Essential Read in Trauma!

This one's for you if you’re interested in how trauma affects the brain-body connection.

🔗 Read it here: https://t.co/9x0KVMwhmX

#SomaticTherapy #PTSD #Trauma #MindBody

[Jonathan Lieberman @jon__lieberman]

🚨 New paper out in BMC Psychiatry!

We present the protocol for a randomized, double-blind trial testing PCC- vs. amygdala-targeted fMRI neurofeedback for PTSD.

🧠 Read the open-access protocol here:
https://t.co/KYWa4U43yK

#PTSD #Neurofeedback #fMRI #ClinicalTrials #Trauma

[Jonathan Lieberman @jon__lieberman]

Grateful to collaborate with an outstanding team across neuroscience, psychiatry, and neuroimaging.

[Anurada Amarasekera (she/they) @anurada_]

I'm recruiting queer & trans South Asian individuals for my Master's research! Participants will receive a $30 egiftcard. Please share widely! 🫶🏽

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Quick recap of my visit in Ottawa: Presented at grand rounds with my supervisor for #pride & attended a coffee pot chat with @atlasveteransca at @TheRoyalMHC for #PTSDAwarenesMonth & also had a chance to attend the @WabanoHealth gala for #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay 🤗

[The Royal @TheRoyalMHC]

In honor of #PTSDAwarenessMonth, @atlasveteransca hosted an educational gathering at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, providing valuable resources and delicious treats for staff.

🧠Learn more about Atlas: https://t.co/1PEQlru3ht

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Had a wonderful time in San Francisco, CA presenting a symposium: Unraveling the Insidious Web of Minority Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Clinical Perspectives with Taylor Hatchard & Andrew Nicholson! #aps24SF @PsychScience

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

@jon__lieberman a fantastic read!! Great work, Jon👏🏽

[Jonathan Lieberman @jon__lieberman]

I'm very excited to share the latest neurofeedback research by our group. In this work, we compare clinical and neural effects between two fMRI neurofeedback brain targets (amygdala, PCC) in PTSD.

https://t.co/CArN2fvCDI

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

@SarahBrassard12 @McMasterScience Congratulations, Sarah!

[Ritika Goel @RitikaGoelTO]

As long as I have known @yipengGe, he has been committed to equity, anti-racism and justice. He has been unjustly suspended from residency, without due process, for supporting Palestinian human rights. Please tell @OttawaU this is not OK. https://t.co/9ohHTVxOss

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

thank you for having me!

[Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD @sandhya__n]

Excited to share our work on the TPJ & bodily self-consciousness in PTSD and its dissociative subtype at ISTSS today! #ISTSS2023

[Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD @LaniusRuth]

'I am afraid you will see the stain on my soul'. Our group's latest paper describing the brain correlates of direct eye gaze after moral injury memory recall.

https://t.co/sPdJaFp7Ho

[Farooq Naeem @farooqnaeem7]

Please share. Public consultation meeting on mental health among South Asian immigrants in Canada @DrKhan_do

[Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families @atlasveteransca]

Niki Hosseini-Kamkar, our Research Associate presents data from neuroimaging studies that found that experiencing trauma is linked with heightened amygdala reactivity and reduced prefrontal cortex activity at #CIMVHR2023. @CIMVHR_ICRSMV

[CIMVHR | ICRSMV @CIMVHR_ICRSMV]

Our afternoon sessions are well underway as Dr. Ruth Lanius highlights her research titled "I am afraid you will see the stain on my soul": Neural processing of direct eye gaze in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder following recall of a moral injury event.” #CIMVHRForum @LaniusRuth

[Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families @atlasveteransca]

Sandhya Narikuzhy, PhD candidate in at McMaster University presenting “Psychological trauma and the embodied self: Resting-state functional connectivity of the temporoparietal junction in PTSD and its dissociative subtype” at #CIMVHR2023. @CIMVHR_ICRSMV