Suvarna Badhe
Position:
Clinical Research Associate,
Department of Radiology
Northwestern University
737 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60611
Education: M.B.B.S from Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Mumbai, India.
Interests: Functional MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Projects:
- Establishing the role of the Hippocampus in memory encoding and recall using fMRI. The goal of this project is to be able to elicit Hippocampal activation in Epileptic patients so as to determine hemispheric dominance for memory prior to temporal lobectomy.
- Testing willful modulation of brain activity in Disorders of unconsciousness using fMRI. The main objective of this study is to determine if patients suffering from disorders of unconsciousness can respond using brain activity.