Shraddha is a research scientist, educator, musician, and photographer. Her research lab studies childhood and adult brain cancer, seeking to understand it and develop new diagnostic tests and therapies for it. Her music is cosmopolitan, classy, and filled with escapism. Her photography seeks to capture mystery, mood, and marvel in nature, the everyday, and the imagination.
2004 B.Math. Hon. Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
2010 Ph.D. Biological Science (systems neuroscience), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
2010-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow - Epigenetics, brain & psychosis, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
2015-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow - Machine learning for precision medicine, The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto
Training
Awards and Honours (Selected)
2024 Runner Up, Panorama India Idol
2019 Donnelly Centre Research Excellence Award
2016 Room with a View. Best in Show. NeuroCentric Arts Competition, Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto
2014 Brain & Behavior Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2004 Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship
Affiliations
2024 - present: Faculty, Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto
2021 - present: Member, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto chapter
2021 - present: Faculty, Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops
2021 - present: Assistant Professor, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
1997 - present: Member, Ontario Konkani Association