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