Researcher

My Expertise

Brain Stimulation treatments for chronic pain

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences

Biography

Dr Nahian Chowdhury is a research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW and Head of Neurostimulation at the NeuroRecovery Research Hub, School of Psychology UNSW. Dr Chowdhury’s work involves the use of non-invasive brain stimulation to understand the neural mechanisms for, and to treat pain. Dr Chowdhury is passionate about translating research into clinical practice, with the aim of finding brain biomarkers...view more

Dr Nahian Chowdhury is a research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW and Head of Neurostimulation at the NeuroRecovery Research Hub, School of Psychology UNSW. Dr Chowdhury’s work involves the use of non-invasive brain stimulation to understand the neural mechanisms for, and to treat pain. Dr Chowdhury is passionate about translating research into clinical practice, with the aim of finding brain biomarkers for pain that will be used diagnostically or be used as targets for therapies such as repetitive brain stimulation.


My Grants

  1. 2025 – 2028 - Schabrun, S.M., Seminowicz, D.A., Chowdhury, N.S. & Espin Garcia, O. Unravelling the mechanistic architecture of motor behaviour in pain. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant, 570000 AUD
  2. 2025 – 2028 - Schabrun, S.M., Seminowicz, D.A., Chowdhury, N.S. & Espin Garcia, O. Unravelling the mechanistic architecture of motor behaviour in pain. Research Excellence Award. University of Western Ontario. 87000 AUD
  3. 2024 - Cavaleri, R., Summers, S., Chang, W.J., Chowdhury N.S.  Efficacy of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation on knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Australia Project Grant. 20000 AUD
  4. 2024 - Chowdhury, N.S. Alterations in cortical excitability during acute pain. Brainbox Research Challenge Award. BrainBox Initiative. Lab equipment loan.

My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (October 2020)

Master of Clinical Psychology 

AHPRA Registered Psychologist


My Awards

2022 - Brainbox Research Challenge Award 

2021 - Faculty of Science Prize for Outstanding Thesis (Psychology), University of Sydney

2021 - Tasman Lovell Medallion for Best Thesis in Psychology, University of Sydney

2020 – ACNS Emerging Researcher Award

2019 – Sydney University Publication Prize

2018- International Graduate Accommodation award for the 3rd International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society

2017 – Travel award for Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS) Conference

2017 – Sydney University PsychFEST Best Presentation

2016 – Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference Best Presentation

2015 – The University Medal


My Research Activities

1. Understanding Neuroplastic processes underlying Neuropathic Pain after a spinal cord injury

2. Determining the underlying mechanism behind the analgesic effects of rTMS treatments for chronic pain

3. Validation of a home based EEG neurofeedback device for treatment of chronic pain 

4. Enigma chronic pain EEG - a world wide initiative to understand the neural correlates of chronic pain 

 


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

I am open to supervising students interested in 

- The Neurophysiological biomarkers of chronic pain 

- Brain-focused treatments for chronic pain

- Improving methodologies for assessing and modulating brain activity including EEG and TMS

 


Currently supervising

1 Honours Student (validation of an EEG device used for neurofeedback therapy for chronic pain)

1 PhD Student (EEG neurofeedback therapy for chronic pain)

 

 


My Teaching

Statistics in R

Psychological Interventions 

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