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Researcher

Dr Nahian Shahmat Chowdhury

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences

Biography

Dr Nahian Chowdhury is a research fellow. 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

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Dr Nahian Chowdhury is a research fellow. 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, 5700000 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 


My Awards

2022 - Brainbox Research Challenge Award Runner Up

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

The PREDICT Project: Analytical validation of a novel cortical biomarker signature for predicting pain sensitivity

The EXCITE Project: Does repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation have a protective effect when delivered prior to pain?

The REVAMP Project: Understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying the analgesic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation 

The BRAINBOX Project: Characterising brain changes during sustained pain

 


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

The psychological and neurophysiological predictors of pain

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Combined TMS-Electroencephalography

Repetitive-TMS treatments for pain

 


Currently supervising

Two ILP Honours Students

 

 


My Teaching

Statistics in R

Psychological Interventions 

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