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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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-0746