Pratima Murthy
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Pratima Murthy is a Director and Senior Professor of Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS). A medical graduate from the Bangalore Medical College, she completed her Diploma and MD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS and has a Diploma in Psychological Medicine from the University of Manchester, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. Her clinical work and research is primarily in the area of addiction prevention and management. She has been a consultant to the WHO, ILO and UNDCP and has been involved in the preparation of national treatment guidelines for tobacco, alcohol and other substance use and behavioural addiction disorder management.
Session 2C: Symposium – “Brain Function in Health and Disease”
Sumantra Chattarji - CHINTA, Kolkata
Explorations of the brain and mind at NIMHANS‒Through the looking glass
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) is a unique institution providing clinical care, training and research in the areas of mind and brain. The three divisions of behavioural sciences, neurosciences and basic sciences work in tandem to understand the functioning of the brain from different vantages and through the use of contemporary investigative lenses. This presentation will focus on some of the important research areas at NIMHANS and how it has contributed to the understanding of the brain and its complex function in health and in disease.