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Rasheda Arman Chowdhurdy

Brain

Dr. Rasheda Arman Chowdhury is a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist with extensive expertise in brain health research across diverse populations. During her Masters and PhD at McGill University, she focused on adult brain health, particularly epilepsy. Her research utilized Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG) data fusion to precisely localize epileptic activity. Dr. Chowdhury’s PhD thesis was awarded the prestigious John F. Davis Award for a significant contribution to the field of neurological disorders. 


In her postdoctoral fellowship at CHU Sainte-Justine, affiliated with the University of Montreal, Dr. Chowdhury shifted her focus to neonatal brain health. She led innovative research on bedside brain monitoring using optical spectroscopy and EEG to study conditions such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, congenital heart disease, and prematurity. Her work has played a key role in advancing neuromonitoring technologies aimed at improving diagnostics and outcomes for vulnerable populations in neonatal intensive care units. 


Currently, as a Senior Research Associate at Concordia University, affiliated with McGill University, Dr. Chowdhury explores multimodal approaches to studying epilepsy and sleep physiology. Her work integrates EEG, MEG, stereo-EEG for epilepsy, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy, EEG, polysomnography, and magnetic resonance imaging for sleep studies. Dr. Chowdhury specializes in developing and validating advanced neuromonitoring technologies and data analysis methods to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical outcomes for both adult and neonatal populations. Her research has been recognized with numerous competitive fellowships. Notably, she received the Savoy Foundation Fellowship and BME Excellence Award during her PhD. Her postdoctoral research was supported by the Bourse de la Fondation du CHUSJ, NSERC Fellowship, FRQNT Fellowship, and TransMedTech Excellence Scholarship.

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