Dr. Sharna Jamadar

Biography

Sharna Jamadar is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health as well as the Monash Biomedical Imaging at Monash University. Her research focuses on understanding how life experiences change the brain and contributes to resilience during the aging process. She has a particular interest in developing and applying novel imaging methods to study brain connectivity changes across the lifespan. In addition, Sharna has recently emerged interests in the neuroscience of parenthood, proposing a new hypothesis that parenthood contributes to cognitive reserve and resilience in aging. She is an expert in multimodal neuroimaging, utilizing a variety of imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and eye-tracking to study the brain. Sharna's team at Monash Biomedical Imaging leads the development of simultaneous functional PET/MR imaging in humans, creating high-resolution measures that map the brain's function, structure, and metabolic efficiency. To date, she has received significant competitive funding and numerous awards for her contributions to neuroscience including the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award in 2023. She is a co-founder of the Australasian Women in Neuroscience Network and is actively involved in advocating for equity and diversity within the scientific community.

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