Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

My research uses neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, etc) to study mechanisms of brain aging, memory and emotions. I also do clinical trials of lifestyle and pharmacology strategies to enhance mental fitness

Psychiatry, Duke University Med Ctr, 1991-1995 Neurobiology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1988-1990 Medicine, University of Madras (India), 1987

Smith PJ, Blumenthal JA, Babyak MA, Doraiswamy PM, Hinderliter A, Hoffman BM, Waugh R, Sherwood A (2009). Intima-media thickness and age of first depressive episode. Biol Psychol. 80(3):361-364.

Petrella JR, Prince SE, Krishnan S, Husn H, Kelley L, Doraiswamy PM (2009). Effects of donepezil on cortical activation in mild cognitive impairment: a pilot double-blind placebo-controlled trial using functional MR imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 30(2):411-416.

Taylor WD, Kuchibhatla M, Payne ME, Macfall JR, Sheline YI, Krishnan KR, Doraiswamy PM (2008). Frontal white matter anisotropy and antidepressant remission in late-life depression. PLoS One 3(9):e3267.