Speaker
Assistant Professor Eesha Sharma
Assistant Professor (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS)
Biography
Eesha Sharma completed her MBBS at CSMMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Her interest in Psychiatry burgeoned during her undergraduate years, particularly during a brief but impactful 2-week posting in Psychiatry during her internship. This experience became pivotal, steering her towards a decision to pursue psychiatry for her post-graduation. The exact reason behind her choice remains elusive, though she suspects it's a blend of personal experiences and an inherent fascination with comprehending human behaviour.
Her foray into research commenced during her MD in Psychiatry at NIMHANS. For her postgraduate thesis, she delved into exploring the correlation between metabolic side-effects and treatment response with antipsychotics, marking a pioneering endeavour in this association through a prospective design. Alongside this, Eesha actively participated in neuroimaging studies focusing on schizophrenia, specifically examining entorhinal cortex volumes in subjects with the condition, utilising structural MRI techniques.
Post-MD, Eesha embarked on a post-doctoral fellowship centered on Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders. This year-long programme aims to further hone her expertise in this domain. Currently, she's engrossed in a meta-analysis probing the long-term outcomes in adult OCD patients.
Beyond her current pursuits, Eesha's research interests span diverse areas including etiological models of psychopathology, neuropsychiatry, childhood OCD, and pervasive developmental disorders. She aspires to delve deeper into these realms in her future endeavours.