Manwani Lab
Bharti Manwani, MD/PhD – Associate Professor
Education & Training
MD SN Medical College – Agra, India
PhD University of Connecticut Health Center – Farmington, CT
Residency Neurology, University of Connecticut – Farmington, CT
Fellowship Vascular Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
Areas of Interest
Clinical & research interests: vascular neurology, stroke in women, cardioembolic strokes, Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and general neurology
Pritt Verma, PhD – Research Associate
Education & Training
PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences – Pharmacology, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute and Amity University – Uttar Pradesh, India
Areas of Interest
Research interests: neuropharmacology
Research & Experience
My early career contributions have focused on investigating the mechanisms of drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Besides, I have previously studied pharmacology and toxicology. My current research focuses on cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Hobbies & Interests
Cooking, traveling, pets, gardening, and singing
Shravan Paswan, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education & Training
PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences – Pharmacology, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute & Amity University – Lucknow, India
MBA Rural Management, Jaipur National University – Jaipur, India
Areas of Interest
Research interests: neurology and neuropharmacology
Research & Experience
My early career contributions were focused on investigating the mechanisms of wound healing. I also studied the protective effects of SIRT1 activators on sarcopenia and cognitive impairment in aged animals. Furthermore, I also studied cardiovascular pharmacology where my main area of research was the pharmacological effect of Vitamin D in pulmonary hypertension in a preclinical rat model. My current research focuses on the heart-brain axis in stroke and dementia.
Hobbies & Interests
Traveling, dogs, gardening, movies, and cycling
Heather Tolcher – MD Student Research Assistant
Education & Training
BASc Biochemistry and French, The University of Texas – Austin, TX (2018)
MD McGovern Medical School – Houston, TX (2020-Current)
Areas of Interest
Research interests: general neurology, neuropsychiatry, and machine learning
Research & Experience
I am currently researching ischemic stroke and cytokine biomarkers in the Manwani Lab at McGovern Medical School. Previously, I studied plant molecular biology at UT Austin, neuroimmunology at the Mayo Clinic, regenerative medicine at the University of Oxford, stem cell biology and machine learning at the Sanford Consortium of Regenerative medicine, and diffusion tensor imaging at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Hobbies & Interests
Painting, the McGovern Art Club, ballet, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with family and friends.