Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD

Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD, is currently a tenured professor in the neurobiology and anatomy department at the Drexel University College of Medicine. His research interests focus on the role of neuronal and glial dysfunction in mediating chronic behavioral deficits following traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. He has mentored high school, undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, medical, and graduate students throughout his career and is interested in public advocacy for science education and funding and improving diversity and equity in biomedical research. Through programs at the SfN and the Annual Biomedical Conference for Minoritized Scientists, he mentors students who come from socially and economically disadvantaged communities underrepresented in science and medicine through making decisions like choosing the correct graduate/medical school.