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Biography
Dr Maithili Sashindranath is Deputy Lab Head of the Vascular Biology Group within the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD).
Biography
Dr Sashindranath has over 15 years of experience in Neuroscience research and is an expert in the fields of brain injury and stroke. She is Deputy Lab Head of the Vascular Biology group in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, where she leads a team of research assistants and PhD students. Her current research interests are focussed on improving outcomes in small vessel thrombosis and ischemic stroke. She previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Molecular Neurotrauma and Haemostasis laboratory in the same department. She has received and been named on grant applications amounting to over 150,000$ and has been involved in securing 4 successful NHMRC grant applications. She has had 24 publications in the last 8 years including 6 as senior author. and 6 as first author
Dr Sashindranath graduated with a PhD from the University of Melbourne in December 2009 during which she studied seizure induced oxidative stress and kinase signalling processes in epilepsy. She was the recipient of the Melbourne Research Scholarship (2004-2008) as well as the Leslie Eric Paddle scholarship (2006 and 2007) and the RJ Gleghorn scholarship (2007) for PhD studies. Dr Sashindranath completed a BSc Hons degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2003.
She is committed to being a role model in the community and visits primary schools to promote interest in STEM, and is particularly focussed on inspiring young girls to pursue STEM careers. She also has a keen interest in supporting women in STEM and is Deputy Chair of the Monash School of Translational Medicine's Gender Equity and Diversity Committee.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Neuroscience, PhD, Oxidative Stress in Epilepsy, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 5 Dec 2009
External positions
Executive , Australian Academy of Science
2021 → …
Research area keywords
- Inflammation
- Thrombosis
- Endothelial biology
- stroke
- brain injury
- endothelial dysfunction
- ischaemia reperfusion injury
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A novel single treatment for two serious complications of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: acute graft-versus-host disease and sinusoidal obstruction syndrome.
Nandurkar, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Robson, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Curtis, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Karlheinz, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Sashindranath, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hill, G. R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Dwyer, K. M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Sluyter, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Watson, D. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Delivering CD39 to the inured brain as a novel way to improve outcome after ischemic stroke
Nandurkar, H., Sashindranath, M., Sturgeon, S., Nesbitt, W. & Willcox, A.
1/02/17 → 31/01/18
Project: Research
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Development of a novel drug to treat liver veno-occlusive disease: characterisation and pre-clinical testing
Nandurkar, H., Sashindranath, M., Sturgeon, S. & Willcox, A.
9/01/17 → 1/03/18
Project: Research
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Is the plasminogen system a link between head trauma and the increased risk of dementia
Sashindranath, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Medcalf, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Samson, A. L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/03/13 → 1/09/14
Project: Research
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Correction to: Hierarchical skin lesion image classification with prototypical decision tree (npj Digital Medicine, (2025), 8, 1, (26), 10.1038/s41746-024-01395-z)
Yu, Z., Nguyen, T. D., Ju, L., Gal, Y., Sashindranath, M., Bonnington, P., Zhang, L., Mar, V. & Ge, Z., 21 Feb 2025, In: npj Digital Medicine. 8, 1, 1 p., 116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Hierarchical skin lesion image classification with prototypical decision tree
Yu, Z., Nguyen, T. D., Ju, L., Gal, Y., Sashindranath, M., Bonnington, P., Zhang, L., Mar, V. & Ge, Z., 14 Jan 2025, In: npj Digital Medicine. 8, 1, 15 p., 26.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Multi-task AI models in dermatology: Overcoming critical clinical translation challenges for enhanced skin lesion diagnosis
Mehta, D., Primiero, C., Betz-Stablein, B., Nguyen, T. D., Gal, Y., Bowling, A., Haskett, M., Sashindranath, M., Bonnington, P., Mar, V., Soyer, H. P. & Ge, Z., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Assessment of image quality on the diagnostic performance of clinicians and deep learning models: Cross-sectional comparative reader study
Oloruntoba, A. I., Asghari-Jafarabadi, M., Sashindranath, M., Ingvar, Å., Adler, N. R., Vico-Alonso, C., Niklasson, L., Caixinha, A. L., Hiscutt, E., Holmes, Z., Assersen, K. B., Adamson, S., Jegathees, T., Bertelsen, T., Velasco-Tamariz, V., Helkkula, T., Kristiansen, S., Toholka, R., Goh, M. S. & Chamberlain, A. & 7 others, , 10 Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development of endothelial-targeted CD39 as a therapy for ischemic stroke
Lee, N. T., Savvidou, I., Selan, C., Calvello, I., Vuong, A., Wright, D. K., Brkljaca, R., Willcox, A., Chia, J. S. J., Wang, X., Peter, K., Robson, S. C., Medcalf, R. L., Nandurkar, H. H. & Sashindranath, M., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 22, 8, p. 2331-2344 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Advancing Women's Research Success Grant
Sashindranath, M. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Biomedical Paper Award, Alfred Health
Sashindranath, Maithili (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Early Career Research Publication Prize
Sashindranath, Maithili (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Mouse Specifics Inc Award
Sashindranath, Maithili (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Senior Medical Researcher Staff Prize
Sashindranath, Maithili (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry (Journal)
Maithili Sashindranath (Peer reviewer)
Oct 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Neuropharmacology (Journal)
Maithili Sashindranath (Peer reviewer)
3 Feb 2020 → 10 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (Journal)
Maithili Sashindranath (Peer reviewer)
10 Jan 2020 → 20 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of Experimental Pharmacology (Journal)
Maithili Sashindranath (Peer reviewer)
Sept 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Neuroscience Letters (Journal)
Maithili Sashindranath (Peer reviewer)
Nov 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility