Perminder Sachdev
MB BS (AIIMS) 1978, MD (Psychiatry) (AIIMS) 1981, FRANZCP 1985, PhD (Psychiatry) (UNSW) 1991, MFPOA 1995

Current positions:

• Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University of New South Wales 1999
• Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Prince of Wales Hospitals 1987

Professional roles:

• President, International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA) (2004-06);
• President-elect, INA, 2002-04);
• Convenor, Neuropsychiatry Interest Group of Australia (1997-);
• Convenor, Brain and Ageing Program, UNSW; Medical Adviser and Founding Executive Member of Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia (1989-2002);
• Founding Member, International College of Geriatric Psychopharmacology;
• Treasurer, Aust Consortium of Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research (1997-2001);
• Convenor, Biennial Congress of the International Neuropsychiatric Association, Sydney 2006;
• Vice-President of the Indo-Australasian Psychiatry Association 2004-06;
• Member of many professional societies and committees and editorial boards of journals. Referee for many international journals.

Research:

Research in the areas of:

• Vascular dementia,
• Alzheimer's disease,
• Dementia of Lewy Body type and other dementias,
• Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia, including Depression;
• Treatment of resistant psychiatric disorders with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Neurosurgery;
• Drug-induced movement disorders (akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, NMS); Neuroimaging;
• Tourette's syndrome, Adult ADHD. Awarded the Senior Research prize of the RANZCP in 1995 for most outstanding psychiatric research by an Aust or NZ psychiatrist in the preceding 2 years, and the Novartis oration of the ASPR in 2004. Currently supervises 3 doctoral students, and co-supervises 3 doctoral students. Currently holds one NHMRC project grant, one NHMRC Equipment Grant, and two unrestricted grants from Eli Lilly. Is the CI-A on a Program Grant (Sachdev/Brodaty/Andrews) recently awarded by the NH&MRC (2005-2009) for $4.6 million for the investigation of neurocognitive disorders in the elderly.

Publications:

Three books - one as co-editor, one as sole author, one as sole editor; and more than 160 peer-reviewed publications in international journals in the fields of neuropsychiatry, schizophrenia and affective disorders.