Rajendra Badgaiyan, MD
Professor and Chairman, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio · United States
Editorial leadership for Journal of ADHD And Care ISSN 3066-8042
Research interests
- Psychiatry
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Biography
Rajendra Badgaiyan, MD, completed his MD and MA (Psychology) in India and finished postdoctoral training at the University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard University, where he also completed residency training in Psychiatry. He currently serves as Professor and Chairman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Badgaiyan is a member of the editorial boards of 12 journals and Chief/Executive Editor of 3 journals, and he has received several awards for his research contributions. He is recognized as the original developer of the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique that allows detection, mapping, and measurement of dopamine released during task performance in the live human brain. His most-cited publication, "Neurogenetics and Epigenetics of Loneliness" (2023), has been cited 21 times, and he has authored over 25 indexed publications.
Selected publications
- Neurogenetics and Epigenetics of Loneliness 2023 cited 21×
- A Novel Precision Approach to Overcome the “Addiction Pandemic” by Incorporating Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (GARS) and Dopamine Homeostasis Restoration 2021 cited 20×
- Statistical Validation of Risk Alleles in Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (GARS) Test: Early Identification of Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in 74,566 Case–Control Subjects 2022 cited 19×
- Should Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Be Considered an Umbrella Disorder for Mental Illness and Associated Genetic and Epigenetic Induced Dysregulation of Brain Reward Circuitry? 2022 cited 16×
- Theorizing the Role of Dopaminergic Polymorphic Risk Alleles with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), Violent/Aggressive Behavior and Addiction: Justification of Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (GARS) Testing 2022 cited 15×
- The First Exploratory Personalized Medicine Approach to Improve Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Utilizing Psychosocial and Genetic Risk Assessments: Encouraging Clinical Research 2023 cited 13×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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