{"id":67077,"date":"2020-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:42:40","slug":"new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><i>This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s 2019 Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/i> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.\n<li><b>Title:<\/b> Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine\n<li><b>Joined UNMC:<\/b> 2010\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Coimbatore, India<\/ul>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>The New Investigator Award<\/h3>\n<p>New Investigator Awards go to outstanding UNMC scientists who in the past two years have secured their first funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense or other national sources.<br \/>\nNew Investigators also had to demonstrate scholarly activity such as publishing their research and\/or presenting their findings at national conventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Research focus:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neurodevelopmental disorders<\/ul>\n<p><b>The goal of my research is:<\/b> To contribute to the investigation of synaptic, astrocytic and behavioral alterations in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).<\/p>\n<p><b>My research will make a difference because:<\/b> Understanding the effects of developmental alcohol exposure on astrocytes can provide insights into the design of therapeutic strategies for FASD. <\/p>\n<p><b>The best advice I&#8217;ve ever been given is:<\/b> Take things one step at a time. <\/p>\n<p><b>Three things you may not know about me are:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I prefer walking, and public transportation is my preferred mode when I need to travel longer distances.\n<li>I love drinking tea.\n<li>I do not have any social media accounts.<\/ul>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"uEhXK  CM\">uEhXK  CM<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ragunathan&#8217;s research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":67078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","department-vice-chancellor-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Ragunathan&#039;s research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Ragunathan&#039;s research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"705\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Keenan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17\"},\"headline\":\"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dr. Ragunathan's research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg\",\"width\":705,\"height\":406},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/10\\\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/unmcedu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/unmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/iamunmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17\",\"name\":\"John Keenan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/author\\\/02e74f10e0327ad868d138f2b4fdd6f0\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.","description":"Dr. Ragunathan's research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.","og_description":"Dr. Ragunathan's research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":705,"height":406,"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Keenan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Keenan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/"},"author":{"name":"John Keenan","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17"},"headline":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.","datePublished":"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/","name":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T21:42:40+00:00","description":"Dr. Ragunathan's research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RagunathanPreferred021020.jpg","width":705,"height":406},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/10\/new-investigator-padmashri-ragunathan-ph-d\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17","name":"John Keenan","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/02e74f10e0327ad868d138f2b4fdd6f0\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85712,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67077\/revisions\/85712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}