The menopausal transition may be viewed with dread, but today's episode is all about helping women thrive during this natural process. Join Dr. Jennifer Reid as she interviews Dr. Sheila Shanmugan, MD, PhD, a physician researcher studying women during these important years.
We discuss:
*The definitions of premenopause, perimenopause and postmenopause
*Who may be at risk of mood and anxiety concerns in perimenopause?
*How can menopause-related cognitive changes resemble ADHD?
*When does Dr. Shanmugan recommend estrogen therapy?
*What is her dream for personalized care during the menopausal transition?
Sheila Shanmugan MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and physician-scientist conducting translational research at the intersection of reproductive psychiatry and computational neuroscience. Her work leverages machine learning and multimodal neuroimaging to identify neuroendocrinologic markers of risk vs. resilience for psychiatric disorders. She aims to apply this information to personalize early interventions in reproductive psychiatry.
She completed her MD/PhD at the University of Pennsylvania where she received a competitive individual NIH NRSA fellowship to study menopause-related cognitive difficulties. During this time, she led two DB, PC crossover studies to evaluate the neuromodulatory effects of exogenous estradiol, serotonergic alterations, and a stimulant medication on behavioral and neural markers of executive function. She was recently awarded a prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator Award to examine neural mechanisms underlying sex differences in depression and anxiety. The innovative and high impact nature of her work is evidenced by publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Journal of Psychiatry as well as recommendation in F1000Prime.
Twitter: @SheilaShanmugan
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