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'''Perminder Sachdev''' (born 1956, [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana), India) is an Indian [neuropsychiatrist](/source/neuropsychiatrist) based in Australia. He is a professor of neuropsychiatry at the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) (UNSW), co-director of the UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, and clinical director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the [Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Hospital%2C_Sydney). He is considered a trailblazer in the field of neuropsychiatry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/calls-to-lift-ban-on-deep-brain-stimulation/news-story/886555ff7693be2dbdebf5758774842b|title='Lift ban' on deep brain therapy|publisher=The Australian|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/our-people/scientia-professor-perminder-sachdev|title=Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=hutchinson>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/funding-success-centres-research-excellence|title=Funding success for Centres of Research Excellence|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=5a/> Sachdev's research interests include ageing, vascular [cognitive disorders](/source/cognitive_disorders) such as [vascular dementia](/source/vascular_dementia), and [psychiatric disorder](/source/psychiatric_disorder)s.<ref name=dementia/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018876677/world-renowned-neuropsychiatrist-on-longevity-and-staving-off-dementia|title=World renowned neuropsychiatrist on longevity and staving off dementia|publisher=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sachdev was born in [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana), [Punjab, India](/source/Punjab%2C_India) and went to school in [Solan](/source/Solan) in the foothills of the [Himalayas](/source/Himalayas).<ref name=2a>{{cite web|url=https://connectweb.com.au/view-biography.aspx?pid=11634&p=WWA|title=Perminder Singh Sachdev|publisher=Who's Who in Australia|website=Crown Content Pty td|date=2010|access-date=2023-02-27}}</ref> He attended [All India Institutes of Medical Sciences](/source/All_India_Institutes_of_Medical_Sciences), earning his [MBBS](/source/Bachelor_of_Medicine%2C_Bachelor_of_Surgery) in 1978 and his [MD](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) in psychiatry in 1981. The title of his thesis was "A reperatory grid comparison of [endogeneous](/source/endogeneous) and [neurotic depression](/source/neurotic_depression)s."<ref name=bio/> He received his [PhD](/source/PhD) in psychiatry from [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) in 1991 after successfully defending his dissertation, "Studies in [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_people) ethnopsychiatry," which looked at the Māori traditions of [mana](/source/Mana_(Oceanian_mythology)), [tapu](/source/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture)), [noa](/source/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture)), and whakamā.<ref name=bio/><ref name=3a>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the World|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|edition=24|year=2007|chapter=Perminder Singh Sachdev}}</ref> He chose to study psychiatry instead of neurology because it "offered the scope for examining '[the human condition](/source/the_human_condition)'."<ref name=hussein/>

==Career==
Sachdev has been the clinical director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the [Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Hospital%2C_Sydney) since 1987. Research there focuses on [movement disorders](/source/movement_disorders) such as drug-induced [akathisia](/source/akathisia), [Tourette Syndrome](/source/Tourette_Syndrome), [tardive dystonia](/source/tardive_dystonia), and [neuroleptic malignant syndrome](/source/neuroleptic_malignant_syndrome).<ref name=bio/><ref name=hussein>{{cite web|url=http://newmatilda.com/2010/05/20/brains-minds-hearts-souls|title=Brains, Minds, Hearts And Souls|last=Hussein|first=Shakira|date=2010-05-20|publisher=New Matilda|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823213551/http://newmatilda.com/2010/05/20/brains-minds-hearts-souls|archive-date=2011-08-23}}</ref><ref name=5a/> He became a professor of neuropsychiatry at the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) (UNSW) in 1999.<ref name=5a/> Sachdev's research interests center on  [cognitive](/source/cognitive_disorder) and [psychiatric disorder](/source/psychiatric_disorder)s; examples include late-onset [schizophrenia](/source/schizophrenia), [dementia](/source/dementia), and [Alzheimer's](/source/Alzheimer's).<ref name=dementia>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/semi-supercentenarian-106-year-old-believed-to-be-first-kiwi-to-receive-birthday-card-from-two-monarchs/THRHOT4DRVHW5H2VIQADBPJ6VI/|date=2022-12-23|title=Semi-Supercentenarian: 106-year-old believed to be first Kiwi to receive birthday card from two monarchs|publisher=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Schizophrenia-like psychosis and epilepsy: the status of the association|last=Sachdev|first=Perminder|date=March 1998|journal=American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=155|issue=3|pages=325–336|doi=10.1176/ajp.155.3.325}}</ref> He has done research on how [mirror neuron](/source/mirror_neuron)s impact psychiatric disorders, and has examined the efficacy of brain stimulation techniques such as [TMS](/source/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation), [DCS](/source/Spinal_cord_stimulator), [VNS](/source/Vagus_nerve_stimulation), and [DBS](/source/Deep_brain_stimulation) as treatments for psychiatric disorders.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/medicine-and-research/Mirror-neuron-systems-offer-exciting-prospects/article16879639.ece|title=Mirror neuron systems offer exciting prospects|date=2009-09-07|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

In 2006, he became the founding chair of the neuropsychiatry section at the [Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists](/source/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Psychiatrists), a position he held for one year.<ref name=5a/><ref name=bio/> In 2012, he established the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW, which focuses on [neurocognitive disorders](/source/neurocognitive_disorders) and brain health, specifically regarding [vascular dementia](/source/vascular_dementia).<ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/> This team includes researchers from eight universities and three research institutions.<ref name=hutchinson/> He has been the [PI](/source/Principal_Investigator) on a number of [longitudinal](/source/longitudinal_study), community-based studies of brain ageing, including the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study, the Older Australian Twins Study, and the Sydney Centenarian Study (1997-2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-hlth-science-studies-twins-1001-story.html|title='Twins are nature's experiment': How scientists use them to study nature vs. nurture|date=2018-10-01|last=Richards|first=Sarah Elizabeth|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=bio/><ref name=tech>{{cite web|url=https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/near-centenarians-show-greater-brain-connectivity-than-people-in-their-mid-70s-334600|title=Near Centenarians Show Greater Brain Connectivity Than People in Their Mid-70s|date=2020-05-11|publisher=Technology Networks|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/consortia/strokog/studies/sydney-stroke-study-sss|title=Sydney Stroke Study (SSS)|publisher=CHeBA|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref> The Sydney Centenarian Study "emphasised the important role of the brain's [frontoparietal network](/source/frontoparietal_network) in relation to the adaptability of a person's cognitive abilities to ageing and disease, known as [cognitive reserve](/source/cognitive_reserve)."<ref name=tech/> He is a collaborator of the Australian PATH Through Life Study, leading the normative [brain ageing](/source/Aging_brain) study since its start.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/research-projects/path-through-life-study|title=PATH Through Life Study|publisher=CHeBA|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref> He also leads three international networks: the International Centenarian Consortium - Dementia (ICC-Dementia), which began in 2012; the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC), which began in 2017; and the Stroke and Cognititon Consortium (STROKOG), which began expanding in 2022.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/consortia/cosmic|title=COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium|publisher=CHeBA|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/consortia/strokog|title=STROKOG|publisher=CHeBA|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://repository.synchros.eu/network/icc-dementia|title=International Centenarian Consortium - dementia|publisher=Synchros|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

His involvement in so many research collectives has allowed him to take a leading role in the development and improvement of training within neuropsychiatry, including the core curriculum.<ref name=5a/><ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/><ref name=3a /> He was one of two Australians who contributed to the diagnosis of dementia for the [DSM-5](/source/DSM-5) and led an international team to develop the diagnosis for dementia for the International Society of Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders.<ref name=gough/><ref name=douglass/> Sachdev has identified new genetic markers of [VCD](/source/Vocal_cord_dysfunction) and [Alzheimer's](/source/Alzheimer's), and has identified [homocysteine](/source/homocysteine) and impaired [fasting glucose](/source/fasting_glucose) as risk factors for [brain atrophy](/source/brain_atrophy).<ref name=gough/><ref name=douglass/> He has also contributed to the field of epilepsy research as a member of the Task Force of the [International League Against Epilepsy](/source/International_League_Against_Epilepsy)'s Neuropsychobiology Commission.<ref name=5a /> He was invited by the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) to lead a research blueprint to "help make dementia research an international priority" and, in 2022, the [Australian National Health and Medicine Research Council](/source/National_Health_and_Medical_Research_Council) provided him with funding to establish a research center focused solely on vascular contributions to dementia.<ref name=douglass/> According to former UNSW Vice-Chancellor [Ian Jacobs](/source/Ian_Jacobs_(oncologist)), who nominated Sachdev for the Ryman Award, he has also "championed the inclusion of diversity in dementia research."<ref name=douglass/>

Additionally, he was a medical advisor and founding executive committee member of the [Tourette Syndrome Association](/source/Tourette_Syndrome_Association) starting in 1989; was on the Scientific Steering Committee of the [Garvan Institute](/source/Garvan_Institute)'s Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (1996-1998); sat on the [Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists](/source/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Psychiatrists)' Committee on Psychotropic Drugs and Other Physical Treatments (1996-1998); was a founding member (1998), president (2004-2006), executive member (2011), assistant secretary, and treasurer of the International Neuropsychiatric Association;<ref name=5a/><ref name=2a /><ref name="Herbertson L 2011"/><ref name=bio/><ref name=douglass/> and served as vice-president of the Indo-Australasian Psychiatry Association (2005-2006).<ref name=5a/>

He was also a founding member and past president of the International College of Geriatric Psychopharmacology and formerly chief medical advisor to Alzheimer's Australia.<ref name=5a/><ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/> He served as an international advisor to the American Neurosurgical Society's Psychosurgery Review Committee, was an advisory member of the [F1000](/source/F1000_(publisher)) reports board, and has sat on the editorial board of a number of journals, including the ''[American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry](/source/American_Journal_of_Geriatric_Psychiatry)'', ''[Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment](/source/Neuropsychiatric_Disease_and_Treatment)'', ''[Acta Neuropsychiatrica](/source/Acta_Neuropsychiatrica)'', and ''[Current Opinion in Psychiatry](/source/Current_Opinion_in_Psychiatry)''.<ref name=2a /> Additionally, he is a member of the Australian Society of Psychiatric Research, Australian Society of Biological Psychiatry, [Alzheimer's Association](/source/Alzheimer's_Association), Australian Brain Foundation, the task force of the [International League Against Epilepsy](/source/International_League_Against_Epilepsy)'s Neuropsychobiology Commission, and [American Psychiatric Association](/source/American_Psychiatric_Association)'s Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group.<ref name=5a/><ref name=bio/>

==Honours and awards==
* 1985: Fellow, [Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists](/source/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Psychiatrists).<ref name=3a /><ref name=5a/> 
* 1995: Organon Senior Research Award, [Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists](/source/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Psychiatrists).<ref name=2a /><ref name=5a/>
* 2004: Outstanding Academician Award, Indo-Australian Psychiatric Association.<ref name=5a/>
* 2009: [Australian Rotary Health](/source/Australian_Rotary_Health) Dissemination Award, Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research.
* 2010: NSW Scientist of the Year in Biomedical Sciences.<ref>'At University of NSW – NSW Scientist of the Year Awards', Southern Courier, 12 October 2010, 29.</ref><ref name=5a/><ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/>
* 2011: Fellow, [National Health and Medical Research Council](/source/National_Health_and_Medical_Research_Council)'s Academy.<ref name=5a/>
* 2011: Founder's Medal, Australian Society for Psychiatric Research.
* 2011: Member, [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) at the [Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/2011_Queen's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)) for his clinical and academic research in neuropsychiatry.<ref name=5a>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/qb11/Media%20Notes%20AM%20%28M-Z%29%20%28final%29.pdf|title=MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA|year=2011|publisher=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia|page=68|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813014131/http://www.gg.gov.au/res/file/2011/honours/qb11/Media%20Notes%20AM%20(M-Z)%20(final).pdf|archive-date=2011-08-13}}</ref><ref name="Herbertson L 2011">{{cite news|title=Our Local Heroes Queen's Birthday Honours 2011|last1=Hebertson|first1=L.|last2=Rice|first2=M.|newspaper=Wentworth Courier|date=2011-06-15|page=6}}</ref><ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/>
* 2012: International Distinguished Fellow, [American Psychiatric Association](/source/American_Psychiatric_Association).<ref name=bio/>
* 2014: Dean's Award for outstanding contribution to research and teaching, UNSW Medicine.<ref name=bio/>
* 2015 - Fellow, [Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences](/source/Australian_Academy_of_Health_and_Medical_Sciences).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AAHMS-Full-Fellowship-A-Z-June-2019.pdf|title=Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences|last=|first=|date=June 2019|website=Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924034919/https://aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AAHMS-Full-Fellowship-A-Z-June-2019.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2019|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=gough>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/medical-research-leaders-elected-academy|title=Medical research leaders elected to Academy|date=2015-10-07|last=Gough|first=Myles|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref name=bio/>
* 2019: Top Researcher in Geontology and Geriatric Medicine, ''[The Australian](/source/The_Australian)''.<ref name=douglass/>
* 2022: Top Researcher in Neurobiology, ''[The Australian](/source/The_Australian)''.<ref name=douglass/>
* 2022 - Ryman Prize "for his unique contribution to the understanding of ageing" and prevention and early diagnosis of dementia.<ref name=dementia/><ref name=douglass>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/perminder-sachdev-awarded-2022-ryman-prize|title=Perminder Sachdev awarded the 2022 Ryman Prize|last=Douglass|first=Heidi|date=2022-12-08|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sachdev is married to psychiatrist Dr. Jagdeep Sachdev.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rymanhealthcare.co.nz/ryman-news/world-leading-neuropsychiatrist-wins-the-ryman-prize|title=WORLD-LEADING NEUROPSYCHIATRIST WINS THE RYMAN PRIZE|last=King|first=David|date=2022-12-08|publisher=Ryman Healthcare|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ndabaonline.ukzn.ac.za/UkzndabaStory/Vol4-Issue20/Dementia%20the%20Subject%20of%20Public%20Debate%20at%20UKZN/|last=Dlamini|first=Nombuso|title=Dementia the Subject of Public Debate at UKZN|publisher=University of Kwazulu-Natal|access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
As of 2022, Sachdev had more than 1,100 peer reviewed journal articles, seven books (including ''[The Yipping Tiger](/source/The_Yipping_Tiger)''), three edited books, and 71 book chapters to his name. He has published in journals including ''[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))'', ''[Science](/source/Science_(journal))'', ''[Molecular Psychiatry](/source/Molecular_Psychiatry)'', ''[Lancet Neurology](/source/Lancet_Neurology)'', and the ''[British Medical Journal](/source/British_Medical_Journal)''. In 2017, he published a book of poems called ''A migrant's musings and other offerings to an adopted land''.<ref name=douglass/><ref name=bio/><ref name=hussein/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/think-again-reinterpreting-the-brain-20100331-rexx.html|title=Think again: reinterpreting the brain|last=Turney|first=Drew|date=2010-04-01|publisher=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |access-date=2023-02-28}}</ref>

* 1983: "A repertory grid comparison of endogenous and neurotic depressions." With H.M. Chawla et al.'' [Indian Journal of Psychiatry](/source/Indian_Journal_of_Psychiatry)'', 25: 46-51.
* 1994: "Research diagnostic criteria for drug-induced akathisia: conceptualisation, rationale, and proposal." ''[Psychopharmacology](/source/Psychopharmacology_(journal))'', 114: 181-186. {{doi|10.1007/BF02245462}}
* 1995: "Does neurosurgery for obsessive-compulsive disorder produce personality change?" with P. Hay. ''[Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease](/source/Journal_of_Nervous_and_Mental_Disease)'', 183: 408-413. {{doi|10.1097/00005053-199506000-00010}}
* 1998: "Evidence-based medicine offers little support for psychosurgery." With R.T. White. ''[Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry](/source/Australian_and_New_Zealand_Journal_of_Psychiatry)'', 32: 460-462.
* 2001: "Schizophrenia-like psychosis following traumatic brain injury: a chart-based descriptive and case-control study." With J.S. Smith and S. Cathcart. ''[Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences](/source/Journal_of_Neuropsychiatry_and_Clinical_Neurosciences)'', 13: 533-534. {{doi|10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13.4.533}}
* 2005: "MRI hyperintensities and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 60- to 64-year-olds." With A.F. Jorm et al. ''[American Journal of Psychiatry](/source/American_Journal_of_Psychiatry)'', 162: 699-704. {{doi|10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.699}}
* 2008: "Hippocampal volume is positively associated with behavioural inhibition (BIS) in a large community-based sample of mid-life adults: the PATH through life study." With N. Cherbuin et al. ''[Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience](/source/Social_Cognitive_and_Affective_Neuroscience)'', 3: 262-269. {{doi|10.1093/scan/nsn018}}
* 2009: "White matter hyperintensities in the forties: Their prevalence and topography in an epidemiological sample aged 44–48." With W. Wen et al. ''[NeuroImage](/source/NeuroImage)'', 47: S80. {{doi|10.1016/s1053-8119(09)70557-9}}
* 2011: "Impact of Load-Related Neural Processes on Feature Binding in Visuospatial Working Memory." With N.A. Kochan et al. ''[PLoS ONE](/source/PLoS_ONE)'', 6: e23960. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0023960|doi-access=free}}
* 2014: "Increase in PAS-induced neuroplasticity after a treatment courseof transcranial direct current stimulation for depression." With M.J. Player et al. ''[Journal of Affective Disorders](/source/Journal_of_Affective_Disorders)'', 167: 140-147. {{doi|10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.063}}
* 2017: "Incidental findings on cerebral MRI in twins: the Older Australian Twins Study." With R. Koncz et al. ''Brain Imaging and Behavior'', 12: 860-869. {{doi|10.1007/s11682-017-9747-2}}
* 2018: "Non-Genetic Risk Factors for Degenerative and Vascular Young Onset Dementia: Results from the INSPIRED and KGOW Studies." With M. Cations et al. ''[Journal of Alzheimer's Disease](/source/Journal_of_Alzheimer's_Disease)'', 62: 1747-1758. {{doi|10.3233/jad-171027}}
* 2019: "The Plasma NAD⁺ Metabolome Is Dysregulated in "normal" Aging." With J. Clement et al. ''[Rejuvenation Research](/source/Rejuvenation_Research)'', 22: 121-130. {{doi|10.1089/rej.2018.2077}}
* 2022: "Social health, social reserve and dementia." ''[Current Opinion in Psychiatry](/source/Current_Opinion_in_Psychiatry)'', 35(2): 111-117. {{doi|10.1097/YCO.0000000000000779}}
* 2023: "Ensemble feature selection with data-driven thresholding for Alzheimer's disease biomarker discovery." With A. Spooner et al. ''[BMC Bioinformatics](/source/BMC_Bioinformatics)'', 24(9). {{doi|10.1186/s12859-022-05132-9|doi-access=free}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100928011405/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2010/3016990.htm ''On the Couch: Perminder Sachdev and Norman Doidge''] - 25 September 2010 interview with [Natasha Mitchell](/source/Natasha_Mitchell) on ''[All in the Mind](/source/All_in_the_Mind_(Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation_radio))''

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