Bhavani Kashyap, MBBS, PhD
Research Associate, Center for Memory and Aging
About

Education: MBBS, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India; PhD, Neuroscience, University of Idaho, Moscow

Research interests: Dr. Kashyap's research interests include research in neurological disorders. She is currently working on novel therapeutic approaches for people living with dementia, and caregiver research.

Current research activities: 

Principal investigator: 
Outreach-ER: A Dementia Care Intervention Program

Co-investigator:

  • A Single Arm Study of Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI)-Guided Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS) in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
  • Connectomic Analysis in Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Potential Diagnostic Imaging Biomarker
  • Single Center Safety and Tolerability Trial of Intranasal Insulin in Parkinson's disease
Affiliation
positions
  • Research Associate, Neuroscience Research Centers 2017 -
  • Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Centers 2015 - 2017
    • Publications While At HealthPartners
    selected publications
    Journal Article
  • Functional MRI Analysis of Cortical Regions to Distinguish Lewy Body Dementia From Alzheimer's Disease. 
    Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2025
  • Open label pilot of personalized, neuroimaging-guided theta burst stimulation in early-stage Alzheimer's disease. 
    Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2024
  • Abnormal clinical presentation and surgical outcome of an intraventricular cavernoma of the third ventricle. 
    BMJ Case Reports. 2023
  • Implementation and review of the care ecosystem in an integrated healthcare system. 
    BMC Geriatrics. 2023
  • Stroke characteristics in a cohort of Hmong American patients. 
    Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023
  • Patterns and predictors of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation related cerebral microbleeds. 
    Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2022
  • A phase II, single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the safety and therapeutic efficacy of intranasal glulisine in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and probable mild Alzheimer's disease. 
    Drugs and Aging. 2021
  • Barriers to achieving target door-to-needle time in patients treated with IV thrombolysis. 
    Healthc Res J. 2021
  • A successful quality improvement project for detection and management of acute stroke in hospitalized patients. 
    Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 2020
  • Unique case report of a meningeal sarcoma arising during ongoing treatment for progressing intraparenchymal glioma
    2019
  • Eye-specific gene expression following embryonic ethanol exposure in zebrafish: roles for heat shock factor 1. 
    Reproductive Toxicology. 2014
  • Ethanol-induced microphthalmia is not mediated by changes in retinoic acid or sonic hedgehog signaling during retinal neurogenesis. 
    Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2011
    • Review
  • How do researchers identify and recruit dementia caregivers? A scoping review [review]. 
    The Gerontologist. 2025
  • Intranasal insulin: a treatment strategy for addiction [review]. 
    Neurotherapeutics. 2020
    • Abstract
  • Implementation of a mindfulness based dementia-care program within a healthcare system [abstract]. 
    Innovation in aging. 2019
  • Chord Study: the power of music through participation in the giving voice chorus [abstract]. 
    Alzheimer's & dementia. 2018
  • Correlation between evaluation and documentation of neurologic deficit by EMS and ED of patients with acute ischemic stroke [abstract]. 
    Neurology. 2018
  • Analysis of run sheets of EMS serving a metropolitan comprehensive stroke center [abstract]. 
    Neurology. 2017
  • Clinical characteristics and healthcare utilization of Hmong patients presenting with stroke [abstract]. 
    Neurology. 2017
  • Clinical characteristics of Hmong patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke [abstract]. 
    Stroke. 2017
  • Cognitive screening results from the Medicare annual wellness visit in a primary care practice [abstract]. 
    Alzheimer's & dementia. 2017
  • Mindfulness for early Alzheimer's Disease: a pilot study [abstract]. 
    Alzheimer's & dementia. 2017
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  • Bhavani Kashyap, MBBS, PhD
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  • Bhavani.X.Kashyap@HealthPartners.Com
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