Benjamin Chidiac

Ben Chidiac is a Sydney neuroscientist with an interest in mental health. For the past two years, he has worked as a research assistant in the Ageing and Neurodegeneration Lab at Neuroscience Research Australia. Prior to that, he completed a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) at the University of NSW, majoring in neuroscience and psychology and graduating with a perfect GPA. With his World Universities Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Ben will study a PhD in Psychiatry at Cambridge, working at its renowned Brain Mapping Unit. His proposed project aims to use advanced neuroimaging and machine learning techniques to map the biological roots of psychiatric symptoms. From this, he hopes to develop a more personalised approach to psychiatric treatment that will improve long-term patient outcomes. In the future, Ben plans to continue his research and enhance its impact through teaching and science communication; promoting scientific literacy to make important research more accessible to the public.

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