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Akshya Vasudev

ResearcherPsychiatryWestern University

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Akshya Vasudev

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Publications

130

Citations

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Active Control Non Pharmacological Interventions Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress Injury Public Safety Personnel Randomised Controlled Trial Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Late Life Depression

Latest papers

A Multi-Site, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Controlled Trial of Virtually-Delivered Sahaj Samadhi Meditation for the Management of Moderate Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Pain
Journal of Pain Research · 2025
A feasibility (pilot) mixed methods study of an innovative non-pharmacological breath-based yoga and social-emotional intervention program in an at-risk youth sample in London, Canada.
Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024 · first author
Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial
Translational Psychiatry · 2022

All 34 publications

Latest funding

The SKIP study: Sudarshan Kriya Yoga In Post traumatic stress injury (SKIP), an RCT for Public Safety Personnel
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$133,398
MEDOTATE: MEditation for Depression and Opioid use in chronic pain - an rcT for AssessmenT of Efficacy
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$99,995
Sahaj Samadhi Meditation in treatment resistant late life depression: a randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$413,100

All 3 grants and awards

34 publications.

A Multi-Site, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Controlled Trial of Virtually-Delivered Sahaj Samadhi Meditation for the Management of Moderate Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Pain

Cheng DK, Simpson R, Moineddin R, Katz J, Mulsant BH, Vasudev A, Greiver M, Hosseiny F, Inzitari M, Newman RI

Journal of Pain Research20251 citations

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s515229

A feasibility (pilot) mixed methods study of an innovative non-pharmacological breath-based yoga and social-emotional intervention program in an at-risk youth sample in London, Canada.

Vasudev A, Ionson E, Sathiaselan J, Thatipalli A, Chauhan A, Hassan C, Sukhera J, Speechley M, Forchuk C

Pilot and feasibility studies2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01452-0 PMID: 38321567

Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Altar CA, Tanner J-A, Davies PE, Traxler P, Li J, Cogan ES, Kucera MT, Gugila A

Translational Psychiatry202250 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01847-8 PMID: W4220971556

Correction: Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Tiwari AK, Zai CC, Altar CA, Tanner J-A, Davies PE, Traxler P, Li J, Cogan ES, Kucera MT, Gugila A

Translational Psychiatry20227 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01963-5

Unintended Deviations of a Random Event Generator by Patients With Late Life Depression and Anxiety During a Direct Mental Influence Task.

Kadler G, Vasudev A, Ionson E, Barušs I

The Journal of nervous and mental disease2022

DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001443 PMID: 35113077

Visual hallucinations following electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive disorder.

Nix HP, Mather R, O'Reilly R, Vasudev A

BMJ case reports2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248565 PMID: 35318205

Brief Mindfulness Intervention vs. Health Enhancement Program for Patients Undergoing Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Nassim M, Park H, Dikaios E, Potes A, Elbaz S, Mc Veigh C, Lipman M, Novak M, Trinh E, Alam A, Suri RS, Thomas Z, Torres-Platas S, Vasudev A, Sasi N, Gautier M, Mucsi I, Noble H, Rej S

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9060659 PMID: 34205915

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Program in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Vasudev K, Ionson E, Inam S, Speechley M, Chaudhari S, Ghodasara S, Newman RI, Vasudev A

International Journal of Yoga20209 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_16_20

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation versus a Health Enhancement Program for depression in chronic pain: protocol for a randomized controlled trial and implementation evaluation

Sud A, Nelson MLA, Cheng DK, Armas A, Foat K, Greiver M, Hosseiny F, Katz J, Moineddin R, Mulsant BH

Trials20205 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04243-z

Breath Regulation and yogic Exercise An online Therapy for calm and Happiness (BREATH) for frontline hospital and long-term care home staff managing the COVID-19 pandemic: A structured summary of a study protocol for a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial.

Lai KSP, Watt C, Ionson E, Baruss I, Forchuk C, Sukhera J, Burhan AM, Vasudev A

Trials2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04583-w PMID: 32665041

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Akshya Vasudev

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A Multi-Site, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Controlled Trial of Virtually-Delivered Sahaj Samadhi Meditation for the Management of Moderate Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Pain

A feasibility (pilot) mixed methods study of an innovative non-pharmacological breath-based yoga and social-emotional intervention program in an at-risk youth sample in London, Canada.

Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Correction: Clinical utility of combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing in depression: A Canadian patient- and rater-blinded, randomized, controlled trial

Unintended Deviations of a Random Event Generator by Patients With Late Life Depression and Anxiety During a Direct Mental Influence Task.

Visual hallucinations following electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive disorder.

Brief Mindfulness Intervention vs. Health Enhancement Program for Patients Undergoing Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Program in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation versus a Health Enhancement Program for depression in chronic pain: protocol for a randomized controlled trial and implementation evaluation

Breath Regulation and yogic Exercise An online Therapy for calm and Happiness (BREATH) for frontline hospital and long-term care home staff managing the COVID-19 pandemic: A structured summary of a study protocol for a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial.

The SKIP study: Sudarshan Kriya Yoga In Post traumatic stress injury (SKIP), an RCT for Public Safety Personnel

MEDOTATE: MEditation for Depression and Opioid use in chronic pain - an rcT for AssessmenT of Efficacy

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation in treatment resistant late life depression: a randomized controlled trial

Frequent collaborators

Kamini Vasudev

Mark Speechley

Soham Rej

Stephen Wetmore

Manuel Montero Odasso

Pramudith Maldeniya

Julien Doyon

Stefan Kloiber

Laura Middleton

Abhimanyu Sud

Louis Bherer

Michelle Greiver

Raymond Tempier

Sarah Fraser

Rahim Moineddin

Verinder Sharma

Javeed Sukhera

Benicio Frey

Ross Upshur

Richard Tytus

Valerie Taylor

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Jean-Eric Tarride

James Marshall Bowen

Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer

Julien Doyon

Robert Levitan

Joel Katz

Cheryl Forchuk

Olivier Beauchet

Andrea Iaboni

Rachael Bosma

Muhammad Mamdani

Karl Looper

Kevin Shoemaker

Amit Garg

Sheena Ghodasara

Eddie Liu

Karen Li