Top image: Preparing for a recital, Columbia, SC 

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS 

• Iyengar S. "A Neuroscientist's Take on the Interplay of Art and Science": Book chapter in the book "Art that Heals", which catalogs the nineteen artists featured in the collection at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. 
• Iyengar S. Foreword providing a scientific perspective on the connection between animals and humans and the cover page with hastas for the book "Unity in Diversity", a collection of verses by Dr. Rohini Ramanathan. An excerpt can be found here. 
• Iyengar S. Application of Bharatanatyam Pedagogy for Creative Aging. In press: Journal of Dance Education. 
• Iyengar S. Interview published in Finding Humans in Tech Series II. 
• Iyengar S. Communicating Science through Bharatanatyam Dance. Published in: BMJ Medical Humanities. The article can be found here. Gratitude to editor extraordinaire Janina Levin for her thoughtful edits and persistence. 
• Iyengar S. Facilitating adaptive movement in older adults through Bharatanatyam. Perspectives in Public Health. 2024;144(5):282-284. doi:10.1177/17579139241242014. Link here. 
• Iyengar, S. (2024). Indian dance (Bharatanatyam) to ease social loneliness and isolation in older adults. Critical Public Health, 34(1), 1–13. Link here. 
• Iyengar S. The Use of Hand Gestures (Hastas) in Bharatanatyam for Creative Aging. J Med Humanit. 2024 Jun 24. doi: 10.1007/s10912-024-09861-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38910216. Link here. 
• ​Iyengar S, Franco C, Schmidt AM. CIRS/SWB Webinars Continue to Democratize Statistical Knowledge. This article can be found here at Amstat News - the membership magazine of the American Statistical Association (ASA). 
• ​Brems M, Iyengar S. Statistics Without Borders Celebrates 15th Year, Aims to Update Charter. This article can be found here at Amstat News - the membership magazine of the American Statistical Association (ASA).  ​
• Iyengar S, CURE Epilepsy Post-Traumatic Initiative Advisors, and Investigators, Laura S. Lubbers, Lauren Harte-Hargrove. A team science approach for the preclinical and clinical characterization and biomarker development for post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE). The article can be found here. 
• Iyengar S. Bharatanatyam for Creative Aging. BMJ Medical Humanities. The article can be found here. 
• Franco C, Iyengar S. CIRS/SWB Webinar Series Builds Momentum. This article can be found here at Amstat News - the membership magazine of the American Statistical Association (ASA).  
• Wenberg JL, El-Harakeh A, Kiplagat S, Abubakar AA, Iyengar S, Marconi AM, Vaghaiwalla TM, Kalbarczyk A, Harrison M.  We aren’t just ‘Slack’ing off: Utilizing a digital tool to connect emerging women leaders in global health. Accepted as part of Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health Special Collection in the Annals of Global Health.  
• ​Schmidt AM, Iyengar S. First CIRS/SWB webinar draws a large international crowd. This article can be found here at Amstat News - the membership magazine of the American Statistical Association (ASA).  
• Iyengar S, Ehrlich J, Chung E, Marconi AM,  Karpes Matusevich AR,  Abubakar AA, Zia N, Kalbarczyk A. Evaluation of a virtual networking event for emerging women leaders in global health. Published in: Annals of Global Health. The paper can be found here. This paper is part of Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health Special Collection in the Annals of Global Health.  
• Harrison, M, Tran DN,  Pena A, Iyengar S,  Abubakar AA, Hoernke K, John-Akinola YO, Kiplagat S, Marconi AM,  Vaghaiwalla TN,  Kalbarczyk A, Weinberg JL. Strategies to improve women's leadership preparation for early-career global health professionals: suggestions from two working groups. Published in: Annals of Global Health. The paper can be found here. This paper is part of Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Global Health Special Collection in the Annals of Global Health.  
• Iyengar S. Caregiving changes everyone. The article can be found here on the Council for a Strong America website. 
• Prasad N, Iyengar S, Denny HM, Gunawan YA, Innamuri R, Phillip S, Samuel O. Mental health during COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on migrant laborers, women and adolescents in South-East Asia: qualitative review. Submitted to the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis (IJMRA). The abstract is below: 
• (Policy brief): Mental health as a matter of rights.
  • Authors: Ali Hasnain, James Sale, Sarah Klin
  • Advisors: Shekhar Saxena, Charlene Sunkel, Kay Lankreijer, Peter Bedimak Yaro, Shayni Geffen, Sloka Iyengar, Laure Mourgue d’Algue.
• ​Iyengar S, Hosur CR, Thakkar M, Mehta D, Kotak V. Reflections on Bharatanatyam and Neuroscience. A Dance Studies Perspective. International Review of Social Research 2021; 11(1): doi: 10.48154/irsr.2021.0027. Link here. 
• Thippaiah SM, Pradhan B, Voyiaziakis E, Iyengar S, Carol O, Tang Y. Possible role of Parvalbumin interneurons in meditation and psychiatric illness. Accepted in Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Full text is available here. 
• (Book chapter) Iyengar SS. Urban Health for the Aging Population in the United States. In Urban Health: Emerging Public Health Perspectives. Edited by Edmond Fernandes and Indu Grewal. A link to the book is here, and abstract is below. 
• Martin M, Chaverneff F, Iyengar S, and Gregorian OP. Understanding and Meeting the Challenges of Displaced Scientists in the 21st Century. Science and Diplomacy. August 2021. Link here. 
• Iyengar S, Kantor K, Cyriac S, Remadevi K, Usha V, Robinson S, Rani A, Rajagopal MR, Broderick A. No family should suffer from cervical cancer twice - the palliative care role in HPV prevention. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Jul 10:S0885-3924(21)00420-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.06.022. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34256090. Link here.
• Thippaiah SM, Iyengar S, and Yaragudri VK. Exo- and endocannabinoids in depressive and suicidal behaviors. Front. Psychiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.636228. Link here. 
• The CURE Infantile Spasms Consortium, Lubbers L, Iyengar S. A Team Science Approach to Discover Novel Targets for Infantile Spasms (IS). Epilepsia Open. 2020. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12441. Link here.
• Kingeter AK, Raghunathan K, Munson SH, Hayashida DK, Zhang X, Iyengar S, Bunke M, Shaw AD. Association between albumin administration and survival in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Can J Anaesth. 2018. 65(11):1218-1227. Link here. 
• Shaw AD, Mythen MG, Shook D, Hayashida DK, Zhang X, Skaar JR, Iyengar S, Munson SH. Pulmonary artery catheter use in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a retrospective, cohort study. Perioper Med (Lond). 2018; 7:24. Link here. 
• Simonato M, Iyengar S, Brooks-Kayal A, Collins S, Depaulis A, Howells DW, Jensen F, Liao J, Macleod MR, Patel M, Potschka H, Walker M, Whittemore V, Sena ES. Identification and characterization of outcome measures reported in animal models of epilepsy: Protocol for a systematic review of the literature - a TASK2 report of the AES/ILAE Translational Task force of the ILAE. Epilepsia. 2017; 58 Suppl 4:68-77. Link here. 
• Lancman ME, Fertig EJ, Trobliger RW, Perrine K, Myers L, Iyengar S, Malik M. The effects of lacosamide on cognition, quality-of-life measures, and quality of life in patients with refractory partial epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2016; 61:27-33. Link here. 
• Marks A, Iyengar S. Improving cancer patients' access to precision medicines. Institute for Patient Access. 2016. Link here. 
• Iyengar S. Reactive Astrogliosis in Epilepsy - Passive bystandars no more. Journal of Neurology and Stroke, 5 (4). Link here. 
• Iyengar S, LaFrancois JJ, Friedman D, Drew LJ, Denny CA, Burghardt NS, Wu MV, Hsieh J, Hen R, Scharfman HE. Suppression of adult neurogenesis increases the acute effects of kainic acid. Exp Neurol. 2015. 264:135-49. Link here. 
• Pearce PS, Friedman D, Lafrancois JJ, Iyengar S, Fenton AA, Maclusky NJ, Scharfman HE. Spike-wave discharges in adult Sprague-Dawley rats and their implications for animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2014. 32:121-31. Link here. 
• Iyengar S. Differential Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity In Epilepsy Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David Mott, University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dissertation. 
• Iyengar S, Mott D. Neuregulin blocks synaptic strengthening after epileptiform activity in the rat hippocampus. Brain Res. 2008.1208:67-73. Link here.