ACADEMIC CO-ORDINATOR & TRAINEE REPRESENTATIVE

Mr Jai Sidpra

Jai is an MD PhD student at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health supervised by Professor Darren Hargrave. His PhD project, supported by Cancer Research UK and University College London, takes a machine-learning driven approach to correlate the WHO CNS 2021 classification with patient outcome, digital pathology, and neuroimaging with the aim of predicting prognosis and stratifying treatment modalities. His research interests also include developmental hindbrain malformations, in particular, the Dandy-Walker phenotype, and abusive head trauma.

Prior to joining the MD PhD programme, Jai undertook part of his medical training at University College London and completed an intercalated BSc with honours in Mathematics, Computers, and Medicine. He has taken a leading role in several global teaching programmes including The International Pediatric Neuroradiology Teaching Network and GOSH Pediatric Neuroimaging Tutorials.