Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

Researcher specialising in brain sciences, longitudinal data, and mental health analytics

Abhaya Adlakha is a Researcher at the University of Oxford with research expertise in brain sciences and the end-to-end development and analysis of longitudinal behavioural, cognitive, and mental health datasets. Their work focuses on reproducible data workflows and advanced statistical analysis using statistical programming languages such as R and Stata.

Abhaya’s research experience spans the design, management, and analysis of complex datasets, supporting rigorous investigation across behavioural science, cognition, and mental health research.

Contribution to BrainWaves
As Scientific Lead, Abhaya provides scientific leadership across cohort development, data science, and statistical analysis. They oversee the full data lifecycle across multiple waves of data collection, transforming raw data into research-ready datasets, developing documentation and data dictionaries, producing scientific reports, and conducting advanced statistical analyses to support high-quality, interdisciplinary research into brain health.