Irma Khachidze

Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine, Caucasus University

 

Irma Khachidze is the Main Research Scientist at the Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine and a professor at the Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia. She has experience both in clinical studies and basic science. In addition she teaches neuroscience and psychophysiology at the CU University.

 

Irma studied EEG (Electroencephalography) pattern in patients with epilepsy, particularly EEG predictors during anti-epileptic drug therapy and on finding EEG biomarkers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in clinical settings. Her activity is reflected in multiple awards from different national and international organisations.

 

Irma has attended various international meetings held world-wide, such as advanced trainings, conferences, and courses. She also is involved in many projects, for instance, collaboration with international partners at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and with Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Lutsk, Ukraine within the Vetenskapsrådet Swedish Research Links (VR-SRL) programme that is run by the Swedish Research Council. Within this collaborative framework she has worked towards preparing the ground for novel computational approaches to brain research in Georgia.