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Ruchira Jha, MD, MSc
Neurocritical Care
Ruchira Jha, MD, MSc, is the division chief of Neurocritical Care, medical director of the Neurointensive Care Unit, and a professor in the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is a clinical neurointensivist. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in neurocritical care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Jha’s expertise includes clinical and translational research in neurotrauma and neurocritical care. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the National Neurotrauma Society, the Neurocritical Care Society, the Society for Neuroscience, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Jha earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She also earned a Master of Science degree in clinical and translational research from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Dr. Jha completed her neurology residency, chief residency, and a fellowship in neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital through the Harvard Medical School Partners Program.
Dr. Jha has received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other foundations to pursue her research. She uses a translational approach to evaluate and develop individualized targets against cerebral edema to improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). She has multiple publications and national presentations in this field. She is also involved in collaborations with multicenter TBI consortia, such as TRACK TBI and GAIN (Genetic Associations in Neurotrauma), for her research. Dr. Jha serves on the editorial board of JAMA Neurology and is the critical care section editor for the journal Stroke.
- MSc, University of Pittsburgh, Clinical and Translational Research, 2016
- Fellowship, Harvard Medical School Partners Program—Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Neurocritical Care, 2012-2014
- Residency, Harvard Medical School Partners Program—Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Neurology, 2009-2012
- Internship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2008-2009
- MD, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Neurological Association
- National Neurotrauma Society
- Neurocritical Care Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Bronze Research Award – Senior Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020 (for 2021 Congress)
- STAR Research Award – Senior Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020 (for 2021 Congress)
- Distinguished Abstract (10%)- Senior Author, Neurocritical Care Society, 2020
- University of Pittsburgh Professionalism Accolade, 2020
- University of Pittsburgh, Dean’s Faculty Advancement Award
- STAR Research Award—First Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2018
- STAR Research Award—Second Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2018
- 1 of 12 top-scoring abstracts, Neurocritical Care Society, 2017
- Allen Humphrey Excellence in Mentoring Award, University of Pittsburg, 2017
- Research Snapshot Gold Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
- STAR Research Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
- Resident Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 2011
- Leon Reznick Memorial Prize for excellence and accomplishment in research, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- Magna Cum Laude, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- Carl Walters Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, 2006
Microbial production of short-chain fatty acids attenuates long-term neurologic impairment after traumatic brain injury
Date: 12/2025
Authors: Zujian Xiong, Brittany P. Dodson, Matthew B. Rogers, Chaim T. Sneiderman, Keri Janesko-Feldman, Vincent Vagni, Mioara Manole, Xuejun Li, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Robert S. Clark, Itay Raphael, Michael J. Morowitz, Eliana Mariño, Patrick M. Kochanek, Ruchira M. Jha, Gary Kohanbash, Dennis W. Simon
Polygenic Vulnerability to Intracranial Hypertension, Hemorrhage Progression, and Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: 11/2025
Authors: Margaux E. Miller, Benjamin E. Zusman, Chia-Ling Phuah, Erin McNally, David O. Okonkwo, Matthew Pease, Shashvat M. Desai, Anupama Rani, Nasathapot Namphol, Aditya Kumar, Raemier A. Javelosa, Adam T. Eberle, Semeon Afework, Joshua Catapano, Charles S. Cox, Patrick M. Kochanek, Yvette P. Conley, Ava M. Puccio, Ruchira M. Jha
Sexually Dimorphic Responses Reveal Multifaceted Benefits of Glibenclamide in Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: 08/2025
Authors: Anupama Rani, Sudhanshu P. Raikwar, Wonsuk Yoo, Saif Ahmad, Vincent A. Vagni, Keri L. Janesko-Feldman, Shaun W. Carlson, Adam Eberle, Margaux Miller, John Helm, Joshua Catapano, Benjamin E. Zusman, Shashvat Desai, Raemier Anne Javelosa, Semeon Afework, Erin Audrey McNally, Gary Kohanbash, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Michael F. Waters, Andrew Ducruet, Ashutosh Jadhav, Aditya Kumar, Chia-Ling Phuah, Patrick M. Kochanek, Ruchira M. Jha
Linking Symptom Inventories Using Semantic Textual Similarity
Date: 06/2025
Authors: Eamonn Kennedy, Shashank Vadlamani, Hannah M. Lindsey, Kelly S. Peterson, Kristen Dams O'Connor, Ronak Agarwal, Houshang H. Amiri, Raeda K. Andersen, Talin Babikian, David A. Baron, Erin D. Bigler, Karen Caeyenberghs, Lisa Delano-Wood, Seth G. Disner, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Blessen C. Eapen, Rachel M. Edelstein, Carrie Esopenko, Helen M. Genova, Elbert Geuze, Naomi J. Goodrich-Hunsaker, Jordan Grafman, Asta K. Håberg, Cooper B. Hodges, Kristen R. Hoskinson, Elizabeth S. Hovenden, Andrei Irimia, Neda Jahanshad, Ruchira M. Jha, Finian Keleher, Kimbra Kenney
A Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Contusion
Date: 01/2025
Authors: J Marc Simard, Cigdem Tosun, Orest Tsymbalyuk, Mitchell Moyer, Kaspar Keledjian, Natalya Tsymbalyuk, Adedayo Olaniran, Madison Evans, Jenna Langbein, Ziam Khan, Matthew Kreinbrink, Prajwal Ciryam, Jesse A. Stokum, Ruchira M. Jha, Alexander Ksendzovsky, Volodymyr Gerzanich
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Ruchira Jha, MD, MSc
Neurocritical Care
Ruchira Jha, MD, MSc, is the division chief of Neurocritical Care, medical director of the Neurointensive Care Unit, and a professor in the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is a clinical neurointensivist. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in neurocritical care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Jha’s expertise includes clinical and translational research in neurotrauma and neurocritical care. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the National Neurotrauma Society, the Neurocritical Care Society, the Society for Neuroscience, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Jha earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She also earned a Master of Science degree in clinical and translational research from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Dr. Jha completed her neurology residency, chief residency, and a fellowship in neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital through the Harvard Medical School Partners Program.
Dr. Jha has received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other foundations to pursue her research. She uses a translational approach to evaluate and develop individualized targets against cerebral edema to improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). She has multiple publications and national presentations in this field. She is also involved in collaborations with multicenter TBI consortia, such as TRACK TBI and GAIN (Genetic Associations in Neurotrauma), for her research. Dr. Jha serves on the editorial board of JAMA Neurology and is the critical care section editor for the journal Stroke.
- MSc, University of Pittsburgh, Clinical and Translational Research, 2016
- Fellowship, Harvard Medical School Partners Program—Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Neurocritical Care, 2012-2014
- Residency, Harvard Medical School Partners Program—Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Neurology, 2009-2012
- Internship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2008-2009
- MD, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Neurological Association
- National Neurotrauma Society
- Neurocritical Care Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Bronze Research Award – Senior Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020 (for 2021 Congress)
- STAR Research Award – Senior Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020 (for 2021 Congress)
- Distinguished Abstract (10%)- Senior Author, Neurocritical Care Society, 2020
- University of Pittsburgh Professionalism Accolade, 2020
- University of Pittsburgh, Dean’s Faculty Advancement Award
- STAR Research Award—First Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2018
- STAR Research Award—Second Author, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2018
- 1 of 12 top-scoring abstracts, Neurocritical Care Society, 2017
- Allen Humphrey Excellence in Mentoring Award, University of Pittsburg, 2017
- Research Snapshot Gold Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
- STAR Research Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2016
- Resident Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 2011
- Leon Reznick Memorial Prize for excellence and accomplishment in research, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- Magna Cum Laude, Harvard Medical School, 2008
- Carl Walters Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, 2006
Microbial production of short-chain fatty acids attenuates long-term neurologic impairment after traumatic brain injury
Date: 12/2025
Authors: Zujian Xiong, Brittany P. Dodson, Matthew B. Rogers, Chaim T. Sneiderman, Keri Janesko-Feldman, Vincent Vagni, Mioara Manole, Xuejun Li, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Robert S. Clark, Itay Raphael, Michael J. Morowitz, Eliana Mariño, Patrick M. Kochanek, Ruchira M. Jha, Gary Kohanbash, Dennis W. Simon
Polygenic Vulnerability to Intracranial Hypertension, Hemorrhage Progression, and Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: 11/2025
Authors: Margaux E. Miller, Benjamin E. Zusman, Chia-Ling Phuah, Erin McNally, David O. Okonkwo, Matthew Pease, Shashvat M. Desai, Anupama Rani, Nasathapot Namphol, Aditya Kumar, Raemier A. Javelosa, Adam T. Eberle, Semeon Afework, Joshua Catapano, Charles S. Cox, Patrick M. Kochanek, Yvette P. Conley, Ava M. Puccio, Ruchira M. Jha
Sexually Dimorphic Responses Reveal Multifaceted Benefits of Glibenclamide in Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: 08/2025
Authors: Anupama Rani, Sudhanshu P. Raikwar, Wonsuk Yoo, Saif Ahmad, Vincent A. Vagni, Keri L. Janesko-Feldman, Shaun W. Carlson, Adam Eberle, Margaux Miller, John Helm, Joshua Catapano, Benjamin E. Zusman, Shashvat Desai, Raemier Anne Javelosa, Semeon Afework, Erin Audrey McNally, Gary Kohanbash, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Michael F. Waters, Andrew Ducruet, Ashutosh Jadhav, Aditya Kumar, Chia-Ling Phuah, Patrick M. Kochanek, Ruchira M. Jha
Linking Symptom Inventories Using Semantic Textual Similarity
Date: 06/2025
Authors: Eamonn Kennedy, Shashank Vadlamani, Hannah M. Lindsey, Kelly S. Peterson, Kristen Dams O'Connor, Ronak Agarwal, Houshang H. Amiri, Raeda K. Andersen, Talin Babikian, David A. Baron, Erin D. Bigler, Karen Caeyenberghs, Lisa Delano-Wood, Seth G. Disner, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Blessen C. Eapen, Rachel M. Edelstein, Carrie Esopenko, Helen M. Genova, Elbert Geuze, Naomi J. Goodrich-Hunsaker, Jordan Grafman, Asta K. Håberg, Cooper B. Hodges, Kristen R. Hoskinson, Elizabeth S. Hovenden, Andrei Irimia, Neda Jahanshad, Ruchira M. Jha, Finian Keleher, Kimbra Kenney
A Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Contusion
Date: 01/2025
Authors: J Marc Simard, Cigdem Tosun, Orest Tsymbalyuk, Mitchell Moyer, Kaspar Keledjian, Natalya Tsymbalyuk, Adedayo Olaniran, Madison Evans, Jenna Langbein, Ziam Khan, Matthew Kreinbrink, Prajwal Ciryam, Jesse A. Stokum, Ruchira M. Jha, Alexander Ksendzovsky, Volodymyr Gerzanich
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