Biography:

Dr Upadhyay completed her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Banaras Hindu University, India. Her Ph.D. was awarded (2016) on the topic of “Behavioral problems in children with chronic illness” from the Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

For her doctoral research work, she was awarded a UGC Junior Research Fellowship. She has also qualified from the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission, India, which determines the eligibility of Indian nationals for professorship. During her doctoral degree, she uncovered new ways of managing and treating various behavioral problems in children. She worked with multidisciplinary research teams and gained expert guidance as a pediatric nephrologist, pediatric neurologist and child psychologist.

She also holds experience in assisting with a behavioral and developmental clinic as a part of her research work. During that time, she learned to assess and counsel children suffering from chronic diseases and their parents. Diseases included nephrotic syndrome and epilepsy. She undertook this work in the specialty Clinics of Nephrology and Neurology, the Department of Pediatrics, B.H.U. She also holds experience in working with children suffering from behavioral problems such as attention deficits, aggression, depression, learning disorders, language development, concentration and memory problems in the specialty Behaviour & Developmental Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, B.H.U.

She has also worked as a post-doctoral fellow for the Indian Council for Social Sciences and Research (ICSSR) on the topic: “Role of psycho-educational intervention in the management of behavioral problems in childhood chronic illness”. She has taught at graduate and undergraduate level in different institutions in India and has been a faculty member at Medical University of the Americas for more than a year.