Neuroscience · Medicine · Building

Arnav Bandam

I study how the immune system shapes the brain through research and innovation, and have furthered that understanding through active clinical work.

What I do

Three sides of the same question

Neuroimmunology at the UVA Eyo Lab and activity-dependent circuit mapping at NIH NINDS.

500+ hours as a Patient Care Technician in UVA's Neuro and Neuro ICU.

Tools where AI meets medicine — from EMR workflows to computational neuroscience.

Selected impact

95%

fewer medication-reconciliation errors in an Epic project at INOVA — an estimated $11.6M saved.

500+

hours of hands-on ICU patient care in UVA's neuroscience units.

research homes — Georgetown, GMU, Children's National, Harvard HMS, and NIH.

Currently

Active

Ongoing bedside care at UVA Hospital; 500+ hours and counting.

2026

Active

Microsurgery and imaging work on how immune cells shape the brain.

2026

Active

Summer research on activity-dependent gene expression in the entorhinal cortex.

2026

Exploring

Early-stage design of a neuro/primary-care intake instrument.

2026