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Divyangana Rakesh

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Lecturer and Researcher @KingsIoPPN. Find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/divyan…
London, England divyangana.com Joined August 2011
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New paper in Nature Mental Health where we show that macroeconomic inequality is associated with brain structure and function over and above individual SES and other state-level factors. These alterations may serve as pathways to mental health problems.

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www.nature.com Macroeconomic income inequality, brain structure and function, and mental health Nature Mental Health - Rakesh et al. used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort study to evaluate the relationship between state-level income inequality, brain structure and...
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Divyangana Rakesh @Divyanganar
I am deeply honoured to be recognised by the Kathy Sylva Rising Star Award by @acamh this year 🙏

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Congratulations to @Divyanganar (@KingsIoPPN), winner of the Kathy Sylva 'Rising Star' Award 2026! A special congratulations also to Dr. David Bürgin (@UniBasel_en), who receives Highly Commended recognition. 👏

Well done to all our shortlisted nominees – an incredible achievement and a fantastic contribution to child and adolescent mental health! acamh.org/blog/acamh-awa… #ACAMHawards2026
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Excited to share this new paper from my lab led by Jiayi Zheng (Jenny) showing how higher sleep duration, lower screen time, and participation in extracurricular activities promotes cognitive development during adolescence.

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com Associations of Sleep, Screen Time, and Extracurricular Activities With Cognitive Development: A... Introduction Adolescence is a sensitive period typified by marked cognitive and neural development, during which modifiable lifestyle factors may be particularly relevant. However, longitudinal...