Rate My Professor Pradeep Bhide

Pradeep G. Bhide is Professor and Jim and Betty Ann Rodgers Eminent Scholar Chair of Developmental Neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine. He is also Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience, Director of the FSU Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases, and Director of the Center for Brain Repair. Prior to joining FSU, Dr. Bhide served as Director of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Center and Vice Chair for Neurology Research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 2003 to 2011.

Dr. Bhide received his degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Veterinary College in Bangalore, India, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He completed postdoctoral training in developmental neurobiology at University College London, England; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Massachusetts General Hospital; and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. His research program investigates developmental neurobiology and neurobiology of disease, with a principal focus on the role of dopamine receptor activation in brain development. Studies examine developmental neurological and psychiatric conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, early-onset generalized dystonia, and Fragile X Syndrome, as well as neurological and cognitive effects of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to addictive substances such as cocaine and nicotine, and non-nutritive sweeteners like aspartame. Key publications include Parnell et al. (2025) 'Nicotine in e-cigarette aerosol reduces GABA neuron migration via the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor' (Scientific Reports); Jones et al. (2023) 'Learning and memory deficits produced by aspartame are heritable via the paternal lineage' (Scientific Reports); Jones et al. (2022) 'Transgenerational transmission of aspartame-induced anxiety and changes in glutamate-GABA signaling and gene expression in the amygdala' (PNAS); and McCarthy et al. (2021) 'Heritable consequences of paternal nicotine exposure: From phenomena to mechanisms' (Biology of Reproduction). Dr. Bhide has garnered over 8,000 citations on Google Scholar. His achievements include the MRC Research Assistantship, Wellcome Trust Fellowship, Charles A. King Trust Fellowship, Montreal Neurological Institute Young Investigator Award, Partners in Excellence Leadership and Innovation Award from Massachusetts General Hospital, and Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher Award from Florida State University. In 2026, he was inducted as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. Research support comes from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and private foundations.