Anusha Mishra completed her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota and her postdoctoral training at University College London. She has been studying the mechanisms of neurovascular coupling in health and disease for over 15 years. Her work was instrumental in determining the mechanisms of neurovascular uncoupling in diabetic retinopathy and in establishing the role of astrocytes in regulating capillary blood flow in the brain. Her lab is interested in the relationship between astrogliosis and neurovascular coupling dysfunction, two pathological observations that occur in parallel in various neurological conditions such as ischemic stroke and Alzheimer's disease, and elucidating how neurovascular dysfunction contributes to the pathological mechanisms that triggers cognitive decline.