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Neurosurgeon-scientist in the making · Founder

Hi, I'mManashyu Gadia— but everyone calls me Manu.

Where the brain meets the real world.

Conducting neuroscience research at Morehouse School of Medicine, supporting patients in the clinic, leading nonprofits, and building Meridian. Headed to Georgia Tech for biomedical engineering.

  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Biomedical Eng.
  • Nonprofits
  • Meridian
Portrait of Manashyu “Manu” Gadia

Lab hours

1,000+

Patients assisted

5,000+

  • Neurosurgery✦
  • Neuroscience Research✦
  • Biomedical Engineering✦
  • Clinical Medicine✦
  • Publications✦
  • Meridian✦
  • Self-Discovery✦
  • Nonprofit Leadership✦
  • Global Health✦
  • Mentorship✦
  • Founder✦
  • Georgia Tech✦

Work in numbers

01About

One mind, many disciplines.

I'm an incoming biomedical-engineering student at Georgia Tech and an aspiring neurosurgeon-scientist based in Johns Creek, GA. I move fluidly between the microscope, the clinic, the community, and the startup floor — treating each as part of the same mission: understanding the brain and getting care to the people who need it.

GPA 96.7 UW / 101.7 W · 1570 SAT · National Merit Semifinalist · 10 AP classes and 4.0 dual enrollment at Georgia State. Co-author of an Elsevier medical textbook chapter and three neuroscience papers.

02Domains

Four fields, one throughline.

Hover a field below — the synapses respond, the same way these disciplines feed one another.

  • Research

    Neuroscience

    Founded and lead a top-5 IYNA chapter, helped develop a light-guided sectioning technique used by 3 labs, and conduct mouse neurosurgeries across 1,000+ lab hours.

    IYNA · Morehouse School of Medicine

  • Clinical

    Medicine

    Supported 5,000+ patients with vitals, rooming, EKGs and intake; shadowed cardiology, oncology and dental. Now Clinical Program Director & Chief Intern.

    Georgia Integrative Cardiology

  • Community

    Nonprofit

    Founded and lead chapters across research, senior care, and global health — mentoring 800+ pathway students and fundraising for cancer care in India and health access in Nigeria.

    Medicine4Youth · Access Life America

  • Engineering

    Biomedical & Building

    Headed to Georgia Tech for biomedical engineering — set on bringing new technology to the bedside. Off the bench, I founded Meridian, an AI platform for self-discovery.

    Georgia Tech · Meridian

03Experience

A record of showing up.

Research benches, clinic floors, and community halls — filter by the lens you care about.

  1. Research Assistant

    Mar 2024 — Present

    Morehouse School of Medicine · Dept. of Neuroscience

    • Logged 1,000+ lab hours conducting mouse neurosurgeries and histology — cryostat sectioning and Cresyl Violet staining.
    • Analyze imaging and EEG datasets (cell ROI registration, behavioral tracking) studying circadian-rhythm changes.
    • Helped develop a light-guided sectioning technique now used by 3 labs worldwide.

  2. Founder, President & Chapter Director

    May 2024 — Present

    IYNA · Youth Research Initiative

    • Founded and lead a top-5 IYNA chapter internationally, with 25+ active members.
    • Run neuroscience programming and connect members to real research.

  3. Executive Team Lead — Enrichment Research

    Jul 2024 — Present

    Medicine4Youth

    • Coordinate a youth research program of 20+ teams and 100+ participants.
    • Open research and mentorship opportunities to an audience of 12.5k+.

  4. Clinical Program Director & Chief Intern

    May 2025 — Present

    Georgia Integrative Cardiology

    • Assisted 5,000+ patients with EKGs, vitals, rooming and intake in eClinicalWorks.
    • Wrote SOPs, trained 8 interns, and deployed an AI medical scribe to streamline the clinic.
    • Built evidence-based hypertension education materials for patient outreach.

  5. Clinical Intern & Volunteer

    May 2024 — Aug 2025

    Metro Medical · Emory VolunTEEN · Smile Atlanta

    • Escorted 120+ patients across 30+ intern hours — vitals, urinalysis, PCR and x-ray workflows.
    • Shadowed 50+ hours in dentistry and observed oncology and cardiology care.

  6. Volunteer & Events Coordinator

    Jan 2024 — Present

    Belmont Village Senior Living

    • Logged 70+ hours running activities for seniors, focused on residents with Alzheimer’s.
    • Lead educational workshops and informative sessions for a range of ages.

  7. Pathway Lead & Class Representative

    Aug 2022 — Present

    Innovation Academy Healthcare Pathway · HOSA-FHP

    • Designed a six-house mentorship system serving 800+ healthcare-pathway students.
    • Built a leadership pipeline; placed at State and qualified for the HOSA International Leadership Conference.

  8. International Public Health Intern

    Aug 2024 — Present

    Leadership Initiatives

    • Lead a team building healthcare access in Bauchi, Nigeria, and fundraising for it.
    • Run a research project on the prevalence of neonatal sepsis with local partners.

  9. President & Events Coordinator

    Jul 2024 — Present

    Access Life America

    • Lead an official chapter supporting families in India undergoing cancer treatment.
    • Design events and fundraisers alongside a co-founder of the original Atlanta youth chapter.

04The venture

Meridian

find your north star

My startup. Meridian is an AI-guided self-discovery platform that helps people figure out what genuinely moves them — then turn it into a real project they track over time. The premise: it isn't a passion problem, it's a clarity problem — and clarity is something you can actually build.

  1. 01

    Discover

    One deep, adaptive conversation surfaces what genuinely pulls you — and the honest reason underneath it.

  2. 02

    Map

    Your interests bloom into a living map of signals and real-world paths that actually fit who you are.

  3. 03

    Track

    A private journal to commit to a real project and build momentum on it over weeks and months.

  • Live beta
  • Web + native mobile
  • AI-native
05Research & Recognition

Peer-reviewed. Award-winning.

Four publications and an ongoing Emory research project in neuroscience and neurosurgery, plus recognition across research, service, and academics.

View full publication record on Google Scholar

  1. Paper 01

    Regulated Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders

    Elsevier — Medical Textbook Chapter (Co-author)

  2. Paper 02

    The Role of Flow Diverter Stents in Treating Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms

    Sciety — Preprint

  3. Paper 03

    Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Treatment Response for Tobacco Use Disorder

    OSF — Systematic Review, Preprint

  4. Paper 04

    Venous Sinus Stenting in Refractory Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

    CNS Hydrocephalus 2026 — Case Report & Systematic Review

  5. Project 05

    Neural Conduits and the Potential Role of Yamanaka Factors in Prompting Neurogenesis

    Emory University — Project, 2024–2025, w/ Dr. Anthony Donsante

Selected Honors

  • HOSA Biomedical Debate — 12th & 17th internationally (top 32), 2× 4th in GA, 2× 1st in Region
  • Innovation Academy Science & Engineering Fair — Grand Champion & Best in Division
  • Fulton County Science & Engineering Fair — Grand Champion & Best in Division
  • GA State Science & Engineering Fair — Second Honors, Neurotoxicity Research
  • National Spanish Exam — Gold Medal (top 5% of 85k+) · Superior Performance, Fulton World Language Forum
  • National Merit Semifinalist (top 1% of 1.6M) · Georgia Certificate of Merit (top 10%)
  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award — Gold · Barbara James Service Award — Gold · 1,000+ volunteer hours
  • USTA Georgia Team Tennis — 2× U18 State Champion · Southern Invitational Finalist
  • HOSA Health Literacy Ambassador — Level 2, international recognition
  • Top 10 — Atlanta Brain Bee · HOSA State — Top 10 Research Poster & Biology ATC