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Lakshmi Pillai

Research Associate

Also affiliated: Mahatma Gandhi University (2014–2015); University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (2025); Primus Consulting (United States) (2010–2012); Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (2023); Hope Pharmaceuticals (United States) (2010–2011); Neurology, Inc (2021); University of Delaware (2012); Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (2013–2024); Sage (United Kingdom) (2024); Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (2012); Mississippi State University (2010–2012)

Postdoc Researcher

14 h-index 64 pubs 692 cited

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Humans
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Gait
  • Levodopa
  • Catechin
  • Drug Combinations
  • Disease Progression
  • Voice
  • Agriculture
  • Databases, Genetic

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Lakshmi Pillai's research focuses on the application of machine learning and telemedicine to study Parkinson's disease. Her work includes developing machine learning methods to process voice samples for the identification of Parkinson's disease, utilizing pre-trained convolutional neural networks to analyze spectrogram images of voice samples for disease detection, and investigating the feasibility of telemedicine for research visits among individuals with Parkinson's disease, particularly those in medically underserved areas. Pillai also studies specific motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's, such as freezing of gait, and its relationship with levodopa medication and gait variability.

Her research network includes extensive collaboration with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Tuhin Virmani, Aliyah Glover, Linda Larson‐Prior, and Aaron S. Kemp, with whom she has co-authored numerous publications. Pillai has published 64 works, accumulating 679 citations and an h-index of 14. Her research interests extend to integrating multi-modal data and neuroimaging results through platforms like PRISM within the Arkansas Imaging Enterprise System (ARIES).

One publication by Pillai also addresses bycatch mitigation in Indian trawl fisheries, indicating a broader, albeit less frequent, research scope. She maintains an active lab website to share her research activities.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 64
  • Citations: 692

Selected Publications

  • Author Correction: A machine learning method to process voice samples for identification of Parkinson’s disease (2026)
    Scientific Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Time to Freeze: Development of <scp>OFF</scp> ‐ and <scp>OFFON</scp> ‐State Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease (2026)
    Movement Disorders Clinical Practice DOI OpenAlex
  • Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease (2025)
    Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring the relationship between orthostatic hypotension and gait in people with Parkinson’s disease (2025)
    Clinical Autonomic Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Levodopa influence on turning dynamics in people with Parkinson’s disease (2025)
    Scientific Reports 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Longitudinal Monitoring of Digitized Cursive Writing in People with Parkinson’s Disease Shows Increased Variability in Absolute Jerk and Decreased Writing Duration in Those with Freezing of Gait (P9-5.019) (2025)
    Neurology DOI OpenAlex
  • Pre-trained convolutional neural networks identify Parkinson’s disease from spectrogram images of voice samples (2025)
    Scientific Reports 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pre-trained Convolutional Neural Networks Identify Parkinson’s Disease from Spectrogram Images of Voice Samples (2024)
    Research Square 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Levodopa influence on turning dynamics in people with Parkinson’s disease (2024)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Tandem gait step-width increases more rapidly in more severely affected people with Parkinson's disease (2024)
    Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Feasibility of regional center telehealth visits utilizing a rural research network in people with Parkinson’s disease (2024)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development and implementation of the frog-in-maze game to study upper limb movement in people with Parkinson’s disease (2023)
    Scientific Reports 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A machine learning method to process voice samples for identification of Parkinson’s disease (2023)
    Scientific Reports 80 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Machine Learning Method to Process Voice Samples for Identification of Parkinson’s Disease (2023)
    Research Square 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Gait Declines Differentially in, and Improves Prediction of, People with Parkinson’s Disease Converting to a Freezing of Gait Phenotype (2023)
    Journal of Parkinson s Disease 11 citations DOI OpenAlex

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