Nikita Cherkasov

Research Fellow: Center for Language and Brain

Nikita Cherkasov has been at HSE University since 2024.

Education and Degrees

2025

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
Mental Health Research Centre

2018

Degree in General Medicine
Pirogov Medical University

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2020 – Residency, specialty: "Psychiatry", FSBSI "Mental Health Research Centre";

2021 – Professional retraining, Specialty: "High School Teacher", Institute of Modern Education

2021 – Advanced training, specialty: “Psychiatry” (Advanced Training Certificate) FSBEI FPE "Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation";

2021, 2023 – GCP (Good Clinical Practice) Certification course, ICH X7 Research Group

2024 – Advanced training, specialty: "High School Teacher", Institute for Humanities and Technology

Professional Interests

cognitive impairment mild cognitive impairment age-related cognitive impairment dementia neuropsychiatric disorders language and ageing

Conferences

2025
XVII Всероссийская Школа молодых психиатров "Суздаль-2025" с международным участием (Суздаль). Presentation: Русскоязычная адаптация опросника на легкие поведенческие нарушения
Первый Форум "Технологии долголетия" (Москва). Presentation: Легкие поведенческие нарушения как предиктор развития деменции
Всероссийский конгресс с международным участием "Психическое здоровье: от разнообразия феноменологии к концептуальному единству" (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Оценка лингвистических характеристик вербальной беглости у пациентов с додементными когнитивными нарушениями
Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC-2025) (Торонто). Presentation: Association of MBI-C scores with clinical outomes in patients with MCI during a 3-year follow-up
Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC-2025) (Торонто). Presentation: Linguistic clusters in scoring semantic verbal fluency task in patients with pre-dementia cognitive decline
33rd European Congress of Psychiatry (Мадрид). Presentation: Cortical alterations in patients with mild cognitive impairment who converted to Alzheimer disease compared to non-converters and correlations of these alterations with mild behavioral impairment.
33rd European Congress of Psychiatry (Мадрид). Presentation: Temporal-lobe functional connectivity in future converters to Alzheimer’s disease.
Когнитивная наука в Москве: новые исследования (Москва). Presentation: Характеристики кластеров в задании на направленные вербальные ассоциации как предиктор когнитивного статуса пожилых людей

2024
X Студенческая конференция Института лингвистики РГГУ (Москва). Presentation: Исследование фонематических кластеров в задании на вербальную беглость для предсказания когнитивного статуса пожилых людей

2023
8th Neurological Disorders Summit (Рим). Presentation: Behavioral symptoms in patients with mild cognitive impairment - preliminary results of cohort study

2022
7-я Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция с международным участием «Психическое здоровье человека и общества. Актуальные междисциплинарные проблемы и возможные пути решения» (Москва). Presentation: Behavioral disturbances in patients with mild cognitive impairment
Право и охрана психического здоровья : как достичь консенсуса (Москва). Presentation: Вопросы дееспособности лиц, страдающих когнитивными расстройствами
5-я Костромская всероссийская школа молодых ученых и специалистов в области психического здоровья “Биологическая парадигма психических расстройств” (Кострома). Presentation: Клинико-иммунологические особенности пожилых пациентов с синдромом мягкого когнитивного снижения
XXVII Международная научно-практическая конференция «Пожилой больной. Качество жизни» (Москва). Presentation: COVID-19 в практике геронтопсихиатра: оценка влияния на когнитивное функционирование пожилых
XXVII Международная научно-практическая конференция «Пожилой больной. Качество жизни» (Москва). Presentation: Когнитивные и психические нарушения в контексте нейродегенерации: где они пересекаются и куда ведут

Employment history

Research Experience:

2020 – 2020 Laboratory assistant, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry (Doct. of Med. Sci., Prof. S.I. Gavrilova), FSBSI "Mental Health Research Center"
2020 – present Junior researcher, Cognitive Disorders and Dementia Research Group (Head Doctor of Medical Sciences I.V. Kolykhalov), FSBSI "Mental Health Research Center"

01.2021 – 01.2023 Clinical rater, Backup coordinator for EVOKE, EVOKE Plus, Novo Nordisk A/S protocols. PI: Doct. of Med. Sci., Prof. S.I. Gavrilova. Personal involvement: blinded evaluation of the status of patients admitted, internal documentation control
03.2022 – 11.2022 Co-executor of the project "Study of attention parameters in patients with mild cognitive impairment when working with brain-computer interfaces based on the P300 wave", Vladimir Zelman Center for Neurobiology and Brain Rehabilitation, Skoltech
Project manager: Doct. of Biol. Sci., Prof. M.A. Lebedev. Personal involvement: drafting of the research design and protocol, compilation of the stimulus material, conducting an experiment on working with the brain-computer interface
10.2022 – present Researcher on the protocol "Correction of neuroinflammation factors using course therapy with the * drug in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment syndrome (aMCI)" Principal investigator: Doct. of Med. Sci., Prof. S.I. Gavrilova. Personal involvement: assistance in protocol development, patient screening and recruitment, creation and maintenance of the database

Participant in scientific and research development:
Development of methods for early diagnosis, predicting the course, personalized therapy, and prevention of the main mental disorders of old age (psychosis and dementia): prospective multidisciplinary study
Principal Investigator: Doct. of Med. Sci., Prof. S.I. Gavrilova. 09.2020 – 01.2023
Innovative approaches to multimodal diagnostics, personalized therapy and prevention of depressive disorders and mild cognitive impairment syndrome in elderly patients
Principal Investigator: Doct. of Med. Sci. I.V. Kolykhalov. 01.2023 – present
Development of a methodology for monitoring and long-term prognosis of the progression of cognitive deficits in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment syndrome and subpsychotic (non-cognitive) disorders based on clinical, biochemical, immunological, and neuroimaging indicators
Principal Investigator: Doct. of Med. Sci. I.V. Kolykhalov. 01.2023 – present

The Role of MRI Neuroimaging in the Clinic of a Range of Mental Disorders. RSF Grant №24-15-00220
Principal Investigator: Dr. I. S. Lebedeva, DSc.
Project Duration: 2024 – 2026