or resilience to stress-associated psychopathology. In January 2020, Vidita joined the editorial board of The European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN) as one of a panel of four new senior editors. EJN is the official journal of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). Features in Books and Videos Vidita has been featured in Lilavathi's Daughters, a compilation of biographical essays on Indian women scientists, and on "The Life in Science" blog. In 2015, she gave a TEDx talk at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai in which she spoke about how stress can change our neurological makeup. She has also been featured in TIFRs "Chai and Why". Achievements Her work has garnered the 2015 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for Medical Sciences. She is also a recipient of the National Bioscience Award for Career Development in 2012. She received the Nature Award for Mentorship in Science, 2019, in the mid-career category. Publications Her site at TIFR hosts a complete list of her publications. Personal life Vidita's research career was supported by her late husband, Ajit Mahadevan, who worked in the area of impact investing. They have a daughter, Alina Vaidya Mahadevan. In her spare time, Vidita likes to travel, read, and dance. See also TIFR References Reference group Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 Living people Indian women academics Indian women biologists 20th-century Indian biologists St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Karolinska Institute alumni Yale School of Medicine alumni Indian neuroscientists Indian women neuroscientists Indian women medical researchers 20th-century Indian women scientists Indian medical researchers N-BIOS Prize recipients Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Science