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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 2d

#AB432 #bowerswbhi #WeAreStillHere #Menopause #MenopauseCare @emilyjacobs.bsky.social @rbkforassembly.bsky.social

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 2d

✅ Have a conversation with friends, family, community leaders, and medical providers to raise awareness, share support, and normalize the conversation
✅ Contact your U.S. House and Senate representatives to advocate for restored and expanded federal funding for menopause research

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 2d

Not in CA? You can still act.
✅ Head to MyMenoPlan.org for evidence-based facts about menopause

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 2d

Turn up the heat with us. We have ONE week to ask @cagovernor Newsom to sign California’s AB-432 Menopause Care Equity Act. Live in California, have 30 seconds, and want to support the bill? Go to tinyurl.com/AB432-suppor... to let @cagovernor Newsom know that women’s health is not an elective.

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 12d

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 12d

Deep bow to the folks working around the clock and around the table to make this bill the law of the land. Remember, “progress is possible, but not guaranteed”. Add your voice—link in bio.

@bauerkahan.bsky.social Halle Berry, Pauline Maki, Sen Monique Limon, Rajita Patil, @emilyjacobs.bsky.social

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · 12d

With the power of the people behind it, the California legislature just passed the Menopause Care Equity Act. This is history in the making—finally addressing a health gap that touches millions of women. Now, it’s down to one signature. @governor.ca.gov, the pen is in your hand. 🖊️

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join us this Monday, September 8, 2025 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT as Winnie Orchard, PhD and Scientific Program Director at the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative, dives into “Developing the Gold STANDARD: a Standardized Tool for Acquiring Reproductive Health Data” #BowersWBHI #Neuroendocrinology

This is a poster that shows a woman in a blue dress with shoulder-length brown hair speaking at a podium.

Her name is Winnie Orchard, PhD and she's the Scientific Program Director at the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative.

The poster advertises a virtual seminar she's speaking for on Monday September 8th at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT: “Developing the Gold STANDARD: a Standardized Tool for Acquiring Reproductive Health Data.”

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

@emilyjacobs.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @cerentozlu.bsky.social @amykooz.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping #WomensBrainHealth

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

We’re taking a collaborative, evidence-based approach involving field experts across women’s brain health and UI/UX. Register at tinyurl.com/bowerswbhi-s...

To access past lectures, head to wbhi.ucsb.edu/about/events

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

In this seminar, Winnie will share our mission to create a standardized method to capture reproductive and endocrine experiences across the lifespan so that we, as a scientific community, can improve the rigor, reproducibility, and scalability of women’s health research.

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join us this Monday, September 8, 2025 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT as Winnie Orchard, PhD and Scientific Program Director at the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative, dives into “Developing the Gold STANDARD: a Standardized Tool for Acquiring Reproductive Health Data” #BowersWBHI #Neuroendocrinology

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 4

She is grateful to the BBRF, her mentors for this fellowship — Dr. @emilyjacobs.bsky.social at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, and Dr. Ina Stelzer at @ucsandiego.bsky.social — and the incredible community of parental brain scientists worldwide who inspire her work.

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Through the Global Maternal Brain Project, Magdalena is connecting an international network of scientists dedicated to creating large-scale, diverse neuroimaging datasets — a shared resource to advance understanding of the human maternal brain.

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 4

On a personal note, Magdalena is also preparing to welcome her first baby girl! Her scientific insights into matrescence (the process of becoming a mother), combined with her lived experience and the wisdom of other moms, are shaping her journey into this exciting new chapter.

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 4

We can’t wait to see what Magdalena accomplishes in the future, and we’re grateful to have her as part of the
@bowers-wbhi.bsky.social
. Connect with Magdalena on Instagram (@drmagdalenamartinez), LinkedIn (Magdalena Martinez Garcia), and BlueSky (@[email protected]).

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats, Dr. Magdalena @magdamartinezga.bsky.social on your 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant, and thank you to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation @bbrfoundation.bsky.social! This grant will support her research on human brain changes linked to perinatal depression. #bowerswbhi

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 3

Help us turn up the heat! 🔥🔥🔥California has a bill heading to @governor.ca.gov that will improve menopause care for millions. Check out the Substack and sign here! turnuptheheatab432.substack.com

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Connect with Carina on BlueSky (@carinaheller.bsky.social), LinkedIn (Carina Heller), and Instagram (@cairless23).

#BowersWBHI #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping #Neuroendocrinology #WomensBrainHealth #BrainHealth #WomenInScience #MentalHealth

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Carina is grateful to the BBRF for being able to carry out this research with her mentors Dr. Bart Larsen, PhD (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Emily Jacobs, PhD (University of Santa Barbara).

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congrats, Dr. Carina Heller, PhD @carinaheller.bsky.social & thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social. Carina received the 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant, enabling her to further investigate the impact of hormonal contraceptives use in adolescence, especially for mental health. #Neuroscience

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 postdocs to the incredible WBHI team to lead projects mapping brain & behav’l changes across major endocrine transitions—from adolesc to pregnancy to menopause. Expertise in MRI & human subjects necc. Please reach out to [email protected] and learn more at wbhi.ucsb.edu 🌊

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Aug 7

Keep your eyes on this rising star:

Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to share I’ve been awarded a 2-year @bbrfoundation Young Investigator Grant! This will support my work on brain changes linked to perinatal depression, building on my research in human maternal brain. Grateful to be at @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social with Dr. @emilyjacobs.bsky.social !

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re hiring! Pls share widely:

In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred.

Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Find Elle’s work at the Jacobs lab and connect with her on LinkedIn (Elle Murata), Bluesky (@ellemurata.bsky.social‬), and Instagram (@ellemurata)

Jacobs lab: jacobs.psych.ucsb.edu/people/elle-...

Elle Murata | Emily Jacobs Lab | UC Santa Barbara

Elle Murata received her B.A.

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