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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · 28d

Registration is open!!!! You can also submit a poster abstract! Come join us for an amazing set of talks and insightful discussions on the impact of stress on brain development and implications for the development of affective disorders…

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Aug 21

Spread the word!! DANS 2025 registration is opening very soon…take a look at some of our amazing speakers! You can present a poster you will present or have presented elsewhere…the goal is to foster discussion. Check dans.pitt.edu for updates!

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Aug 25

Excited to share these findings from our CATS center in a manuscript led by the talented Ceci Westbrook, MD, PhD, Post-doctoral Scholar in the lab!🤩
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ceciwestbrook.bsky.social @ceciwestbrook.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our new paper out in Translational Psychiatry explores brain activity in different phases of the reward response and their relationship to treatment outcomes in adolescents with anxiety disorders. @cdladouceur.bsky.social @erika-forbes.bsky.social @jennifersilk.bsky.social et al.

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The role of reward-related brain activity in response to treatment and later depression severity: data from a randomized controlled trial in early adolescents with anxiety disorders

Translational Psychiatry - The role of reward-related brain activity in response to treatment and later depression severity: data from a randomized controlled trial in early adolescents with...

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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excited to share that my TEDx talk is finally available online. I loved sharing what the science shows us: that it's time to reframe adolescence - from problem to ✨ potential ✨ 1/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...

The surprising science of adolescent brains | Jennifer Pfeifer | TEDxPortland

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Aug 21

Spread the word!! DANS 2025 registration is opening very soon…take a look at some of our amazing speakers! You can present a poster you will present or have presented elsewhere…the goal is to foster discussion. Check dans.pitt.edu for updates!

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wow…awesome and impactful work!!! Bravo! 👏👏👏

Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Aug 10

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Jul 18

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NOT-OD-25-131: Revision: NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Revision: NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research NOT-OD-25...

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Jul 18

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NIH will only accept six applications per PI per calendar year.

NIH has issued NOT-OD-25-132 Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications which informs us that NIH will only accept six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications fro…

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Niamh MacSweeney @niamhmacsweeney.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our paper - Neuroimaging Insights into Adolescent Depression and Development - is now out in Nature Mental Health! 🧠 Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors @yaratoenders.bsky.social and @cktamnes.bsky.social. I loved bringing these ideas together with you! rdcu.be/eugUM

Neuroimaging insights into adolescent depression risk and development

Nature Mental Health - Adolescence marks a critical period for the onset of depression, yet the neurobiological mechanisms remain unclear. Here the authors review literature linking adolescent...

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Jun 28

Screens, Sleep, and White Matter in Childhood and Adolescent Depression url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2835092?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=062825

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Jun 13

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Got my hopes up for a hot minute when the R13 notice came out-for our DANS conf- only to find this notice today 😢

But happy to see Fs are finally out!

NOT-MH-25-210: Notice of NIMH Withdrawal from Participation in PA-25-080, "NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of NIMH Withdrawal from Participation in PA-25-080,

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Jun 13

CAN-D lab staff and trainees had fun showcasing their work at our Dept annual Research Day! Celebrating science! 🤩

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · Jun 10

#ThisWeekInNPP

This study explored relapse & recurrence in late-life depression, finding widespread 🧠 network configuration was required for resilience, while failure to reconfigure was associated w/ vulnerability to relapse @agerlachphd.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Network homeostasis: functional brain network alterations and relapse in remitted late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Network homeostasis: functional brain network alterations and relapse in remitted late-life depression

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Friedemann Zenke @fzenke.bsky.social · May 27

1/6 Why does the brain maintain such precise excitatory-inhibitory balance?
Our new preprint explores a provocative idea: Small, targeted deviations from this balance may serve a purpose: to encode local error signals for learning.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
led by @jrbch.bsky.social

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · May 30

Really happy to receive my first paperback copy of Coming Of Age 🎉

I wrote this book to examine the emotional power of the adolescent years – I explore why adolescents behave the way they do, but also about why events from those years continue to affect who we are, even many years later

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Me with Coming Of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · May 12

DANS is happening!! 🎉🎉
Mark your calendars and please spread the word!

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 2

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!

Has a take action toolkit with:

1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points

Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.

www.savensf.com

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
A Girl Looking at a Physics Model
TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

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Isabelle Rosso @irosso.bsky.social · Apr 28

How delays in issuing NIH funds may create the appearance of a budget 'surplus' that becomes justification to cut the NIH budget. @statnews.com #neuroskyence

Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · Apr 28

🚨 This MUST READ essay and call to action spells out, in very clear terms, how the Trump administration could get away with slashing the NIH budget. NIH scientists and Dems in congress need to read and understand it. This is where we win or lose the battle to save the NIH and US science. 🧪 🧠 🧬 🔊

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster

An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · Apr 27

Please tell everyone you know that 60 minutes is covering the NIH tonight

youtu.be/noyS-L5gK7k?...

NIH | Sunday on 60 Minutes

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Apr 17

For my scientist friends who have been struggling with anxiety, depression, grief and more, two licensed therapists are hosting a 90min pro bono session. It's today (Apr 17), starting in half an hour (9:30am PT) but there will be more sessions in future. www.eventbrite.com/e/coping-wit...

Coping with Upheaval: Support for Terminated/Defunded Scientists

If you're a US scientist feeling demoralized, burned out, or anxious in this unprecedented political moment--you are not alone. (Free event)

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 17

The National Science Foundation has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency set up shop at the agency this week. scim.ag/4iowX4t

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review

Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

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Susan Perlman, Ph.D. @drperlman.bsky.social · Apr 16

So happy to write this opinion standing up for science in my local paper!

Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · Mar 13

Professor Susan Perlman wrote to Missouri 🌈 about the cascading costs of science cuts, like: ‘Ten full-time scientists from my lab will lose jobs…tax dollars will be drained when they collect unemployment…tuition will skyrocket’... 🧪🏠
@drperlman.bsky.social

www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirk...

Fight Trump Cuts To Science & Medical Research

I’m a neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry at WashU. My children attend Kirkwood schools, and I have participated in many career days and science lessons teaching children about the brain

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · Mar 31

ACNP Travel Award Applications open TODAY for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to Submit is May 8, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. acnp.org/annual-meet... #ACNP2026 #travelawards

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bbrfoundation @bbrfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations to the 2025 Distinguished Investigator Grantees!
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Read the Press Release: ow.ly/oVn050Vk6vx
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #neuroscience #depression #anxiety #schizophrenia #autism #OCD #PTSD #BPD #bipolardisorder #ADHD #ADD

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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · Mar 19

Congratulations!!!
Well-deserved! 🎉🎉🎉

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