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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · Aug 22

I can't quite believe it – I got a new NSF grant! 😲🤯

I'm incredibly grateful to the program officers & reviewers for their dedication and efforts to keep science going 🌟👏🏼

So, I'll be hiring! Looking for a postdoc to study competition in memory-guided attention. See flyer for details! 🎉

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · Aug 20

Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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Rachel Whitmer, PhD @profrwhitmer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Wonderful news yesterday with the publication of our top line results for U. S. POINTER ! Lifestyle interventions can improve brain🧠 health !

Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · Jul 28

BREAKING: Results from U.S. POINTER, reported at #AAIC25, show that lifestyle interventions that simultaneously target risk factors protect cognitive function in older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia. bit.ly/USPointerRel...

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Prof Malú Gámez Tansey @malutansey.bsky.social · Jul 28

#USPOINTER study #sciencerockstars report #structuredlifestyleintervention improves #cognitiveperformance 🤓💪🏼🥳💜🧠 #ENDALZ

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 28

A randomized trial (N>2,100 participants, multi-center) of structured vs self-guided lifestyle interventions in older adults shows the former improved cognitive function jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Bryan D. James, PhD @bryandjames.bsky.social · Jul 28

US POINTER study showed a significant improvement in global cognition for a structured intervention (physical, social, and cognitive activities, MIND diet, health monitoring) compared to self-guided intervention equivalent to 1-2 years of aging #AAIC2025. Evidence that behavior change can work

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Jul 8

I forget to post (sometimes) my brain art on bluesky, but feel free to find my art Instagram too! 🥰 🎨 (IG: @batool.neuroart)

Cacti with a blend of colors in the background.

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · Jun 16

Curing Alzheimer’s disease requires a radically different approach. Read my latest piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jun 16

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways, writes @mikeyassa.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d...

Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Jun 7

Congrats Mara!!! 🎉

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · May 6

Loved seeing my brain artwork on thank you cards by the #Yassalab to their BEACoN study participants! Thanks @mikeyassa.bsky.social and #Liv for making this happen! ☺️

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 21

Reducing the risk of all-cause dementia with intensive blood pressure control, the results of a cluster randomized trial in~34,000 participants. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Blood pressure reduction and all-cause dementia in people with uncontrolled hypertension: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, cluster-randomized trial - Nature Medicine

In the CRHCP-3 cluster-randomized trial, blood pressure reduction lowered the risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in 33,995 individuals with hypertension.

www.nature.com

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Stephanie Leal (Leal Memory Lab) @lealmemorylab.bsky.social · Apr 18

Hi all, if anyone knows of any aging or mental health focused postdoc or research scientist positions, please share them with me! Lorena is on the job market and would be a great asset!

Stephanie Leal (Leal Memory Lab) @lealmemorylab.bsky.social · Mar 29

Congratulations to the first graduate student in my lab, Dr. Lorena Ferguson, who successfully defended her dissertation today! So proud of you and all your accomplishments 🥹

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Apr 15

Garden of thoughts.
#brainart
🪴 🌷 🧠

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UCSF Clinical Affective Science Lab @ucsfcanlab.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 New Book Release! 🚨
Dr. Bruce Miller & Dr. Virginia Sturm dive into the complexities of our social brains with compelling clinical stories in "Mysteries of the Social Brain".
Available now: www.amazon.com/dp/1032814284

@ucsfmac.bsky.social @brainsturming.bsky.social

Mysteries of the Social Brain

Mysteries of the Social Brain: 9781032814285: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Apr 13

Just ordered my copy! 😊

Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Apr 12

Aw thank you! Haha. I love the multimodal imaging one you have!

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Apr 12

Nice!! 😊 I’m still using this one I customized for my MacBook! 😂

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Apr 4

Will there be a follow-up book in the future? :) Hope to see more!

Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you!! 😍

Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Jan 30

love the design! 😍

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Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD PhD @jetmjvonk.bsky.social · Jan 22

Invited commentary for J. Neuropsychology (thanks editors @davidebrunophd.bsky.social & @jamiereillycog.bsky.social). Enhancing cognitive tools' sensitivity could better align symptom detection with pathophysiological changes, bridging biological and clinical-biological perspectives on #Alzheimer’s

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thanks! Yep, just added! :)

Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Jan 1

Aw I couldn’t have thought of a more fitting title! Thank you Jenna, hope you’re also celebrating your new position! 🎉

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Dec 30

Coming up with a title is too hard. 😂
#brainart #neuroart
#sciart

Painting of brain with hummingbird, flowers, leaves.

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Batool Rizvi @neurobatool.bsky.social · Dec 23

A golden connection. #synapse #neuroart #brainart

Painting of a synapse, with a golden outline. Leaves in the background.

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