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Ruth M. Barrientos, PhD
@ruthbarrientos.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Ohio State in the Dept of Psychiatry. Neuroscientist with research interests in aging, Alzheimer's disease, neuroinflammation, memory degradation & modifiable risk factors. Diversity advocate.
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 2d
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️

🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸

✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!

📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · Jun 4
📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available!

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Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩

Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉

Please repost 🙏🏼

#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
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Ruth M. Barrientos, PhD @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social · Mar 27
Another super proud day for the Barrientos lab! @sabrina_mackey_alfonso passed her dissertation defense with flying colors! And her research presentation was phenomenal! 🥳🎉👏🏼👏🏼Well done Dr. Mackey-Alfonso!! One degree (PhD👩🏻‍🎓) down, one (MD) to go!
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Ruth M. Barrientos, PhD @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social · Mar 21
Today is a proud day for the Barrientos lab. Graduate student Jade Blackwell went from PhD candidate to Dr. Blackwell!! She defended her dissertation like a ninja 🥷 Congratulations!! 🥳🎉👏🏼🍾💗
Also many thanks to her committee members who asked challenging but fair questions! 🙌🏼
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Ruth M. Barrientos, PhD @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social · Mar 6
Thanks for the story, Emily! Couldn’t have done it without the big terrific group of dedicated scientists including @michaelbutler.bsky.social @jacoballenphd.bsky.social
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · Mar 6
Important new study from @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social: Within 3 days on a high-fat diet, long before obesity sets in, aged rats perform poorly on memory tests and show negative inflammatory changes in the brain. news.osu.edu/memory-is-im...
Memory is impaired in aged rats after 3 days of high-fat eating
Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate g...
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