📢 New paper out in Scientific Reports!
We found links b/t brain activity & emotional outcomes in women with chronic postsurgical pain.
🧠 More SMC activation → more anxiety/depression
🧠 More PFC activation → lower chronic stress (via hair cortisol)
No moderation by pain intensity.
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I saw it Saturday night! Truly outstanding- brilliant acting and a crucial story to tell now.
So proud of my amazing hubby! He is transforming the lives of patients needing kidney transplants and working hard to reduce barriers for Hispanic patients.
❤️
Today, I had the honor of participating in this amazing panel to talk about organ donation, particularly those barriers that affect the Hispanic community. It was a privilege to listen to my co-panelists share their stories about their journeys with organ donation
So proud of my two amazing Masters of Medical Science Students, Emma & Dirichi, for presenting their thesis projects from my NIH R35 grant at the Mass General Brigham Psychiatry Research Symposim this week! 💫 #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM #WomeninMedicine
💯- don’t mess with us Bostonians! #bostonstrong
I love trans mice
Sign of the Day
Stand Up for Science
Philadelphia
Hmm- I can’t get the link to open! Is there an other way to shop for the hat?
Thank you!
Obama knew
Where can I get this hat?!?
firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.
We need to respect children’s #pain. @drcchambers.bsky.social
has a phenomenal initiative in Canada- Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) people can check out for more info.
#itdoesnthavetohurt
This is very important! We don’t want to minimize the pain experience & also want to properly prepare kids (& adults) for things like injections. I am a #chronicpain researcher & a lot of untreated #pain in kids can lead to chronic pain in adults.
I’m thrilled to be presenting at USASP 2025! It’s always an outstanding conference. Register today!
#ChronicPain
#PainResearch
#PainScience
This conference is always a highlight for me! Abstracts due March 3rd! Malaga in October will be amazing.
"The abrupt termination of critical USAID-funded clinical trials, with insufficient time to safeguard the welfare of people who are participating, is profoundly unethical and utterly inexcusable"
www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/u... via @statnews.com
Science saves lives! I am a scientist. On a personal level, I have benefited greatly from science for all the reasons cited below.
Science is why I have my 2nd baby #IVF & why my beautiful nephew who is living w/ a horrific disease #Duchenne #DMD has a shot at life.
#whosciencesaves
Money talks
I did have to give birth in May 2020 though so I’m lucky the stress of the pandemic & @hecmagsmd.bsky.social working w/ COVID patients didn’t result in high BP/ adverse outcomes!
My Ob was a bit surprised by the MFM rec given that I didn’t have preeclampsia w/my 1st only a few years earlier. My Ob said that was a better predictor of preeclampsia than age; however the aspirin at age 40 & older was the guideline so I should just take it. I did & all was well.
This is interesting. When I was pregnant with my 2nd since I was going to turn 40 2 weeks prior to my due date, MFM had me follow the “40 yr old” protocol, which was to take baby aspirin daily I think around 27 weeks but I can’t exactly recall when it was started.
Happy Valentine’s Day to my hubby Héctor @hecmagsmd.bsky.social!
Thank you for standing by my side through every challenge, celebrating my successes, & making me feel like I can conquer anything. I love you & the life we have created. ❤️
#Valentinesday #heforshe
I dug a grave and buried my Imposter Syndrome.
The tombstone reads:
Here lies a bunch of
patriarchal nonsense
designed to make me
think I can't.
I did.
Honestly, I will not hold back anymore. No regrets.
America RISE UP!!!!!!!!!
They work for US we don't work for them... #UnitedWeStand
#BuildTheResistance #Resist IT'S TIME!!!!
I truly can’t believe this is the country I’m living in. I feel like I am in an alternate universe. I am a proud woman in STEM & #science. I have endured misogyny & sacrificed a lot to be where I am & won’t be stopped.
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience
External studies have shown:
-NIH funding directly or indirectly supported the development of ALL new treatments that were FDA approved between 2010-2020
-the return on NIH investment is estimated at 25-40% annually given the improvement in productivity from a healthier workforce
Facts matter.
