UM writing up a recent paper of mine. news.umich.edu/abuse-and-di...

Abuse and disability trap: 90% of incarcerated Michigan youth suffered prior abuse

Nearly every incarcerated male youth in a new University of Michigan study experienced some form of prior physical abuse.

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A Research Career Reignited marsal.umich.edu/magazine/res...

"The present study determined that high rates of disability among incarcerated youth were largely driven by cognitive and academic disabilities, rather than mental health problems..." @20thofmay.bsky.social work suggests cognitive disabilities are an intervention point for reducing recidivism.

Suzanne Perkins, PhD@20thofmay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New paper published by my group. Thank you to my students who worked so hard on this paper. This is the sixth paper from my disseration and I paper that I always wanted to get out. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper published by my group. Thank you to my students who worked so hard on this paper. This is the sixth paper from my disseration and I paper that I always wanted to get out. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Run by RCGD's Suzanne Perkins @20thofmay.bsky.social, the Brain Candy Lab investigates the impact of trauma, stress, and childhood maltreatment on the developing brain. Learn more about this research group on the lab's new website: myumi.ch/wwMr7 @umisr.bsky.social

Great science at #ohmb2026 excited for Toronto!

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping@ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OHBM 2026 Photo Recap 📸 Thank you to every attendee, presenter, volunteer, exhibitor, sponsor, and partner who made this year's Annual Meeting such a success. Take a look back at some of our favorite moments and we'll see you in Toronto for #OHBM2027! #OHBM2026 #Neuroimaging #BrainResearch

Had great responses to my poster at #issbd2026 Also I loved South Korea! Such good food!

ISSBD@issbd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Behind every presentation, poster, and study is a person, a question, and a story. As we gather in Incheon, the conversations continue. 🌍 Where are you travelling from? 2026biennial.issbd.org #ISSBD2026 #Incheon #ISSBD

“The OMB has proposed a rule change to the Federal Register, 2 CFR §200.205. This rule change is an attempt to politicize all federal grants. This is a weapon designed to disappear disfavored people, groups, and ideas—and the blast radius on it will be enormous.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

They Want to Disappear You

How OMB will politicize the federal grant system with this one weird trick.

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@bmc.springernature.com thanks for responding. Manuscript 3c4d73c9-f1fb-40af-8aa9-6c95a94a4f8e bmc medical research methodology. Submitted on 8/18/25. I contacted the editor multiple times. Then Springer. New editor requested an amendment 3/26. Nothing until reject 6/8/26.

I have had such a bad time trying to submit a scientific correction in a @bmc.springernature.com journal. They didn’t even look at it for nearly a year. Rejected it b/c mentioned work. Critique is using poverty as the sole indicator of child neglect causes over identification of kids of color.

“I think we’re approaching a time where the trust in behavioural and social sciences will be undermined by this constant threat of LLM pollution,” psychologist Björn Hommel tells Nature. “And there’s nothing that we are able to do about it right now.” #AI 🧪

Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them?

The technology can whip up spurious findings and pollute survey responses, but it could also make research more rigorous.

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Protect your sleep!

Flux Society@fluxsociety.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Article Spotlight!💡 Insufficient sleep adversely affects brain structure/function & cognition. But... GOOD NEWS! Catch up sleep can help protect against adverse structural brain changes!🧠 Summer is starting... take a nap!😴 buff.ly/dg5aKAr

Excited to attend the MDF conference in Montreal! #myotonicdystropy @myotonicstrong.bsky.social

Grateful to gather with many of the world’s #myotonicDystrophy patient advocacy leaders at IDMC-15 in Saguenay, Canada this week!

“When I was like, ‘Wait, did you just do a Nazi salute? Like, how many other Nazis are there in the crowd?’ And then when, like three people (did the salute), and then all of a sudden, it’s like 10 people, and all of a sudden it’s like 20 people” www.michigandaily.com/news/podcast...

Myron Gaines debates students, spreads antisemitism, misogyny and racism

Far-right men’s rights influencer Myron Gaines held a debate on the Diag Thursday afternoon.

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Considering a #psychology #PhD? University of Michigan’s (free!) online Diversity Recruitment Weekend (Mar 27–28) connects you with UM faculty & grad students. Strengthen your apps & meet with #faculty, including in the #Brain&Behavior area! Apply by Jan 28: lsa.umich.edu/psych/divers...

I’m sorry to hear about Rob Reiner and his wife. The science community may remember that he was very involved in Zero to Three the movement to fund early childhood programming. Something we all write at the end of our papers as a recommendation. What a good guy! What a tragic loss for humanity.

Icymi! @20thofmay.bsky.social

Institute for Social Research (ISR) - University of Michigan@umisr.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Suzanne Perkins, research assistant professor at ISR’s RCGD, is using neuroscience to understand how childhood maltreatment impacts learning. Learn more about Suzanne and her incredible work in this feature by Future of Learning: myumi.ch/3RXZ1

ICYMI: Michigan helped reignite the research career of cancer survivor Suzanne Perkins @20thofmay.bsky.social, who planned her career around the insight that education plays a key role in recovery for children who have been maltreated. #LifeChangingEducation feature story: myumi.ch/9pWk3

A fantastic piece about me by our communications team and @tevahp.bsky.social Thanks to @rcgd-isr.bsky.social for helping me get #NIHfunding to restart my career! #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #DevPsyc #CogPsyc #AcademicSky #womeninstem #HigherEd #GoBlue futureoflearning.umich.edu/stories-and-...

[Story] A Research Career Reignited: Suzanne Perkins Crafting the Future of Learning for Abused and Neglected Children - Life-Changing Education

Life-Changing Education is a University of Michigan initiative exploring how learning changes lives through programs, research, and collaboration.

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Michigan helped reignite the career of cancer survivor Suzanne Perkins @20thofmay.bsky.social, whose research stems from the insight that education plays a key role in recovery for children at risk. Now she's crafting the future of learning: myumi.ch/9pWk3 #LifeChangingEducation #LookToMichigan

NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Is Back — for 49% Fewer Projects beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... by @spichaksimon.bsky.social @beingpatient.bsky.social #Alzheimers #dementia #NIH #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Is Back — for 49% Fewer Projects

Though the NIH director is calling for $187 million more in funding for Alzheimer’s, the NIH is funding fewer new projects.

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At #ispcan2025 in Lithuania. Doing important work here!

ISPCAN@ispcan.bsky.social · last yr.

Launching ISPCAN NEXT @ #ispcan2025 Network of Emerging eXpertise in child proTection A global network empowering early-career professionals in child protection. Connecting, learning, leading and making an impact. Learn more here: ispcan.org/working-grou... #riseuptoendchildabuse

Launching ISPCAN NEXT @ #ispcan2025 Network of Emerging eXpertise in child proTection A global network empowering early-career professionals in child protection. Connecting, learning, leading and making an impact. Learn more here: ispcan.org/working-grou... #riseuptoendchildabuse

Booster Shots Help Prevent Severe COVID-19 in People With Cancer jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Booster Shots Help Prevent Severe COVID-19 in People With Cancer

COVID-19 booster shots effectively prevented hospitalizations among people with cancer, according to a retrospective study published in JAMA Oncology.

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Just finished #flux2025 in Dublin and it it good to be back! What a great conference.

Excellent analysis of poor science that should not have made it through peer review. Probably should be retracted now by the journal. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)

Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.

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Ending the summer having submitted five first-author manuscripts and a response to a published paper. This K01 and the protected time are the best! Thank you #NIH #NICHD Thank you @rcgd-isr.bsky.social #ISR #psychology @umich.edu

Don’t miss the Flux 2025 Diversity Inclusion & Belonging symposium “Supporting Science in Challenging Times”: Fri 3:15 Hyde Suite 1&2! We’ll provide historical context + future guidance on navigating authoritarian trends undermining science, safeguarding scientific credibility + supporting trainees.

Hey #neuroscience #neuroskyence we are hiring a Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina (uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...) We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!

Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience

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