Presenting tomorrow at #MHSRS2026 — looking forward to sharing our findings on evaluating a body-centered intervention to reduce fall-related injuries during Special Forces selection

Charles Verdonk@ch-verdonk.bsky.social · 6d ago

A few days to go before #MHSRS2026 in Orlando, FL, USA. Looking forward to presenting our findings on a body-centered intervention to reduce fall-related injuries during Special Forces selection.

A few days to go before #MHSRS2026 in Orlando, FL, USA. Looking forward to presenting our findings on a body-centered intervention to reduce fall-related injuries during Special Forces selection.

Three inspiring days at the NATO Specialists Meeting. Delighted to discuss how #interoception may explain individual variability in exercise performance and fatigue. Looking forward to continuing this international collaboration to advance #military performance and health.

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐁𝐒𝐆𝐌) is redefining non-invasive assessment of gastric function through high-resolution mapping of gastric electrical activity with standardized meal testing and real-time symptom tracking. (1/2)

Our recent study on relapse in #anorexia nervosa and gastrointestinal #interoception, published in JAMA Psychiatry, is featured in Medscape Medical News. 🔗 Medscape article: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... Grateful to see this work reaching a broader clinical audience. @skhalsa.bsky.social

Grateful to have joined the inspiring conversations at #EmbodiedTech and shared our work on #interoception. Our new JAMA Psychiatry study suggests that gastrointestinal interoception may help predict relapse risk in anorexia nervosa. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The 7th ICSPP is coming to a close. Thank you to all participants for their contributions to advancing military medicine and human performance research. Looking forward to ICSPP 2029!

🩺𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐚? 🧵(1/6) 🔗 Link to the article (open access): jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

What if one of the keys to improving soldier performance lies in better understanding the dialogue between the body and the brain? Looking forward to tomorrow's discussions at #ICSPP.

Charles Verdonk@ch-verdonk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Only 11 days until the 7th ICSPP! Excited to co-chair Impact of Physiological States on Brain Performance and Resilience with Prof. Soyoung Park. Looking forward to discussions on nutrition, breathing, sleep, heat, biomarkers, and cognition under operational stress.

J-1 before ICSPP 2026. How do we prepare, protect, and sustain human performance in the context of high-intensity conflict? Looking forward to the discussions ahead.

Only 11 days until the 7th ICSPP! Excited to co-chair Impact of Physiological States on Brain Performance and Resilience with Prof. Soyoung Park. Looking forward to discussions on nutrition, breathing, sleep, heat, biomarkers, and cognition under operational stress.

🔬🤖 A great perspective article published in npj Digital Medicine : www.nature.com/articles/s41... Accessible discussion on differences between health research and data science (with an insightful Table 1 on terminology divergence across disciplines), and how AI tools can support health research.

🧠 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? In this study, we showed that tuning a brain rhythm called the individual alpha frequency (IAF) through #neurofeedback improves attentional performance. 1/7 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121912

My Letter to the Editor in JMIR Medical Education (jmirpub.bsky.social) builds on Izquierdo-Condoy et al.’s work and asks: could training in AI-rich environments introduce vulnerabilities when physicians must perform without AI? 🔗 mededu.jmir.org/2026/1/e94594

Delighted and honored to join the Scientific Advisory Panel of European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - @ecnp.eu. Looking forward to contributing and exchanging with this vibrant scientific community.

Today, I had the pleasure of sharing my experience on the use of AI in research with the #AI & #Health working group of the French National Academy of Medicine. Many thanks for the invitation and the enriching discussions, in such an emblematic place 🤩

Looking for experts to advise on selecting a 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 for an experimental protocol. 🎯𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 (few mN/hundreds of Pa), 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟, 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 (wrist/forearm). 🙏Any recommendations welcome - thanks!

🚨The ICSPP 2026 website is now live 🌐 and abstract submissions are officially open ✍️ |👉 icsppparis.com

Charles Verdonk@ch-verdonk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐈𝐂𝐒𝐏𝐏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔), organized by the French Military Health Service “𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬” Details & themes in comments

𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐈𝐂𝐒𝐏𝐏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔), organized by the French Military Health Service “𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬” Details & themes in comments

Sharing a very interesting article recently published by a U.S. team 🔗 academic.oup.com/milmed/issue... ➡️ Three key takeaways in the comment below Looking forward to contributing to #AI education within the French Military Health Service, through research and broader institution initiatives

🏊‍♂️ Are there wearable sensors that can measure water velocity on the skin surface (e.g., during swimming activity)? 🎯 I’d like to verify whether water movements reach the 0–10 cm/s range relevant for C-tactile (CT) fiber stimulation. 📄 Any tech docs or papers to recommend?

I am pleased to share a new publication about #mindfulness and #interoception. I'm very happy to have contributed to this study and grateful to Isaac Treves for leading it, as well as to all coauthors for this wonderful collaborative effort 🙏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🏃🧠Could #neuroscience help explain exertional heatstroke (EHS)? In our paper published in Physiological Reports @physrep.bsky.social, we present a theoretical model and psychometric data supporting #interoception as a promising avenue for translational EHS research🧵1/6 dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...

Feeling the heat: Investigating interoception and motivation as risk factors for exertional heatstroke

Exertional heatstroke (EHS) is the most severe form of heat-related illness, occurring during sport competition or military training. Despite substantial progress in understanding its physiological m....

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🚨 Our newly published paper, “Special Operations Forces and Ethical Questions”, delves into the unique ethical challenges soldiers face in high-stakes combat decision-making. 👉 Read here : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🔍 Key insights from our article in the comments below. 1/5

Wonderful report that brought me back to my own PhD years, with fair and valuable advice. A must-read for PhD candidates who are also parents!👨‍🎓👶 neuronline.sfn.org/career-paths...

A Busy Parent’s Guide to Pursuing a STEM PhD

<p>It may be unconventional, but having children before or during your PhD is not career suicide. Now, in the midst of my PhD training, I have two girls: one is ten and the other is three. Here are so...

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👇I had the privilege of working under Sahib's supervision on this exciting study. Many thanks to the whole team for their contributions! Sahib shared a fantastic thread summarizing our main findings (see below). 1/2

Sahib Khalsa@skhalsa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Even after recovery, relapse is heartbreakingly common in anorexia nervosa. Could the answer lie in the gut’s hidden signals? 🧵

🚨 New publication! Proud to share our latest article exploring how a “𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑠” multidisciplinary approach can bridge the gap between animal and human research in interoception & mental health. 👉 Read here : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The #BrainHealth videos released by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research may have been designed for service members - but their relevance goes beyond. Whether you’re in uniform or not, these short tools can help when stress or negative self-talk shows up. 🎥 www.dvidshub.net/tags/video/b...

Just wrapped up the advanced course on #Interoception and Brain Disorders led by @sarahgarf.bsky.social & @skhalsa.bsky.social in Venice - what an unforgettable experience 🤩 Grateful to have presented my work, learned so much, and connected with truly inspiring researchers!

Excited to attend the advanced course on #interoception in Venice this week! Looking forward to deepening my expertise, exchanging with leaders and peers in the field, and applying these insights to my work on body-brain interactions and health.