Honestly, it was scary to think about being named. As I sat with the opportunity more, I thought that there aren’t a ton of moments to act and set up a better future for science. We’ve all been through a lot. Even though I’m at a vulnerable stage of my career, I also have relative privilege…

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...

We ( @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social and I ) wrote a "Hot Topics" piece for @npp-journal.bsky.social on the potential utility of frontopolar cortex TMS in precision psychiatry. Relevant now that this region has been accessed in some excellent recent NHP studies. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Translating macaque frontopolar cortex discoveries into psychiatric treatments - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Translating macaque frontopolar cortex discoveries into psychiatric treatments

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Thank you for featuring our exciting findings, showing how a simple sternal vibration device offers a low effort way to enhance interoception, with effects on white matter plasticity! Alexa Kondas and @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social were the stars here

Neuropsychopharmacology@npp-journal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can vibration improve body connection and brain plasticity? Participants who received sternal vibration during brief mindfulness meditation showed enhanced body awareness and enhanced plasticity in a related brain pathway

The authoritative psychometric paper on our moral injury measure in civilians is out, thanks to @courtlandhyatt.bsky.social Travis Fulton and team --and free to use in clinic and research! Check it out www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and our website www.negarfani.com

Structure and correlates of the Moral Injury Exposure and Symptom Scale for Civilians (MIESS-C) in a community sample with high trauma exposure

Background: Moral injury (MI) is a clinical phenomenon that can emerge in the aftermath of engaging in or witnessing an event that transgresses an individual’s deeply held moral beliefs. Research o...

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Jessica Turner@jessicaturnerphd.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Woot!! Congrats to Courtney and @negarfani.bsky.social for getting this one out!! Years of work, really, but moral injury is such an important topic, not just limited to military personnel, and it's complex to tease apart the aspects of it... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Such cool findings hinting at how sternal vibration might be the key to making mindfulness practice easier to do--look out for more of this by 🌟 @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social

Timothy J. McDermott, PhD@timmcdermottphd.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Last day of #ACNP2026! For those still here, my poster presentation (TH192) tonight reports effects of vibration augmented mindfulness on oscillatory activity recorded with EEG in trauma-exposed adults. These are findings from my F32 under the mentorship of @negarfani.bsky.social and Dr. Greg Siegle

Beautifully written piece by @dianakwon.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social on interoception, central to many mental health problems and also a thing we can target with the right technology (including our clinical trial, discussed therein)

Diana Kwon@dianakwon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My latet feature for @sciam.bsky.social, explores the research connecting problems with interoception to a wide variety of mental illnesses, including anxiety disorders, eating disorders, & PTSD. This work is ultimately circling in on a central message: the body & mind are inextricably intertwined.

Rock star postdoc @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social shows some amazing evidence that temporal interference can do the same things as FU (but lots easier and cheaper) - check it out tonight #SOBP2025

Timothy J. McDermott, PhD@timmcdermottphd.bsky.social · last yr.

I’ll be presenting poster F121 tonight at #SOBP2025, which is titled: “Temporal Interference Brain Stimulation of Bilateral Striatum During Breath-Focused Meditation Practice Enhances the Reward-Positivity Event-Related Potential”. Come on by if you’re attending and would like to learn more!

Who knew--breath-synced vibration helps you breathe at an even pace, and this makes you less angry and anxious! Incredibly cool findings from innovative postdoc @timmcdermottphd.bsky.social Super informative about our tech and value of assessing respiration variability during meditation.

Timothy J. McDermott, PhD@timmcdermottphd.bsky.social · 2y ago

New publication at the Journal of Anxiety Disorders from the Fani Lab showing breath-synced vibration feedback during breath-focused mindfulness reduces respiration variability compared to other mindfulness interventions in dissociative trauma-exposed adults www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨On Friday, NIH had indirect research funding slashed by 70%, crippling medical & military research. This will halt vital studies on PTSD, cancer, and more. Contact your reps to reverse this! TAKE ACTION: www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...

In this moment of extreme erasure of voices of color, my graduate student Aziz Elbasheir wrote about his experience of being Black in the US, and how his research reflects that experience. Powerful read. harvardpublichealth.org/equity/racis...

The neurological impact of being Black in the U.S.

Racism may lead to faster aging because of victims' constant exposure to chronic stress, a new theory posits.

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Looking for a #postdoc in a multimodal #neuropsych lab studying novel #PTSD interventions & #stress biomarkers? My lab @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is hiring! Supported by #NIMH, #NCCIH #R01s. My team is creative, passionate, & delightfully quirky--join us. faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/141032/...

The data for enrollment to med school since the Supreme Court's aff. action decision shows Black enrollees down by 11.6% compared to last year and Latinx down by 10.8%. Even steeper drops for American Indian/ Alaska Natives - down by 22.1%, NHPI down by 4.3%. www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

Medical schools report steep drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students after Supreme Court ruling

Enrollment of Black and Hispanic students in medical schools dropped precipitously last year after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.

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Was too sick to be there in person for my lab holiday party this year but zooming in means I also got be a judge for the cookie decorating contest. They never disappoint. The winning cookie is my grad student Travis wearing his bear shirt.

Coming back from an exhilarating @acnporg.bsky.social meeting and feeling incredibly excited to start a new research chapter: an NIMH-funded racism, EMA, multimodal imaging data fusion #R01 alongside my heroes Drs. Nate Harnett, William Smith, Vince Calhoun, Robert Krafty. Hiring Postdocs and RAs!