Kind of neat seeing my image as cover art! 🤭 (Part of my graduate work completed in the @cahill-lab.bsky.social DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.11.022 )

SO honored to share I’m a 2026 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience #OSNAP awardee! 🧠✨ It’s surreal to receive this as a grad student! Eternally grateful to my incredible thesis advisor @cahill-lab.bsky.social & mentor @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social — your unconditional support is why I’m here! 🙏🏾

First ACNP is going to be tough to top! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn about @dpn-journal.bsky.social 🫶🏻🧠💻 #ACNP2026

My favorite picture is celebrating this year's #ACNP2026 with three of my thesis mentors! Thank you!! Excited for whats to come in 2026, especially in digital health/mental health. @acnporg.bsky.social @dpn-journal.bsky.social

ACNP@acnporg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📸 One last favor: Share your favorite photo from the meeting and tag us! We’d love to see #ACNP2026 through your eyes. Until next year... stay inspired!

Congrats to all of the new @acnporg.bsky.social Members!!! #ACNP2026

Thrilled to share that I was promoted to Full Member! 🎉 🙌Grateful for the incredible mentorship, support, and community that made this milestone possible. Thanks to everyone who believed in me, including Tony Grace + @jaredwyoung.bsky.social for their letters, and to @acnporg.bsky.social 🙏 #ACNP2026

If you're attending #ACNP2026 and would like to learn more & discuss this important topic with the authors, come to this study group👇👇 on Tues morning (1/13) at 9 AM! See you there 😄

NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN)@dpn-journal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Our first Deep Dive of 2026 covers a Perspective calling for recognizing & removing barriers faced by researchers with lived experience of mental illness or SUDs who work in our field. By @umarchatterjee.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social & colleagues youtu.be/y5fymczeNFc

Read the article here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Our first Deep Dive of 2026 covers a Perspective calling for recognizing & removing barriers faced by researchers with lived experience of mental illness or SUDs who work in our field. By @umarchatterjee.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social & colleagues youtu.be/y5fymczeNFc

The central role of lived experience in mental health research

YouTube video by NPP - Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN)

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This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊 Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab. I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. BRITT CHAMBERLAIN!!! @britt-chamberlain.bsky.social 🎉🧠🥳🎈💃🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 She did such an incredible job in both the public talk and private thesis defense- I can’t wait to see all the amazing work she does for the field of #OCD in the years to come 🧪

Susanne Ahmari@ahmarilab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🥳SO EXCITED for @britt-chamberlain.bsky.social thesis defense, starting now!!! 🎉🎉🎉 This amazing MD/PhD candidate created an incredibly impressive body of work investigating the role of mOFC in avoidance. Stay tuned for her findings, dropping on @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social soon #OCD 🧠💗🧪

Avoidance manifolds!!! @britt-chamberlain.bsky.social 🧠🧪

Susanne Ahmari@ahmarilab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🥳SO EXCITED for @britt-chamberlain.bsky.social thesis defense, starting now!!! 🎉🎉🎉 This amazing MD/PhD candidate created an incredibly impressive body of work investigating the role of mOFC in avoidance. Stay tuned for her findings, dropping on @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social soon #OCD 🧠💗🧪

🥳SO EXCITED for @britt-chamberlain.bsky.social thesis defense, starting now!!! 🎉🎉🎉 This amazing MD/PhD candidate created an incredibly impressive body of work investigating the role of mOFC in avoidance. Stay tuned for her findings, dropping on @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social soon #OCD 🧠💗🧪

I’m incredibly honored to be selected for the @acnporg.bsky.social 2026 Near Peer Mentorship Program! 🥹 Thank you ACNP for this incredible opportunity & for believing + investing in my development as an ECR w/ #LivedExperience! Grateful to learn from & grow w/ my mentor + amazing cohort🙏🏾🧠 #ACNP2026

ACNP@acnporg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Please join us in congratulating the selected mentors and mentees for the 2026 Near-Peer Mentorship Program! More info: tinyurl.com/2v2phzza

Please join us in congratulating the selected mentors and mentees for the 2026 Near-Peer Mentorship Program! More info: tinyurl.com/2v2phzza

A powerful DPN Perspective from @umarchatterjee.bsky.social, @mayaschumer.bsky.social, @deffinger.bsky.social, @viscidula.bsky.social, Noel Vest, Michael Cahill, Brandon Staglin, & @ericjnestler.bsky.social. DPN is grateful for the authors' dedication to writing this!

Researchers with lived experience of mental illness/SUDs bring vital insight to our field, yet remain underrepresented and face barriers to participation & leadership This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments www.nature.com/articles/s44...

This is profoundly sad. We lost a true pioneer in the field of psychiatry Sincere condolences to his family friends and collaborators

Owen Muir, M.D., DFAACAP, FCTMSS@owenmuir.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A eulogy for my friend Nolan Williams. open.substack.com/pub/thefront...

A eulogy for my friend Nolan Williams. open.substack.com/pub/thefront...

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

So excited for the first ever @onemindorg.bsky.social Summit on the Future of Mental Health Research! Led by brilliant CSO Dr. Tahilia Rebello to accelerate big ideas to impact 🧠💪🏼🧪

Tech check complete! 🎤 So excited for the @onemindorg.bsky.social Science and Music Festival keynote tomorrow! 🧠💗

This was truly one of my favorite A Chat with Uma episodes I’ve ever released!✨ I'm so grateful for how @theborislab.bsky.social shared not only his work, but his own story, with such honesty, generosity, + depth 🙌🏾🙏🏾 📖 Read below for full show notes + timestamps, and listen at the link above! ☝🏾

🤯TRIPPING IN YOUR SLEEP: Psychedelics, The Placebo Effect, & How Human Connection Heals the Brain with Dr. Boris Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social💭 Ep. 51 of A Chat with Uma out now! 🌟 This ep is truly a dream come true (no pun intended)-a MUST listen! 🙌🏾 Tune in📲 creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

🤯TRIPPING IN YOUR SLEEP: Psychedelics, The Placebo Effect, & How Human Connection Heals the Brain with Dr. Boris Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social💭 Ep. 51 of A Chat with Uma out now! 🌟 This ep is truly a dream come true (no pun intended)-a MUST listen! 🙌🏾 Tune in📲 creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

2) I’m honored to be selected as a mentee for the @acnporg.bsky.social Near-Peer Mentorship Program! 🎉 I’m deeply grateful to everyone in our field who has supported me as a scientist with lived experience! I wouldn’t be here without your belief in me & you challenging the stigma! 🙏🏾 #ACNP2026

THRILLED to share @acnporg.bsky.social news x2! 1) Our study group “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research” @ericjnestler.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social @viscidula.bsky.social @noelvest.bsky.social @cahill-lab.bsky.social=ACCEPTED! 🤩 #ACNP2026

So important to recognize the value and recognize the importance of lived experiences! Thank you to all the panelists for your courage and generosity!

Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS@umarchatterjee.bsky.social · 12mo ago

THRILLED to share @acnporg.bsky.social news x2! 1) Our study group “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research” @ericjnestler.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social @viscidula.bsky.social @noelvest.bsky.social @cahill-lab.bsky.social=ACCEPTED! 🤩 #ACNP2026

FANTASTIC news Uma, you are perfect for leading this Study Group and will be a fantastic follow-up on the Luncheon discussion we had last year on Neurodiversity as a strength! Thank you for your continued work in this area! 😍