Elvisha Dhamala

Securing the academic pipeline amid uncertain U.S. funding climate Finding creative ways to keep early-career researchers in academia—for example, through part-time roles—can help the field weather the storm.

My latest in @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

Good scientists are leaving NIH.

Counter to the quote from HHS, NIH is struggling to recruit qualified scientists to replace them.

My own role sits empty. NIH cannot replace me since I am still employed but prevented from working.

This admin is gutting science.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

Is it really too much to ask to live/work in a country where I’m not extremely anxious every time I have to go through customs?

Important call for action on the integration of research programs across species. Meaningful progress in the brain sciences will require cross-field collaborations and research that spans human and non-human animal models.

Celebrating the women shaping CIFAR’s vibrant research community - CIFAR On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke with four researchers in neuroscience, AI and robotics about their work, career journeys […]

CN: Suicide

More than 90% of people who die by suicide are neurodivergent. "By studying the brain mechanisms for social connections, we aim to identify novel intervention points and new inroads for therapies to increase social connectedness." @drdebah.bsky.social:

cifar.ca/cifarnews/20... #autism

Ticketmaster screenshot showing tickets to Hilary Duff concert

~ this is what dreams are made of ~

Now out in Psychological Medicine (led by Jodi Gilman and myself).

"Impulsivity-related predictors of adolescent substance use initiation"

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Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

Reading & writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds.

Engaging in intellectually stimulating activities throughout life was associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease & slower cognitive decline.

🧪🧠 @medsky.social #medsky #neuroskyence

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Come hear from @liisagalea.bsky.social and Kendra Loedige from our lab!

If anyone would like to help organize the SOBP BrainHack 2026, please let me know ASAP!
(especially folks with affiliations at NYC institutes where we might be able to book a space for the hackathon)

What we have learned about adolescent mental health and where we are going after a decade with the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study This review synthesizes ten years of research utilizing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, emphasizing how the study’s…

The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue 10 years of @theabcdstudy.bsky.social is now online! 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m about to fly to the other side of the country with only a small backpack and something about this feels so wrong. 🙃

A screen shot of a spreadsheet with NIH research that needs remediation because it contains terms like "health equity" and "racial and/or ethnic disparities" and "pregnant individuals"

Still digging through this thorough report from @sanders.senate.gov. I want to flag this screenshot of what program staff receive when studies include "terms potentially associated with misalignment with agency priorities" (Newspeak for 'banned words')

A line graph showing funding curves for all NIH projects awarded grants for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is lagging behind that for previous fiscal years substantially.

My weekly update on NIH funding.

This is for all projects.

The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.

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Linking obesity with white matter microstructure highlights the importance of brainstem tracts and sex differences Gurholt et al. report associations between obesity and regional white matter phenotypes across commonly used diffusion magnetic resonance imaging metrics,

Linking obesity with white matter microstructure highlights the importance of brainstem tracts and sex differences academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

That dopamine hit you get when your hair stylist takes photos of your hair is truly unmatched

Ugh that's annoying!

You might already be familiar with this but if not: for Molecular Psychiatry (and other Nature journals) you can get detailed info about your manuscript throughout the peer review process on Research Square so you have some clarity about where/why it's stuck.

I did this when applying for jobs ~ 4 years ago. I found it extremely helpful as I got a better understanding of what the department was actually looking for and whether it was a good fit.
Based on that conversation, I decided whether or not I actually wanted to apply.

Thank you thank you!

Excited to share our new review “Mapping interactions between adversity and neuroplasticity across development” in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social. We discuss how experience - particularly adversity - interacts with neuroplasticity during human development authors.elsevier.com/c/1mB5U4sIRv...

🧠 Not all brain age algorithms are equal!

In our new study, one algorithm (Pyment) outperformed other models in youth. Algorithms fail when your sample's age range is narrow or mismatched with training data. So, choose wisely...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#BrainAge #Neuroimaging

flight #1 was delayed, flight #2 just got cancelled...
this is going to be a looooong month 🙃

You’re too kind!

Yess exactly!
I’m going to start using samples from my old writing to teach trainees how NOT to write, so at least some good will come out of it.

a woman with a surprised look on her face and the word ew on her face Alt: Hilary Duff with a surprised look on her face and the word ew on her face

do you ever read something you wrote in the past and just go

Thanks! I’ll check it out!

🚨Thrilled to share I am able to hire someone (PhD preferred) with coding expertise to work on our HAPPE software for EEG! Knowledge of Matlab, Python, and EEG signal processing required. Enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring, collaboration, and developmental science preferred!

I just did the math and in the next 30 days, I’m taking (at least) 16 flights.
Send me all your book recs please!

Brain-Imaging-Pipeline-Flexibility This is a very short survey on how pipelines are chosen in neuroimaging

📣 Attention Neuroimagers!📣 We are asking for community input on how ✨analysis pipelines are chosen in neuroimaging research✨ If you are a student/staff/faculty engaged in neuroimaging research, please complete our SUPER SHORT SURVEY! Thank you!🙏🏻

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