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Thanks for the shoutout! We're very excited to share this review!

AI in geriatric psychiatry: precision meets human experience Neuropsychopharmacology - AI in geriatric psychiatry: precision meets human experience

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How can AI and robotics support—but not replace—mental health of geriatric population? This review explores the promise & limitations of computational tools in addressing late-life mental health 🤖🧠 / Pitt GPN Lab

Geriatric Psychiatry Neuroimaging GPN Research Newsletter Fall 2025 Issue In this Issue: Rock with a PostDoc Interview with Jacinta Dickens Research Profile: Jeff Krystek Senior Systems Analyst A Case of the Senior Sorrows Depression in Older Adults

We'd like to share the Fall issue of our newsletter! 🍂 Read up on updates in geriatric psychiatry, what it's like working in research, depression in older adults, and more!
tinyurl.com/gpnnewsfall2... #science #MRI #CogSciSci #Alzheimers #BrainHealth

Cycling Linked to Lower Dementia Risk, Large-Scale Study Finds Cycling May Lower Dementia and Alzheimer’s Risk, Study Suggests Published Time: 09-22-2025, 10:30 EDT A new study has found that

Cycling May Cut Dementia Risk by Nearly 20% and Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

#CyclingForBrainHealth #DementiaPrevention
#ActiveTravelBenefits #AlzheimersResearch
#HealthyAging

Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America - Nature Communications The social exposome—lifelong social and economic adversity—can shape brain health and dementia risk. Here, the authors show that an adverse social exposome is linked to poorer clinical, cognitive, and...

A new study by Joaquin Migeot, Stefanie Pina-Escudero, Hernan Hernandez, Agustin Ibanez, et al. reveals that a person's overall social #Exposome is linked to poorer brain health outcomes & increased #Dementia risk. Learn More in Nature Communications 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yesterday was #WorldAlzheimersDay! ⏳ Every 3 seconds, someone develops dementia - and 2 in 3 are women ⏳

Join us in our raising awareness and supporting research that prioritizes women to create a future of better brain health for everyone. 💜

#EndAlz #WomensHealth #AskAboutAlzheimers

Sex-dependent alterations in hippocampal connectivity are linked to cerebrovascular and amyloid pathologies in normal aging - PubMed These findings suggest sex-dependent compensatory mechanisms in the memory network in the presence of cerebrovascular and AD pathologies and may explain the accelerated trajectory of cognitive decline...

"we observed females to have increased bilateral hippocampal functional connectivity change that was associated with greater WMH burden."

Noah Schweitzer leads a study on Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Progression.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37817668/
#Alzheimer's #Dementia #Neurology

GPN Newsletter Cover, highlighting some articles in the issue such as celebrating our 2025 graduates and information about NAMIWalks

Hope you're having a great summer! We'd like to share our latest newsletter from our lab, highlighting some extraordinary work from our student researchers and events in our community.

Check it out! tinyurl.com/gpnnewslette...

#science #MRI #CogSciSci #Alzheimers #BrainHealth

Spring 2025 issue cover of the GPN Research Newsletter In this Issue: Happy Birthday Normal Aging! Research Profile: Rachel Berta Spring into New Experiences

The Spring issue of our quarterly newsletter is here! Check out the wonderful contributions to geriatric research our talented researchers are making!

Read Here: tinyurl.com/gpnnewslette...

#alzheimers #dementia #psychology #mri #brain #research

Alpha synuclein co-pathology is associated with accelerated amyloid-driven tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40098057/

#neurodegeneration #Alzheimers #Tau

GPN Newsletter Cover - In this issue: Research Profile: Dr. Shaolin Yang, Haley Dubrovecky, and Sound Advice: Coping with Hearing Loss

Season's Greetings!

We have a new update of our quarterly newsletter for you! In this issue, we highlight our latest publication about sex-specific risk factors in dementia outcomes, and introduce Dr. Shaolin Yang and Haley Dubovecky

Read Here: tinyurl.com/gpnnewslette...

#scisky #Alzheimers #MRI

GPN Newsletter Cover - In this issue: Research Profile: Dr. Shaolin Yang, Haley Dubrovecky, and Sound Advice: Coping with Hearing Loss

Season's Greetings!

We have a new update of our quarterly newsletter for you! In this issue, we highlight our latest publication about sex-specific risk factors in dementia outcomes, and introduce Dr. Shaolin Yang and Haley Dubovecky

Read Here: tinyurl.com/gpnnewslette...

#scisky #Alzheimers #MRI

This is a perfect fit for us! We run several task-based fMRI studies.

Hi all,
New Starter Pack:
Task-based fMRI
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Discussion of task design, analysis methods, sharing of results, interpretation, and publication sharing for task-based fMRI/cognitive neuroscience
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Let me know if you'd like to join!

Here’s my cognitive neuroscience of speech and language starter pack, now with 100% more @dezubg.bsky.social

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Starter Pack for #socialscience #research labs and centers is growing. Let us know who is missing! Hope to see more labs make their way to bluer skies 🌞

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I made a clinical psychology/psychotherapy research starter pack thingy. If you are new here and interested in these topics, feel free to follow!

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I've tried to make a mental health research starter pack. Please suggest more people to add.

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GPN Geriatric Psychiatry Neuroimaging Program Bulletin Summer 2024 Issue In this Issue: Research Profile: Dr. Sarah Stahl Health Aging Interventions, Grief & Bereavement Spotlight: Manoj Kuppusamy Undergraduate Student Research at GPN, Pitt '25 Purrfect Pets: The Role of Pets for Companionship AND... Participate in Our Research! pg. 10

Hope you're having a wonderful summer! 🌞

We'd like to share our GPN Newsletter, Summer 2024 issue! Updates on our recent publications, highlights in geriatric psychology, amazing researchers, and more!

Check it out! tinyurl.com/gpn-bulletin...

#science #MRI #CogSciSci #Alzheimers #BrainHealth