Dawn Bowers
@dawnbowers.bsky.social
Be bold! And yes I marched in the 70’s. Professor, researcher, ABPP neuropsychologist who’s passionate about older adults with cognitive & neuropsychiatric disorders (PD, AD, MCI), @UF @Fixel Institute
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Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Let’s get negative about scholarly publishing | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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The job posting for the RA position described below is live: uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/researc...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
July 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The job posting for the RA position described below is live: uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/researc...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
One of our UF faculty appealed the abrupt termination of a prestigious NIH grant. She learned this week was reinstated. Lesson: Be persistent, be bold!
May 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
One of our UF faculty appealed the abrupt termination of a prestigious NIH grant. She learned this week was reinstated. Lesson: Be persistent, be bold!
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How do motivational disturbances (apathy and ICD) and cognitive effort-based decision-making affect Parkinson's? What if you are slow motorically is there a way to truly assess motivation? YEP. You might be surprised as Bonnie Scott and Robert Eisinger at Fixel delight us in their new PRD journal.
March 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How do motivational disturbances (apathy and ICD) and cognitive effort-based decision-making affect Parkinson's? What if you are slow motorically is there a way to truly assess motivation? YEP. You might be surprised as Bonnie Scott and Robert Eisinger at Fixel delight us in their new PRD journal.
Congratulations to all on clinical psychology internship match day 2025! Including our 7 UF neuropsychology grad students! From New York to California and places in between. 👏👏👏
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Congratulations to all on clinical psychology internship match day 2025! Including our 7 UF neuropsychology grad students! From New York to California and places in between. 👏👏👏
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Contact your POs as well as your government reps www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Contact your POs as well as your government reps www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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“At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed.”
Yes. Breaking cancer research.
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Yes. Breaking cancer research.
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed.”
Yes. Breaking cancer research.
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Yes. Breaking cancer research.
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
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The white house tried and failed to do this 2017, and will fail again. Also, a good exploration of real ways to increase efficiency and reduce waste in NIH grant funding open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
Indirect Costs at NIH . . .
I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:
open.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The white house tried and failed to do this 2017, and will fail again. Also, a good exploration of real ways to increase efficiency and reduce waste in NIH grant funding open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
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Importantly, these are *civil* actions under the Privacy Act of 1974, i.e. individuals can file suit and Trump can’t pardon defendants.
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Importantly, these are *civil* actions under the Privacy Act of 1974, i.e. individuals can file suit and Trump can’t pardon defendants.
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RIP any human subjects methods section: women, gender, female, excluded
RIP math/stats: biases, marginalise, equality, inequality, group, inclusive
RIP social sciences: status, systemic, political, group, socioeconomic, institutional, cultural
This is not just evil it is also SO VERY DUMB
RIP math/stats: biases, marginalise, equality, inequality, group, inclusive
RIP social sciences: status, systemic, political, group, socioeconomic, institutional, cultural
This is not just evil it is also SO VERY DUMB
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
RIP any human subjects methods section: women, gender, female, excluded
RIP math/stats: biases, marginalise, equality, inequality, group, inclusive
RIP social sciences: status, systemic, political, group, socioeconomic, institutional, cultural
This is not just evil it is also SO VERY DUMB
RIP math/stats: biases, marginalise, equality, inequality, group, inclusive
RIP social sciences: status, systemic, political, group, socioeconomic, institutional, cultural
This is not just evil it is also SO VERY DUMB
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Does Parkinson's affect the eyes? YEP. Does the optic disc fade in Parkinson's? Apparently YES according to Samuel Gibbon and colleagues in a brand new article in the Journal Movement Disorders. Parkinson's is a disease of the brain and body, and YES that includes the eyes.
February 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Does Parkinson's affect the eyes? YEP. Does the optic disc fade in Parkinson's? Apparently YES according to Samuel Gibbon and colleagues in a brand new article in the Journal Movement Disorders. Parkinson's is a disease of the brain and body, and YES that includes the eyes.
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Alpha synulcien targeting NPT100-18A rescues mitochondrial oxidative stress & neuronal degeneration in human iPSC-based #Parkinsons; First mechanistic insights into how a compartment-specific antioxidant effect in mitochondria might be involved in MoA
bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
January 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Alpha synulcien targeting NPT100-18A rescues mitochondrial oxidative stress & neuronal degeneration in human iPSC-based #Parkinsons; First mechanistic insights into how a compartment-specific antioxidant effect in mitochondria might be involved in MoA
bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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If you would like to see how much economic activity and grants and how many people are employed through NIH in your state, just use this handy website.
And then contact your Congressional Rep and tell them to prioritize NIH. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
And then contact your Congressional Rep and tell them to prioritize NIH. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you would like to see how much economic activity and grants and how many people are employed through NIH in your state, just use this handy website.
And then contact your Congressional Rep and tell them to prioritize NIH. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
And then contact your Congressional Rep and tell them to prioritize NIH. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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What happened to the pursuit of truth? rupress.org/jgp/article/... - Eve Marder, on point...
What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press
The knowledge in our brains, not in our phones, is necessary for creative thinking and the pursuit of truth.
rupress.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What happened to the pursuit of truth? rupress.org/jgp/article/... - Eve Marder, on point...
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Fantastic lecture. Highly recommended!
Rethinking Brain Mechanisms in the Light of Evolution with Paul Cisek youtu.be/CnT7jaQX4X8?... - if you want to understand what brains are for (and their functional organisation), this is the way... 👍👏
Rethinking Brain Mechanisms in the Light of Evolution with Paul Cisek
YouTube video by Kempner Institute at Harvard University
youtu.be
January 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fantastic lecture. Highly recommended!
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We need to understand why and which cells are affected in Parkinson's, and when the process actually starts. Will multiomic studies answer all the questions on neuronal vulnerability? No. Help prioritize disease modifying therapy. Likely. Help to unravel upstream pieces to the puzzle. Definitely.
January 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We need to understand why and which cells are affected in Parkinson's, and when the process actually starts. Will multiomic studies answer all the questions on neuronal vulnerability? No. Help prioritize disease modifying therapy. Likely. Help to unravel upstream pieces to the puzzle. Definitely.
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The body of work in this issue of JAMA is a call for all to adapt to the dynamic shifts in the biomedical landscape while implementing the ethical principles outlined in the newly revised Declaration of Helsinki.
Read the Editorial.
https://ja.ma/4a9pTWR
Read the Editorial.
https://ja.ma/4a9pTWR
January 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The body of work in this issue of JAMA is a call for all to adapt to the dynamic shifts in the biomedical landscape while implementing the ethical principles outlined in the newly revised Declaration of Helsinki.
Read the Editorial.
https://ja.ma/4a9pTWR
Read the Editorial.
https://ja.ma/4a9pTWR
Check this out - hats off to Rachel Schade who finds that use of highly prescribed SSRI’s is linked to increase in apathy in individuals with Parkinson disease. Take away- consider other antidepressants
New research links SSRI use to apathy in Parkinson’s disease. Key takeaway: Choosing the right antidepressant is vital for managing PD symptoms. #ParkinsonsResearch #MentalHealth #Neurology
🔗Read More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗Read More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Check this out - hats off to Rachel Schade who finds that use of highly prescribed SSRI’s is linked to increase in apathy in individuals with Parkinson disease. Take away- consider other antidepressants
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We are excited to announce a new special issue for The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences focused on Social Determinants of Health! See the Call for Papers here!:
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... #GSA #SDOH #psychology #aging
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... #GSA #SDOH #psychology #aging
Special Issue: Social Determinants of Gerontological Health, Functioning, and Well-Being
Guest Co-Editors: Regina Wright, PhD, FGSA (University of Delaware, USA) and Samuele Zilioli, PhD (Wayne State University, USA).
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We are excited to announce a new special issue for The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences focused on Social Determinants of Health! See the Call for Papers here!:
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... #GSA #SDOH #psychology #aging
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... #GSA #SDOH #psychology #aging
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What about 'inflammasome inhibitors' as a treatment for Parkinson's? There is a lot of interest in new drugs like NT-0796, Selnoflast, Dapansutrile, VTX 3232 and ZYIL1. Bina Patel and colleagues summarize this and more in a new study in Journal of Parkinson's Disease.
January 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What about 'inflammasome inhibitors' as a treatment for Parkinson's? There is a lot of interest in new drugs like NT-0796, Selnoflast, Dapansutrile, VTX 3232 and ZYIL1. Bina Patel and colleagues summarize this and more in a new study in Journal of Parkinson's Disease.
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A 4-week, double-blind pilot study focuses on promoting physical activity in people with #Parkinsons through a smartphone (STEPWISE) app; Step counts per day⬆️
journals.lww.com/jnpt/fulltex...
journals.lww.com/jnpt/fulltex...
January 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A 4-week, double-blind pilot study focuses on promoting physical activity in people with #Parkinsons through a smartphone (STEPWISE) app; Step counts per day⬆️
journals.lww.com/jnpt/fulltex...
journals.lww.com/jnpt/fulltex...
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70 may be the new 60 years of age
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Seventy really may be the new sixty for English baby boomers - Nature Aging
A study examined trends in intrinsic capacity, a comprehensive measure of cognitive, locomotor, psychological and sensory capacities that was recently developed by the World Health Organization. The r...
www.nature.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
70 may be the new 60 years of age
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...