Carol Wilkinson
@drcarolw.bsky.social
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician at Boston Children’s, Neuroscientist. Interested in cognition and language in the context of neurodevelopment. End goal - helping kids thrive.
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The shingles vaccine has demonstrated in what is now a 4th replication that it results in a ~20% reduction in dementia. This is better than any drug ever designed and tested for Alzheimer’s.
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
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Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
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January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The shingles vaccine has demonstrated in what is now a 4th replication that it results in a ~20% reduction in dementia. This is better than any drug ever designed and tested for Alzheimer’s.
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📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
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Income insufficiency impacts early #brain development in infants facing increased psychosocial adversity: A network-based approach @PNAS.org
Income insufficiency impacts early #brain development in infants facing increased psychosocial adversity: A network-based approach
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 2, January 2026.
SignificanceThis paper demonstrates the key role of adversity on the earliest stages of postnatal brain development. Data from the Baby Steps study, an ongoing longitudinal study collecting electroencephalography (EEG) and socioeconomic status related ...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned
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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned
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Money stress may slow early brain development in babies: www.earth.com/news/money-s...
Money stress may slow early brain development in babies
Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability early in life.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Money stress may slow early brain development in babies: www.earth.com/news/money-s...
Sharing our recent sobering publication: Income Insufficiency Impacts Early Brain Development In Infants Facing Increased Psychosocial Adversity: A Network-based Approach. Great work by postdoc Haerin Chung and proud of our Baby Steps Study team. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2513598123
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Sharing our recent sobering publication: Income Insufficiency Impacts Early Brain Development In Infants Facing Increased Psychosocial Adversity: A Network-based Approach. Great work by postdoc Haerin Chung and proud of our Baby Steps Study team. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2513598123
Really happy with this years lab gift! Feeling like this brain guy is going to bring joy throughout the year.
December 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Really happy with this years lab gift! Feeling like this brain guy is going to bring joy throughout the year.
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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Happy Halloween from the Wilkinson Lab Library!
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Happy Halloween from the Wilkinson Lab Library!
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thrilled to share this project over a decade in the making out now in @pnas.org! We show that precocious GABA boosting in neonates by early sevoflurane/propofol anesthetic exposure accelerates visual cortical maturation in human infants
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
thrilled to share this project over a decade in the making out now in @pnas.org! We show that precocious GABA boosting in neonates by early sevoflurane/propofol anesthetic exposure accelerates visual cortical maturation in human infants
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We are hiring a Spanish-speaking research assistant for our Baby Steps Study - great opportunity for a pre-med or pre-grad postbac interested in working in the area of child neurodevelopment. Please share! jobs.bostonchildrens.org/job/22060807...
Clinical Research Assistant I- Baby Steps
Careers at Boston Children’s Hospital will help you reach your goals – both in and out of the workplace.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We are hiring a Spanish-speaking research assistant for our Baby Steps Study - great opportunity for a pre-med or pre-grad postbac interested in working in the area of child neurodevelopment. Please share! jobs.bostonchildrens.org/job/22060807...
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April 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Please share: Opportunity for soon to be graduating grad students with an interest in neurodevelopment and mental health - our T32 postdoc program in neurodevelopmental disorders at Boston Children’s is accepting applications: rsztnc.org/wp-content/u...
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February 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Please share: Opportunity for soon to be graduating grad students with an interest in neurodevelopment and mental health - our T32 postdoc program in neurodevelopmental disorders at Boston Children’s is accepting applications: rsztnc.org/wp-content/u...
Check out this paper! @ccclements.bsky.social dug deep into understanding EEG differences in Tuberous Sclerosis and teasing apart effects of seizures and seizure meds on EEG power spectra. Important implications for EEG use in clinical trials. What a fun collaboration!
New paper alert! A story where secondary findings were perhaps more interesting than our original question. rdcu.be/d6LnQ Before I start, I extend deep thanks to the families in the study. 🧵 1/x
February 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Check out this paper! @ccclements.bsky.social dug deep into understanding EEG differences in Tuberous Sclerosis and teasing apart effects of seizures and seizure meds on EEG power spectra. Important implications for EEG use in clinical trials. What a fun collaboration!
New EEG paper! Amazing work by Winko An utilizing the incredible data collected across many years in Chuck Nelson’s lab.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New EEG paper! Amazing work by Winko An utilizing the incredible data collected across many years in Chuck Nelson’s lab.
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Beautiful gift from Megan Tsou - an amazing study coordinator in the lab. Love love love it!
January 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Beautiful gift from Megan Tsou - an amazing study coordinator in the lab. Love love love it!
Gave some advice to prospective medstudents. I think it was sound…but can folks on admissions or teaching medstudents can give me a thumbs up or down?
TLDR: medschool evaluate (1) whether you will sink or swim, (2) are you committed to the profession, and (3) will you make a positive impact.
TLDR: medschool evaluate (1) whether you will sink or swim, (2) are you committed to the profession, and (3) will you make a positive impact.
December 20, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Gave some advice to prospective medstudents. I think it was sound…but can folks on admissions or teaching medstudents can give me a thumbs up or down?
TLDR: medschool evaluate (1) whether you will sink or swim, (2) are you committed to the profession, and (3) will you make a positive impact.
TLDR: medschool evaluate (1) whether you will sink or swim, (2) are you committed to the profession, and (3) will you make a positive impact.
Putting this years holiday lab gift to use - had to keep one for myself! #braincoaster #perlerbeads
December 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Putting this years holiday lab gift to use - had to keep one for myself! #braincoaster #perlerbeads
Holiday Lab Yankee Swap! Not pictured - me and my new brain notebook!
December 18, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Holiday Lab Yankee Swap! Not pictured - me and my new brain notebook!
Happy Halloween from my zoo- lab!
October 31, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Happy Halloween from my zoo- lab!
Our paper - Developmental trajectories of EEG aperiodic and periodic components in children 2-to-44 months of age - now published in Nature Communications. Interesting dynamic changes in alpha and beta peaks that we think are related to steps in early thalamocortical development.
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Developmental trajectories of EEG aperiodic and periodic components in children 2–44 months of age
Nature Communications - Using longitudinal EEG data from 592 infants and toddlers, the authors identify age-dependent nonlinear changes in periodic alpha and beta peaks suggestive of distinct...
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July 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Our paper - Developmental trajectories of EEG aperiodic and periodic components in children 2-to-44 months of age - now published in Nature Communications. Interesting dynamic changes in alpha and beta peaks that we think are related to steps in early thalamocortical development.
rdcu.be/dNj0I
rdcu.be/dNj0I