Damien Fair
@drdamienfair.bsky.social
Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB)
Professor, University of Minnesota
Co-Founder Turing Medical
MacArthur Fellow
Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Mental Health, Data Science
Professor, University of Minnesota
Co-Founder Turing Medical
MacArthur Fellow
Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Mental Health, Data Science
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Damien Fair
@drdamienfair.bsky.social
· Jun 29
Alert! ... for the child development world!
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
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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...
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Reposted by Damien Fair
Many thanks to @evgoldfarb.bsky.social for a great preview in Cell, be sure to check it out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thanks also to @ndosenbach.bsky.social, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social, and many other outstanding scientists, I enjoyed working with you on this paper!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thanks also to @ndosenbach.bsky.social, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social, and many other outstanding scientists, I enjoyed working with you on this paper!
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December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Many thanks to @evgoldfarb.bsky.social for a great preview in Cell, be sure to check it out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thanks also to @ndosenbach.bsky.social, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social, and many other outstanding scientists, I enjoyed working with you on this paper!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thanks also to @ndosenbach.bsky.social, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social, and many other outstanding scientists, I enjoyed working with you on this paper!
Reposted by Damien Fair
What did BD² achieve in 2025?
New data. Deeper partnerships. Global collaboration 🧪
Dive into our 2025 Milestone Report today!
🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7
#BipolarDisorder #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Research
New data. Deeper partnerships. Global collaboration 🧪
Dive into our 2025 Milestone Report today!
🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7
#BipolarDisorder #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Research
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What did BD² achieve in 2025?
New data. Deeper partnerships. Global collaboration 🧪
Dive into our 2025 Milestone Report today!
🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7
#BipolarDisorder #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Research
New data. Deeper partnerships. Global collaboration 🧪
Dive into our 2025 Milestone Report today!
🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7
#BipolarDisorder #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Research
Reposted by Damien Fair
Amazing collab w/@bart-larsen.bsky.social & team! A. Shetty, R. Barzilay, M.E. Calkins, Y.-S. Chong, N. Dave, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, P. Gluckman, R.E. Gur, R.C. Gur, @apmackey.bsky.social, M.J. Meaney, L.A. Moore, T.M. Moore, @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social, A.P. Tan, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Amazing collab w/@bart-larsen.bsky.social & team! A. Shetty, R. Barzilay, M.E. Calkins, Y.-S. Chong, N. Dave, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, P. Gluckman, R.E. Gur, R.C. Gur, @apmackey.bsky.social, M.J. Meaney, L.A. Moore, T.M. Moore, @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social, A.P. Tan, @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social
Very shortly NBDC users for #ABCD and #HBCD data can have officials sign off on a DUC for safe sandbox only. They won’t have to attest to their own systems having the security requirements which will help!
Curious if anyone has gotten a DUC for the sandbox approved by your university’s signing officials? We could definitely use some guidance :)
Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users!
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users!
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
Sandbox
Lasso is designed to streamline secure access, querying, and responsible use of the ABCD and HBCD datasets.
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users!
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox?
Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment.
Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment.
Go check it out!
nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
What an amazing feat! We did it!
It’s absolutely amazing how much older the babies look, the better our methods get 🤣😂
Check it out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
It’s absolutely amazing how much older the babies look, the better our methods get 🤣😂
Check it out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What an amazing feat! We did it!
It’s absolutely amazing how much older the babies look, the better our methods get 🤣😂
Check it out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
It’s absolutely amazing how much older the babies look, the better our methods get 🤣😂
Check it out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Reposted by Damien Fair
A particular shoutout to Essa Yacoub, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, Jed Elison, @benediktramirez.bsky.social, @smnelson.bsky.social and many more for their important contributions!!
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A particular shoutout to Essa Yacoub, @drdamienfair.bsky.social, Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, Jed Elison, @benediktramirez.bsky.social, @smnelson.bsky.social and many more for their important contributions!!
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After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:
Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications
The landmark ongoing HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study will longitudinally chart brain development in a large sample (projected n=7,200) of infants through age 10 years with multimo...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 what an amazing feat!!!
Check it out all!
Personalized Adaptive Cortical Electro-stimulation (PACE) for depression (osf.io/preprints/psya…) …
….is now coming to Bipolar Disorder thanks to @BD2Discoveries !!! So happy to keep the work of moving forward in this capacity! Onward!!!
Personalized Adaptive Cortical Electro-stimulation (PACE) for depression (osf.io/preprints/psya…) …
….is now coming to Bipolar Disorder thanks to @BD2Discoveries !!! So happy to keep the work of moving forward in this capacity! Onward!!!
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Check it out all!
Personalized Adaptive Cortical Electro-stimulation (PACE) for depression (osf.io/preprints/psya…) …
….is now coming to Bipolar Disorder thanks to @BD2Discoveries !!! So happy to keep the work of moving forward in this capacity! Onward!!!
Personalized Adaptive Cortical Electro-stimulation (PACE) for depression (osf.io/preprints/psya…) …
….is now coming to Bipolar Disorder thanks to @BD2Discoveries !!! So happy to keep the work of moving forward in this capacity! Onward!!!
Reposted by Damien Fair
super cool (& inspiring)! Finally read this and was wondering, for chronic stimulation (beyond initial 3-day electrode mappings), were all 4 electrode panels stimulated simultaneously? or were they isolated and that could vary with optimization? (didn't catch in paper, curious about PFC specificity)
September 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
super cool (& inspiring)! Finally read this and was wondering, for chronic stimulation (beyond initial 3-day electrode mappings), were all 4 electrode panels stimulated simultaneously? or were they isolated and that could vary with optimization? (didn't catch in paper, curious about PFC specificity)
Reposted by Damien Fair
Science of Learning symposium #flux2025 - sponsored by the Jacobs Foundation. First up: the LEVANTE research network which embraces open science principles to studying learning variability in children around the world. @fluxsociety.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Science of Learning symposium #flux2025 - sponsored by the Jacobs Foundation. First up: the LEVANTE research network which embraces open science principles to studying learning variability in children around the world. @fluxsociety.bsky.social
Reposted by Damien Fair
Welcome to Dublin! From winding cobblestone lanes to literary pubs and centuries of innovation, Dublin blends rich history with vibrant culture. We can’t wait for you to experience it all during Flux 2025 – excellent lineup of speakers, and our 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops, and more! #Flux2025
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Welcome to Dublin! From winding cobblestone lanes to literary pubs and centuries of innovation, Dublin blends rich history with vibrant culture. We can’t wait for you to experience it all during Flux 2025 – excellent lineup of speakers, and our 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops, and more! #Flux2025
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We wrote a piece for @naturemedicine.bsky.social 🧠
Menstrual cycle irregularities can be both cause and consequence of wide-ranging health issues.
Embracing this complexity could reveal novel brain–body interactions and advance neuroscience.
Check out our commentary www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Menstrual cycle irregularities can be both cause and consequence of wide-ranging health issues.
Embracing this complexity could reveal novel brain–body interactions and advance neuroscience.
Check out our commentary www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research - Nature Medicine
The menstrual cycle requires tight orchestration between the brain and body, and irregularities can be both the cause and the consequence of wide-ranging health issues. Embracing this complexity, inst...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Hello all, see below! Let’s support Russell support our kids and @umn-midb.bsky.social…take a read! 👇🏾👇🏾
Inspired by a personal health journey, our teammate Russell is competing in the Madison Ironman on Sept. 7 to raise funds for the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain.
Join him in supporting brain health ➡️ z.umn.edu/RussellIronmanMIDB
Join him in supporting brain health ➡️ z.umn.edu/RussellIronmanMIDB
September 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Hello all, see below! Let’s support Russell support our kids and @umn-midb.bsky.social…take a read! 👇🏾👇🏾
@drjuliamoser.bsky.social keeps killing it with these papers! Check this one out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and @umn-midb.bsky.social! 1️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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August 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@drjuliamoser.bsky.social keeps killing it with these papers! Check this one out! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
FYI all. Anyone having issues with downloading our preprints I believe can still get to them when logged in. We also have some alternative links. Please reach out if you are having any issues.
Due to a recent influx of problematic submissions, PsyArXiv has switched to pre-moderating its content. If your submitted preprint had not yet been approved, it will be temporarily inaccessible to the public (you can still view your preprint when logged into your OSF account). #PsychSciSky
August 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
FYI all. Anyone having issues with downloading our preprints I believe can still get to them when logged in. We also have some alternative links. Please reach out if you are having any issues.
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A man who had severe depression for more than 30 years has "experienced joy" after undergoing bespoke brain stimulation.
Brain implant lets man 'experience joy' for the first time in decades
A device that has been likened to a pacemaker for the brain has given a man with severe depression great relief
www.newscientist.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Reposted by Damien Fair
A truly spectacular demonstration of the medical potential of precision mapping an individual patient's brain. I am so excited to be part of this work!
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A truly spectacular demonstration of the medical potential of precision mapping an individual patient's brain. I am so excited to be part of this work!
Reposted by Damien Fair
Qué bien
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Qué bien
Reposted by Damien Fair
From 20+ failed treatments to lasting remission.
After decades with treatment-resistant depression and two near-fatal suicide attempts, “Mike” found relief through Precision Functional Mapping and adaptive cortical stimulation developed at the University of Minnesota
After decades with treatment-resistant depression and two near-fatal suicide attempts, “Mike” found relief through Precision Functional Mapping and adaptive cortical stimulation developed at the University of Minnesota
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
From 20+ failed treatments to lasting remission.
After decades with treatment-resistant depression and two near-fatal suicide attempts, “Mike” found relief through Precision Functional Mapping and adaptive cortical stimulation developed at the University of Minnesota
After decades with treatment-resistant depression and two near-fatal suicide attempts, “Mike” found relief through Precision Functional Mapping and adaptive cortical stimulation developed at the University of Minnesota
Reposted by Damien Fair
Treatment resistant depression is incredibly cruel. This is beautiful
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Treatment resistant depression is incredibly cruel. This is beautiful
Reposted by Damien Fair
He actually is and very articulate. He is teaching us a lot
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
He actually is and very articulate. He is teaching us a lot
Reposted by Damien Fair
Cool work here
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Cool work here
Reposted by Damien Fair
Yes, please!
August 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Yes, please!