Meghan Swanson
@meghanswanson.bsky.social
Associate Professor
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
CNS Lab
University of Minnesota
Cognitive Developmental Neuroscientist, Mentor, Writer, First Gen and Proud
Views are my own
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
CNS Lab
University of Minnesota
Cognitive Developmental Neuroscientist, Mentor, Writer, First Gen and Proud
Views are my own
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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 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Thanks @fitngin.bsky.social for this great resource! I wish I had access to something like this as a first gen student.
✨ Heading to Dublin for #FITNG2025? Check out our Conference Guidebook!✈️
🌇 Travel tips, conference advice, and a local guide to help you make the most of your trip. 📸
🌐 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#DublinBound #Travel #Neuroscience #Neurodevelopment
🌇 Travel tips, conference advice, and a local guide to help you make the most of your trip. 📸
🌐 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#DublinBound #Travel #Neuroscience #Neurodevelopment
FITNG 2025 Conference Guide
Trainee Committee presents: 2025 Conference Guide Travel Tips, a Guide to Dublin, & Conference Advice Table of Contents International Travel Guide 3 Passport 3 Visas 3 Flights and traveli...
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July 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thanks @fitngin.bsky.social for this great resource! I wish I had access to something like this as a first gen student.
“If we fail to learn from lessons of the past about what causes autism, we are destined to make harmful, costly errors again. Autistic people participate in society at every level. Their strengths deserve to be recognized, and their needs deserve to be met”
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“If we fail to learn from lessons of the past about what causes autism, we are destined to make harmful, costly errors again. Autistic people participate in society at every level. Their strengths deserve to be recognized, and their needs deserve to be met”
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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The discussion of the new NIH initiative (driven by Secretary Kennedy) to examining the causes of the increased rate of autism (diagnosis) is giving me a case of severe dèjú vu (among other feelings)
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a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The discussion of the new NIH initiative (driven by Secretary Kennedy) to examining the causes of the increased rate of autism (diagnosis) is giving me a case of severe dèjú vu (among other feelings)
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Who’s gonna tell Trump childcare costs 25k a year?
Trump "considering" a $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ to encourage "births". Meanwhile it costs on average $10,000 to $18,000 to give birth and baby expenses range from $1,100 to $2,500 monthly. Not including rent, food, insurance, and other necessities.
This 'bonus' is a joke.
This 'bonus' is a joke.
April 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Who’s gonna tell Trump childcare costs 25k a year?
Truly unbelievable
April 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Truly unbelievable
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April 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Some new language appeared in the HHS Grants Policy Statement last week.
It doesn't apply to NIH grants (yet)
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It doesn't apply to NIH grants (yet)
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ALT: a man is sitting at a table in a kitchen with the words ermah-gerd written on the screen behind him .
media.tenor.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Thanks @kstptv.bsky.social for highlighting this work!
Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota.
Brain scans may detect autism at 6 months old, research participants needed in Minnesota
Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota.
kstp.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thanks @kstptv.bsky.social for highlighting this work!
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Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota.
Brain scans may detect autism at 6 months old, research participants needed in Minnesota
Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota.
kstp.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota.
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
Cory Booker brought some hope on a day that was devastating to science. 🙌
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Cory Booker brought some hope on a day that was devastating to science. 🙌
A note from the field- when submitting NIH grants be sure to check on your “my bibliography”. Add citations that are missing and delete duplicates. I’m shocked by how often this is overlooked!
March 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A note from the field- when submitting NIH grants be sure to check on your “my bibliography”. Add citations that are missing and delete duplicates. I’m shocked by how often this is overlooked!
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Here are six examples of how foreign visitors to the US with no criminal record are being treated:
1. Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holding student with no criminal record married to an American is abducted by ICE and is still in detention over a week later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...
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1. Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holding student with no criminal record married to an American is abducted by ICE and is still in detention over a week later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Good morning friends! Hope you can take some time to unplug and recharge this weekend.
Mood:
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain
Mood:
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain
March 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good morning friends! Hope you can take some time to unplug and recharge this weekend.
Mood:
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain
Mood:
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain
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Jay Bhattacharya committee hearing tomorrow morning at the Senate.
If you can, please show up. Bring an anti-Bhattacharya sign or shirt. And do interviews with any reporters you can.
It’s important that the press sees that scientists oppose him.
If you can, please show up. Bring an anti-Bhattacharya sign or shirt. And do interviews with any reporters you can.
It’s important that the press sees that scientists oppose him.
March 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Jay Bhattacharya committee hearing tomorrow morning at the Senate.
If you can, please show up. Bring an anti-Bhattacharya sign or shirt. And do interviews with any reporters you can.
It’s important that the press sees that scientists oppose him.
If you can, please show up. Bring an anti-Bhattacharya sign or shirt. And do interviews with any reporters you can.
It’s important that the press sees that scientists oppose him.
Reposted by Meghan Swanson
ATTENTION
If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately,
PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78).
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If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately,
PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78).
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March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ATTENTION
If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately,
PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78).
1/n
If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately,
PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78).
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Excellent post and worth the read. No group is a monolith (duh). This post is about recognizing women for showing up even when they are often excluded from leadership positions. I see you friends and stand by your side!
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
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ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Excellent post and worth the read. No group is a monolith (duh). This post is about recognizing women for showing up even when they are often excluded from leadership positions. I see you friends and stand by your side!
I loved seeing my colleagues out at @standupforscience.bsky.social Minnesota!
Another pic of stand up for science Minneapolis. @standupforscience.bsky.social
@drugmonkey.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
@drugmonkey.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I loved seeing my colleagues out at @standupforscience.bsky.social Minnesota!
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DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies
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We are Standing Up and Marching For Science on March 7th 2025 at the State Capital 3-5PM.
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Get loud + tell everyone why you’re Standing Up for Science:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Get loud + tell everyone why you’re Standing Up for Science:
Stand Up for Science 2025 - St. Paul, MN
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
www.eventbrite.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We are Standing Up and Marching For Science on March 7th 2025 at the State Capital 3-5PM.
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Get loud + tell everyone why you’re Standing Up for Science:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Get loud + tell everyone why you’re Standing Up for Science:
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We have 8 days and we need to raise at LEAST $60,000 for a successful #StandUpforScience2025
These funds will go to: the DC rally, covering costs of local rally sites (e.g., insurance!), and setting up @standupforscience.bsky.social for March 8th and beyond! Our work only begins on March 7th!
These funds will go to: the DC rally, covering costs of local rally sites (e.g., insurance!), and setting up @standupforscience.bsky.social for March 8th and beyond! Our work only begins on March 7th!
📣 Want to DONATE to help us Stand Up for Science on March 7th? *NEW LINK!*
Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below!
Direct link: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience2025
Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below!
Direct link: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience2025
February 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We have 8 days and we need to raise at LEAST $60,000 for a successful #StandUpforScience2025
These funds will go to: the DC rally, covering costs of local rally sites (e.g., insurance!), and setting up @standupforscience.bsky.social for March 8th and beyond! Our work only begins on March 7th!
These funds will go to: the DC rally, covering costs of local rally sites (e.g., insurance!), and setting up @standupforscience.bsky.social for March 8th and beyond! Our work only begins on March 7th!
Reposted by Meghan Swanson
MIDB was recently represented on Capitol Hill! 🏛️
Drs. Jessica Simecek and Damien Fair shared updates on their Department of Defense-funded project focused on improving telehealth access for children and families with behavioral health needs.
Learn more about the study ➡️ z.umn.edu/MIDBDoDStudy
Drs. Jessica Simecek and Damien Fair shared updates on their Department of Defense-funded project focused on improving telehealth access for children and families with behavioral health needs.
Learn more about the study ➡️ z.umn.edu/MIDBDoDStudy
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
MIDB was recently represented on Capitol Hill! 🏛️
Drs. Jessica Simecek and Damien Fair shared updates on their Department of Defense-funded project focused on improving telehealth access for children and families with behavioral health needs.
Learn more about the study ➡️ z.umn.edu/MIDBDoDStudy
Drs. Jessica Simecek and Damien Fair shared updates on their Department of Defense-funded project focused on improving telehealth access for children and families with behavioral health needs.
Learn more about the study ➡️ z.umn.edu/MIDBDoDStudy
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Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Whose in Minnesota and wants to stand up for science??? Get yourself to the state capital on March 7th 3-5pm. #standupforscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Stand Up for Science 2025 - St. Paul, MN
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
www.eventbrite.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Whose in Minnesota and wants to stand up for science??? Get yourself to the state capital on March 7th 3-5pm. #standupforscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...