Sumedha Mishra, M.A.
sumedhamishra.bsky.social
Sumedha Mishra, M.A.
@sumedhamishra.bsky.social
@Columbia '25 | Neuroscience & Clinical Psychology
Curious about stress, brain development, and mental health outcomes in youth
Research Assistant @Yale @Stanford
Absolutely thrilled for the opportunity to speak with youth about stress and brain development! 🤩
✨Today, CANDY Lab members @giorgia-picci.bsky.social and @sumedhamishra.bsky.social partnered with 100 Black Men of Omaha to lead a youth session on stress, brain development, and mental health! 🧠🤓🍭
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Cognitive Affective NeuroDevelopment in Youth (CANDY) Lab is now on Bluesky! 🎉🍬
Dr. @giorgia-picci.bsky.social directs the CANDY Lab in IHN at Boys Town. Her work broadly focuses on uncovering neurobiological mechanisms linking early life adversity and mental health outcomes during adolescence.
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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In the latest episode of The @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social's podcast #CaseyCast, Co-Executive Director Adriana Galván speaks with the foundation’s CEO, Lisa Lawson­, about the adolescent brain, stress, and systems that support young people!

Listen now: www.aecf.org/blog/adriana...
Adriana Galván on the Adolescent Brain, Stress and Systems that Support Young People
UCLA’s Adriana Galván joins Lisa Lawson to unpack adolescent brain science and how schools, justice and social systems can help young people thrive.
www.aecf.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Influencers recommend a high-protein diet. But see this post by Dr. Topol.
“Habitual or chronic high protein intake is associated with epidemiological evidence of harm, and, at high doses, the studies I reviewed raise the concern about pro-inflammatory effects and increasing cardiovascular risk...”
August 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Excited to share that my TEDx talk is finally available online. I loved sharing what the science shows us: that it's time to reframe adolescence - from problem to ✨ potential ✨ 1/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...
The surprising science of adolescent brains | Jennifer Pfeifer | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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August 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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✨ New paper ✨ in JAMA Pediatrics! We discuss how understanding the timing ⏰ of stressful events relative to neurodevelopment can help us better identify risk factors (looking backward) and predict future psychopathology (looking forward) at the individual level
#neuroskyence #devpsych #PsychSciSky
August 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM