Ashleigh Barrett-Young
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Ashleigh Barrett-Young
@ashleighby.bsky.social
Psychosocial/structural determinants of health, biomarkers, ageing | Research Fellow on the Dunedin Study, University of Otago | Aotearoa 🇳🇿
I'm a New Zealander and I love Aotearoa New Zealand but our immigration policies are fucked
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
holy wow.
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposted by Ashleigh Barrett-Young
I'm not 100% sure but I think Newsroom may have omitted a 'f*cking' from my phrase "Do these people read the news?"
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At least we're on the map this time 🙃
June 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My first thought when I saw ACT's meme is that these seem like comparable jobs in terms of qualifications, responsibilities, and skillsets required, so I don't really see why it's so ridiculous to compare them?
May 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Importantly, our sample were relatively young (only 45 years old), and none have been diagnosed with dementia yet. This means that the retina 👁️ may be a good target for early, preclinical dementia risk, i.e. before symptoms appear. More research in this area needed! 📈

4/4 🧪 #HealthPsychology
March 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In particular, venules were associated with various domains of dementia risk, including subjective health, inflammation, cardiometabolic risk, physical function, sensory function, psychosomatic risk, socioeconomic factors, and lifestyle. So venules may be a good target for quantifying AD risk!

3/4
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We found that wider venules (one of the types of retinal blood vessels 👁️) in particular were associated with increased risk factors for Alzheimer's/dementia, as were narrower arterioles (the other blood vessels).

Thicknesses of the cell layers in the retina 🔬 weren't as strongly associated.

2/4
March 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Importantly, our sample were relatively young (only 45 years old), and none have been diagnosed with dementia yet. This means that the retina 👁️ may be a good target for early, preclinical dementia risk, i.e. before symptoms appear. More research in this area needed! n/n
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In particular, venules were associated with various domains of dementia risk, including subjective health, inflammation, cardiometabolic risk, physical function, sensory function, psychosomatic risk, socioeconomic factors, and lifestyle. So venules may be a good target for quantifying AD risk!
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We found that wider venules (one of the types of retinal blood vessels 👁️) in particular were associated with increased risk factors for Alzheimer's/dementia, as were narrower arterioles (the other blood vessels).

Thicknesses of the cell layers in the retina 🔬 weren't as strongly associated. 2/n
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was at the gym and laughed LOUDLY at this line
January 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hello, can I please be added? Psychology/neuroscience researcher from Aotearoa New Zealand (orcid.org/0000-0002-7466-3013)
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January 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Oh I cannot wait for this episode (not my area of expertise sorry, but one I'm increasingly interested in!)
January 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Thanks!
October 28, 2023 at 5:25 AM