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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative
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The Ann S. Bowers WBHI is driven by a radically simple idea: progress in neuroscience will flourish when the health of men and women are valued equally.

Our Website: https://wbhi.ucsb.edu/
Join the Monthly Seminar Series: https://bit.ly/3WPvLPD
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Join us on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8am PST/11am EST as Dr. Rebecca Thurston, PhD, FAMBR, FSBSM Professor in the Department of Psychiatry @University of Pittsburgh presents “Menopause, Its Symptoms, and Implications for Women’s Heart and Brain Health.” Register at tinyurl.com/bowerswbhi-s...
Promotional poster for a lecture titled 'Menopause, Its Symptoms, and Implications for Women's Heart and Brain Health' presented by Dr. Rebecca Thurston, PhD, FAMBR, FSBSM, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh. The poster features a professional headshot of Dr. Thurston, a woman with long dark wavy hair wearing a dark blazer, smiling with arms crossed against a light blue geometric background. Event details show Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8am PST/11am EST, with instructions to register for the virtual lecture and Q&A. Institutional logos appear at bottom: University of California, University of Pittsburgh, Weill Cornell Medicine Radiology, and Cornell Bowers CIS College of Computing and Information Science. The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative logo appears at top.
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Turn up the heat with us. We have ONE week to ask @cagovernor Newsom to sign California’s AB-432 Menopause Care Equity Act. Live in California, have 30 seconds, and want to support the bill? Go to tinyurl.com/AB432-suppor... to let @cagovernor Newsom know that women’s health is not an elective.
Photo of a thermometer showing high temperatures (over 80 degrees farenheit and 28 degrees celsius) against a backdrop of blooming white flowers and a blue sky. Overlaid orange text reads: ‘Turn Up The Heat. Pass AB-432: The Menopause Care Equity Act.’ The image connects rising temperature imagery to advocacy for menopause care legislation.
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Deep bow to the folks working around the clock and around the table to make this bill the law of the land. Remember, “progress is possible, but not guaranteed”. Add your voice—link in bio.

@bauerkahan.bsky.social Halle Berry, Pauline Maki, Sen Monique Limon, Rajita Patil, @emilyjacobs.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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With the power of the people behind it, the California legislature just passed the Menopause Care Equity Act. This is history in the making—finally addressing a health gap that touches millions of women. Now, it’s down to one signature. @governor.ca.gov, the pen is in your hand. 🖊️
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Join us this Monday, September 8, 2025 at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT as Winnie Orchard, PhD and Scientific Program Director at the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative, dives into “Developing the Gold STANDARD: a Standardized Tool for Acquiring Reproductive Health Data” #BowersWBHI #Neuroendocrinology
This is a poster that shows a woman in a blue dress with shoulder-length brown hair speaking at a podium. Her name is Winnie Orchard, PhD and she's the Scientific Program Director at the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative. The poster advertises a virtual seminar she's speaking for on Monday September 8th at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT: “Developing the Gold STANDARD: a Standardized Tool for Acquiring Reproductive Health Data.”
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Congrats, Dr. Magdalena @magdamartinezga.bsky.social on your 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant, and thank you to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation @bbrfoundation.bsky.social! This grant will support her research on human brain changes linked to perinatal depression. #bowerswbhi
Woman standing at a viewpoint overlooking a beach. She is carrying a tote bag that says "Study Women" and lists out terms related to women's health. She is smiling.
September 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Congrats, Dr. Carina Heller, PhD @carinaheller.bsky.social & thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social. Carina received the 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant, enabling her to further investigate the impact of hormonal contraceptives use in adolescence, especially for mental health. #Neuroscience
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August 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Happy Friday, wherever your adventures take you today! PhD student Elle Murata spread the word “Study Women” from White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico.

@ellemurata.bsky.social‬

#BowersWBHI #Neuroscience #WomenInScience #Neuroimaging #Neuroendocrinology #WomensBrainHealth #Menopause
July 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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💪 ✅ You can take action today to increase women’s health equity. AB-432, California’s Menopause Care Equity Act, is on @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom’s desk. Here are 5 ways to move it forward.

#AB432 #Menopausecare #menopausematters #bowerswbhi #womenshealthmatters #brainhealth #womensbrainhealth
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We’re thrilled to welcome @susanacarmona.bsky.social @neuromaternal.bsky.social to Santa Barbara as a Bowers WBHI Visiting Faculty Fellow to discuss the maternal brain

#bowerswbhi #maternalbrainhealth #ucsb @magdamartinezga.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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For too long, women have suffered in silence. We’re shining the spotlight on the need for menopause care.

Learn more about AB-432 here: bit.ly/ab-432menopa...

@emilyjacobs.bsky.social #AB432 #bowerswbhi #MenopauseMatters #Menopause #Menopausecare #womenshealthmatters #womensbrainhealth
July 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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July 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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On Monday, Ann S. Bowers WBHI Director Emily Jacobs, PhD, testified for AB-432, California’s Menopause Care Equity Act. Updates are coming soon! More info about AB-432 here: bit.ly/ab-432menopa... #womenshealth #brainhealth
July 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Save the date: the Seminar Series will be back on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific time. Please note, this time is different than usual since our speaker is based in Australia.

@emilyjacobs.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social #BrainMapping #WomensBrainHealth #BrainHealth
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We’re proud to spotlight bright young minds in science! Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 #WIDS Global Datathon on Women’s Brain Health.

🥇 Manh Nguyen, Thu Nguyen (FPT University)
🥈 Baixue Yao, Xiaoyue Zhang (Flagship Labs 84)
🥉 Wei Lyu, Zhida Wang (UC Santa Barbara)

#AI #BrainMapping
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We’re proud to spotlight more presentations from our partners at Weill Cornell Medicine Cornell University! Browse the flyers below so you know where to find their work at the OHBM's Annual Meeting.
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @amykooz.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social #ohbm2025 #WomensBrainHealth
June 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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We’re excited to share what our partners at Weill Cornell Medicine Cornell University are presenting at OHBM! Check out the flyers so you know where to find their work.
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social @amykooz.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social #ohbm2025 #WomensBrainHealth
June 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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June 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The countdown to the Organization for Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting is on, and we’re excited to talk about the latest findings in neuroscience with you. Check out the flyers for more poster sessions and talks. See you soon in Brisbane!
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June 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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See you at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting! We're headed to Brisbane to share what we’ve been working on. Check out the flyers so you know where find us, and stay tuned as we introduce more speakers.
#ohbm2025 ohbmofficial.bsky.social #BrainHealth @emilyjacobs.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM