As always - huge thanks to the many many families who participated and the research staff and students who collected data over the years. Excited about our next steps.

We tested this in toddlers with autism or Down syndrome and found significant reductions in brain age estimates compared to chronological age. Differences in Down syndrome were more striking across the age range. More work needed to determine the clinical utility of this method!

Next we hypothesized that infants/toddlers with altered development would have increased prediction errors. This is described as a brain-age gap and could be used to identify children with altered brain development before they show delays.

Winko used an innovative approach combining Shapley values and hierarchical clustering to assess feature importance which identified periodic alpha and beta band power as the strongest predictors of age.

We leveraged almost 1000s EEGs collected in infants with typical development ranging from 2-38 months old to develop age prediction models, with the best model predicting age within 92 days – not too shabby.

Actually there was a #4! It’s also about fit. Apply to schools that align with your interests. Schools care about being able to successfully support your growth. So if they don’t think they can do that, they aren’t going to accept you.

Good luck!

#3 Great! You are qualified and committed. There are lots of those applicants. What are you going to bring to this medical school that is going make a positive impact. How have you helped change things for the better in the work you have done or the people you work with.

#2 Becoming a doctor is a long, tough (and amazing) path. Do you know what the path entails, and why is it the right path for you. Can you explain what parts of medicine and the training path (beyond helping people and liking science) excite you? How have your experiences lead you to this path?

#1 whether you sink or swim is based on (a) academics - will you be able digest all the medschool material and pass the tests, and (b) your personal skills - can you build rapport with patients, communicate clearly, and work on a team.

Lots of ways to show this, even with a bad orgo grade.

As an ESI, I have not submitted to eLife since the switch bc it’s not clear how pubs in eLife are considered by promotion committees or grant reviewers. Not sure if this solves that concern, but also agree it is an experiment - albeit one that ESIs are nervous to participate in…

Amazing and well deserved! Congratulations!

Oops! Yes I am! Sorry about that. Thanks for organizing!