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Lauren Olson, PhD (she/her)
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Clinical Neuropsychology Fellow 🦬🧠 Dog Mom & Yogi 🌱🏳️‍🌈 #aging #neurodegeneration #resilience #globalneuropsych
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Couldn't make it to the SLC webinar on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology last week? 🥲

You are in luck, the webinar is available online 🖥️

FREE for trainees or pay for CE credit 💡

➡️https://tinyurl.com/msd6mcys ⬅️

🏃‍♀️Act fast, it is only available through the rest of 2025
🚨SLC Invitational Webinar🚨

Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology in Research and Practice: What Works?

Featured Panelists:
✨ Karen Blackmon, PhD
✨ Urvashi Shah, PhD

🗓️ Save the Date
📍 Wednesday, October 22th
⏰ 10-11am Eastern

🔗 Register Here 🔗
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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🚨Help needed! Know of any publicly available datasets with cognitive variables? Use the link below to help share these resources to benefit colleagues across institutions!📝

🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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This event will be on Zoom on Thursday, September 2025, at 1:30 PT / 2:30 MT / 3:30 CT / 4:30 ET. Here is the Zoom information: 

us06web.zoom.us/j/8512138475...

(Meeting ID: 851 2138 4756)
(Passcode: 589019)
September 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Join this WIN sponsored presentation where Drs. Erin Sullivan-Baca and Rachael L. Ellison discuss women in leadership roles and actionable steps for fostering diversity and inclusion! #APA2025
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Join us for the 1st episode of 🎙️Neuropsych on the Mic 🎙️ an SCN, APA Division 40 podcast! Join Dr. Amanda Wisinger and Dr. Suzanne Penna on Building Your Community in Neuropsychology 🤝 Don't miss out!

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Building your Community in Neuropsychology
In the first episode of our Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN) Communications Podcast, Neuropsych on the Mic, our hosts, Dr. Molly Winston & Dr. Saranya Patel, will talk with guests, Dr. Suzan...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Hello #neuropsychology 🧠 BlueSky! Very excited to launch the INS Student Liaison Committee's BlueSky account. We will continue to post on Twitter and Facebook, but excited to explore this community. #neuro #neuropsych #psychology
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ALT: a cartoon brain with purple tentacles and the word woo in yellow
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March 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"I think eventually people will die because of it." CU-Anschutz speaks out about the Trump administration's cutback of medical research funding. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. #copolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_n5...
Trump administration puts medical research in Colorado at risk
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
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February 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Clinical neuropsychologists reflecting on Black history this month are likely to agree that representation matters for brain health. Yet our scientific publishing practices still fall short of our field's stated principles of justice. We can do better.

doi.org/10.1080/1385...
Do Black lives matter to clinical neuropsychologists? An introduction to a special issue
Published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2022)
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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If you are a federal worker who was let go today, I'd love to hear from you.

I'm interested in both your work for the federal government and the impact of this decision on your life.

Contact me on signal at juddlegum.47 or use the QR code below.

I can keep you anonymous if you prefer.
February 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A new study from Andria Ford, MD, and colleagues has found that brains of people with sickle cell disease appear older, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals.
bit.ly/4h81y6D
February 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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We are excited to be joining the Bluesky community! Follow along for all of SCN ANST’s updates on #neuropsychology trainee-focused webinars, resources, initiatives, and leadership opportunities!
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS to all who matched in Phase 1 of the #APPICMatch & earlier this week for postdoc! We hope you’re celebrating this huge accomplishment!

To those who did not, the ANST community is here to support you (here & via our listerv). Be kind to yourself & proud of how far you've come.
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Consider sending an email or calling your Member of Congress and Senators to share how funding cuts to the NIH might impact your work. When calling, ask to speak with the staff person who handles science funding.
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration’s proposed cuts to federal research funding, particularly ...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM