Lizzie Shephard
@lizzieshephard.bsky.social
Developmental neuroscientist / psychologist interested in neurodevelopment during the perinatal period and neurodiversity affirming therapies for infants / young children and their caregivers. Profa Dra no Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de São Paulo
Reposted by Lizzie Shephard
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
Very happy to share that Priscilla Godoy and I were awarded a new grant to conduct our implementation+effectiveness study of PACT in the Brazil public health system, which we are co-producing with Brazilian autistic adults and parents. We even have services in the middle of the Amazon...!!
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very happy to share that Priscilla Godoy and I were awarded a new grant to conduct our implementation+effectiveness study of PACT in the Brazil public health system, which we are co-producing with Brazilian autistic adults and parents. We even have services in the middle of the Amazon...!!
Delighted to start the week with the first paper from my lab being accepted for publication. We report preliminary data on the feasibility of the preemptive iBASI therapy to support the early development of infants with family history of autism and ADHD in Brazil.
August 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Delighted to start the week with the first paper from my lab being accepted for publication. We report preliminary data on the feasibility of the preemptive iBASI therapy to support the early development of infants with family history of autism and ADHD in Brazil.
A happy day moving my lab (NINA Lab on Instagram) to our new work home at the Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo 😎🤓
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A happy day moving my lab (NINA Lab on Instagram) to our new work home at the Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo 😎🤓
Spent the weekend running training for Brazilian professionals in Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT)... our third training session in Brazil, now a total of 40 new PACT therapists in various parts the country, from Amazonas to Santa Catarina! www.pactbrasil.com.br
November 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Spent the weekend running training for Brazilian professionals in Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT)... our third training session in Brazil, now a total of 40 new PACT therapists in various parts the country, from Amazonas to Santa Catarina! www.pactbrasil.com.br
Reposted by Lizzie Shephard
🧲⛓️💥❤️Recently I’ve been obsessed with the use of #attachment theory in #therapy. I found a resource that is 🔥: attachment styles, #cross-cultural validity, demystification of #attachment 🔮, stability vs change, intergenerational transmission. @pvrticka.bsky.social
pvrticka.com/attachment/a...
pvrticka.com/attachment/a...
Attachment Theory – A Social Neuroscientist’s Perspective
Attachment Theory – A Social Neuroscientist’s Perspective According to attachment theory (developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about 70 years ago), every child is born …
pvrticka.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:19 AM
🧲⛓️💥❤️Recently I’ve been obsessed with the use of #attachment theory in #therapy. I found a resource that is 🔥: attachment styles, #cross-cultural validity, demystification of #attachment 🔮, stability vs change, intergenerational transmission. @pvrticka.bsky.social
pvrticka.com/attachment/a...
pvrticka.com/attachment/a...