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Moriah Thomason, PhD
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Human developmental neuroscientist, Professor, Editor, Board Member; interest in transformative medicine that reaches families where they are and in ways they can utilize.
Honored to be part of the Odyssey House family. This is an organization that builds bonds, builds strength, and draws on the healing power of exercise and art. Black History Month profile on Andre Matthews and the Odyssey House running program ow.ly/EJLU50UXbUF #runforrecovery #runforyourlife
PIX11 Black History Month profile - Odyssey House
André Matthews of Odyssey House talks about his incredible story of hope, recovery and long-distance running.
ow.ly
February 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Proven once again! - The brain is smart!
We re-organize during pregnancy to prepare for parenthood. Our recent discussion in Nature of great work by Pritschet and colleagues: rdcu.be/d4AGz
Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood | Nature
A case study has revealed widespread changes to the maternal brain during pregnancy. This is a milestone in the emerging neuroscience of ‘matrescence’ — the idea that pregnancy is a developmental stage in adulthood. The emerging neuroscience of motherhood as a developmental stage.
rdcu.be
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New study scans ten women over the course of pregnancy and assures us that pregnancy is a salient period of neuroplasticity that prepares us for parenthood: rdcu.be/d7FBt
Longitudinal investigation of neurobiological changes across pregnancy
Communications Biology - This study reports within-person brain changes during pregnancy, finding reductions in gray matter volume and increases in neurite density index in white matter tracts...
rdcu.be
January 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reposted by Moriah Thomason, PhD
Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide
January 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As a neuroscientist, study section panelist, funded NIH researcher, parent, mentor, and connected human, I am paused thoughtfully and emotionally about how this and other coming changes will impact our purpose and our ability to achieve it. www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM