Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD

Pain physician & basic pain neuroscience researcher @Stanford. Glia-lover 🧠, anesthesiologist, mom of boys. Canadian 🇨🇦. Alum @McGill @Dartmouth

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

My 8 yo just wrote a camp email to his 12 yo brother and signed it “Warm regards” i am dying from the cuteness - no idea where he learned that 🥹

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

It was such a pleasure to host such a visionary scientist using engineering solutions to fix big healthcare challenges in a truly collaborative manner!

[John A Rogers @ProfJohnARogers]

Incredibly stimulating visit to @Stanford today to give a special grand rounds seminar and short dinner presentation for the annual awards event in the Department of Anesthesiology, Periooperative and Pain Medicine. Super busy day, starting with a 6 am presentation (~30 in person and ~150 in attendance by Zoom) and ending with a dinner and a poster session, followed by a catch-up with Prof. Sid Krishnan (former PhD student and new faculty member @Stanford in the Department of Electrical Engineering). I deeply appreciate the invitation from Prof. @NimaAghaeepour to visit – thank you, and as well to Prof. @TawfikLab, Prof. @DrSeanMackey (Division Chief, Pain Medicine) and Prof. Brian Bateman (Chair of the Department), for hosting! Thanks also for the Sunday dinner, and for spending time with me earlier today. I really enjoyed the dense collection of back-to-back meetings throughout the day – Prof. Javier Lorenzo, Prof. Anoop Rao, Prof. Charles Brown, Prof. @TheBorisLab, Prof. @BGaudilliere, Dr. Philip Chung, Dr. @kirsten_steffner, Dr. Tomin James, Prof. Jean-Louis Horn (Division Chief, Regional Anesthesia). Finally, thanks to Barbara Chargin for the arrangements. Great interactions also with the many students and trainees associated with the department – exhausting but exhilarating! Congratulations to everyone on their awe-inspiring work! Looking forward to many collaborative follow-ups!

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

Today we celebrated FOUR new PhD graduates from @stanfordanes - two from my lab @J_SiliezarDoyle @GabriellaMuwan1 and two from @NimaAghaeepour lab @CamiloEspinosaB & Samson Mataraso

Such a huge milestone in the lives of these amazing people 🤩

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

How cool is this?!

Greg & I were postdocs together- he taught me so much & remains a great friend/mentor/sounding board & now we just published back to back papers in @NatureNeuro !!

Congrats @FlyBottleEscape 🤩

[⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @FlyBottleEscape]

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Now published in @NatureNeuro …

Psilocybin enhances fear extinction by reshaping retrosplenial cortex ensembles—suppressing fear neurons, recruiting extinction neurons + boosting plasticity to enable behavioral flexibility

https://t.co/uFA4glnOq0

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

Check out our new paper - cover story on @NatureNeuro - outlining a potential new target for pain treatment and which may explain the susceptibility of older adults to chronic pain

[Nature Neuroscience @NatureNeuro]

Our May issue is now live!

https://t.co/jByYT6qEhz

[Nature Neuroscience @NatureNeuro]

Peripheral sensory (DRG) neurons exhibit senescence in the context of aging and pain-inducing nerve injury; elimination of senescent cells improved nociceptive behaviors in nerve-injured mice

@StanfordPain @TawfikLab

https://t.co/XxwtA2n3xn

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

The Tawfik Lab is looking for amazing, scientifically rigorous postdoctoral scholars with a diversity of interests to join our super nerdy team focused on clinically-informed basic science mechanisms of chronic pain @Stanford @StanfordPain

https://t.co/NKIpwq4vjs

[FAER @FAERanesthesia]

Announcing FAER’s approved Fall 2023 Grantees! Join us in congratulating these outstanding physician-investigators & read more on our website!

https://t.co/MvnLKj0toS

#Anesthesiology #Research #TheFutureIsFAER #FAERgrantees #FAERgrants @VUMC_Anes @UChiAnesChiefs

[Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain]

Stanford is hiring seven open faculty positions in the neurosciences!

These include neurobiology, brain computer interface (BCI), molecular and cellular neurobiology, pathology, and neuropathology. Learn more https://t.co/Eo4jRGEroY

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

@AubinMoutal @PharmPhysSLU Next time i’m in StL i will expect an invitation @AubinMoutal 😊

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

Reviewing grants is a lot of work - but WOW there is a lot of cool science out there!! 🤩🤓

[Anesthesia&Analgesia @IARS_Journals]

The Anesthesiology Physician-Scientist Pipeline: Current Status and Recommendations for Future Growth—An Initiative of the Anesthesia Research Council by Drs. Emala @TawfikLab @mlanefall @PalomaToledoMD @CynthiaAWongMD @MonicaVavilala @LeeAFleisher

https://t.co/i8D0gDYdri

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

@BurgartBioethix Yup i’ve done that - SJC? SFO? Who can keep track? 😭

[James Khan @drjameskhan]

Our work recently published in @_Anesthesiology looking a predictors of chronic post-surgical pain after cardiac surgery. @maggie_xz @dana_elad @Drhaclarke

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

Does anyone know what @NIH will do with October deadlines and October study sections if there is a #shutdown ?

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

@AmynahPradhan The best part about research/academia is staying connected to amazing people over many years!

@AmynahPradhan was the first graduate student I had ever met when I was a very clueless undergrad in a lab for the 1st time. So much fun to be back together again 🤩

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

“We have the amazing opportunity to move the pain field forward in a way we could not before” — @NINDSdirector on the @NIHendaddiction HEAL initiative

Speaking at the inaugural St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum! @ClinicPharmSTL @WUSTL_AnesRsrch @SLU_Official

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

This was a huge effort by so many great anesthesiologist-scientists!

Definitely worth a read- we know there is a problem but we propose lots & lots of solutions to increase physician-scientist recruitment, retention & success in #anesthesiology

[IARS360 @iars360]

#Anesthesiology Researcher Pipeline Lags Behind Other Specialties. Anesthesia Research Council proposes solutions: https://t.co/GkTWEoGGQl
Read the article published in @IARS_Journals: https://t.co/LnAjHi76Lg #ARC

[Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD @TawfikLab]

7 yo: Mama- did you know the brain🧠 is a muscle?

Me: No it isn't

7 yo: Yes it is, if you exercise it then it gets stronger!

Me: Yes...but it's not a muscle

7 yo: How do you know?

Me: (Lists all relevant portions of my CV)

7 yo: I still think it's a muscle

[⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @FlyBottleEscape]

⚡️NEW OPIOID VIRAL TOOL⚡️

Lead by @gsalimando in collab with @KarlDeisseroth

We developed a catalog of mu-opioid receptor promoters (MORp) for viral access to endogenous opioid-expressing cell types 🦠🧠🐁🐀🐒

https://t.co/gAPvJCG05V

🧵for more info on use & where to order: