Emma Twait

Postdoctoral researcher in neuroepidemiology @amsterdamumc. Interested in dementia, depression, MRI, and precision medicine. 🧘☕. Views are my own.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

@Lotte_Ronja @UniUtrecht It was truly the best day of my life! And I am so thankful it was accompanied by the best supervision team as well. :)

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Our new study assessing the feasibility of machine learning in dementia prognosis, as well as focusing on clinically accessible variables, is out now!
https://t.co/LMwnQBh9zc

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Our systematic review & meta-analysis on amyloid burden & white matter hyperintensities in older adults without cognitive impairment is out!

In this study, we found higher levels of amyloid burden on PET & CSF were associated with more WMH.

https://t.co/2aG0RQqvN0

[Brain @Brain1878]

Johansson et al. show that plasma GFAP begins to increase 10 years before symptom onset in Alzheimer's disease, prior to P-tau181 and NfL, suggesting that GFAP is mirroring pathology upstream of tau phosphorylation and neurodegeneration. https://t.co/ypxQUjzOMS

[Sofia Marcolini @SofiaMarcolini_]

So much expertise and new inspirations at #NCDCproject winter school 🧠

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Having an amazing time at #NCDCproject winter school in Nunspeet! Learning about the importance of RRI (responsible research and innovation) from dr. Natalie Terzikhan.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Published in my dream journal! Thanks so much to all co-authors that contributed to this. Interested in how psychosocial factors are associated with hippocampal subfield volume? Check out our new study!
https://t.co/43f03gEnCx

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

In sum, those with multisystem dysregulation may be more susceptible of the negative impacts of depressive symptoms on dementia risk.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

In our recent paper, we assessed if allostatic load profiles explain the relation between depressive symptoms and incident dementia.
https://t.co/mlVibixxZq

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While allostatic load did not explain the relationship between depressive symptoms and dementia, we found additive interaction between the multisystem dysregulation group and depressive symptoms.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

First first author publication for my PhD was accepted last night. 🙌🙌
It was a long road of rejections, and I’ve learned so much from the process. But most of all, don’t stop believing in your work. 🌟

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

What's your favorite way of transferring R output to a table for a manuscript?

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Interested in plasma AD biomarkers & their relation to MRI markers of CSVD & neurodegeneration? Come listen to my oral presentation in tomorrow morning’s 8am virtual session ‘Atrophy patterns & its association with AD pathology & cognitive decline’ #AAIC2022

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Interested in dementia prediction modeling? Wanna talk machine learning methods? Stop by my poster today in-person at P-340 or virtually on a proof-of-concept study of predicting all-cause dementia in community-dwelling older adults using machine learning #AAIC2022

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

@Lotte_Ronja Thanks so much, Lotte! Missing you here in San Diego.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

Come check out our poster today on the effect of psychosocial factors on hippocampal (subfield) volume in older adults using 7T MRI at #AAIC2022, either in-person at P1-012 or virtual.

[Emma Twait @EmmaTwait]

@Krockdoc Thanks so much for stopping by and for the discussion!

[Robyn Norton @RobynNorton8]

Nature journals raise the bar on sex and gender reporting in research https://t.co/AJ6E3YGXYf

[Maria Teresa Ferretti @MaTeFerretti]

#Proud and happy to finally see this published 🥳🥳

There are millions living with #dementia, but how many of these are due to #Alzheimer?

And how many people have prodromal Alzheimer or are healthy but at high risk, because of amyloid in their 🧠?

It turns out, A LOT👇