Laura Best

PhD; Lover of knowledge & dogs; Post-doctoral Fellow @CAMH Post-doctoral Fellow @UofT_FIFSW Chair @brain_suite for @Womensbrains ✨ all views my own

[Laura Best @laurbest]

So excited to share this work through @BiologicalPsyc1

Thank you to all of our colleagues and collaborators!

[Elsevier News @ElsevierNews]

Novel @BiologicalPsyc1 study using brain imaging revealed heavy drinking youth with lower endocannabinoid enzyme FAAH may be at greater risk for alcohol use disorder & might relate to hazardous drinking.
Read more here: https://t.co/tqDnd6Joi3

@laurbest
@SOBP
@Els_Psychiatry

[Laura Best @laurbest]

Honoured to have been selected as one of @BrainCanada’s Rising Star Trainees! Congratulations to all the recipients and a big shoutout to my lab mates and collaborators 🧠✨

[Brain Canada @BrainCanada]

Brain Canada would like to congratulate the Canadian trainees selected to receive a @BrainCanada Rising Stars Trainee Award👏. For full details on this year’s Rising Stars ➡️https://t.co/AiNQX97mxb

[WBHI @womensbrains]

We’re excited to announce Dr. Laura Best is the new Chair of our Young Person’s Cabinet. Laura recently completed her PhD @UofT, values a preventative approach to medicine & health care, & wants to encourage younger generations to adopt a lifestyle that supports #brainhealth

[UofT Talks @UofT_Talks]

We had a great time at #IMSSciDay2022 with @IMSSAuoft, @rawtalkpodcast, @IMSMagazine, and P2P Mentorship at the booths! So great to see and celebrate student, staff and faculty research, leadership, and excellence with @UofTIMS today 🔬🥼

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

Join us this May at Spinco Toronto for Spin-it-Forward, supporting WBHI, and the future of brain health of women in your life! The Good News? Sweating is good for your brain too! Sign up here: https://t.co/Ao9dIETK5C

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

We're thrilled to announce @laurbest as the new Chair of the @womensbrains Young Person's Cabinet. As a recent PhD grad, Laura brings scientific leadership to help build awareness and educate younger generations about the importance of #brainhealth early in life

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

Celebrating the inspiring and important advocacy work of Kayuula & Shina Novalinga, @womensbrains Mind Over Matter Magazine cover features,
today and everyday

[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

Today is Red Dress Day. It is a day when we honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & gender diverse people. We remember & uplift them. We support their families. We recognize this disproportionate violence as a national tragedy. We advocate for change. #MMIWG2S

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

#NewResearch 🚨 from @WUADRC finds blood test predicts brain beta-amyloid plaques, a marker for #AlzheimersDisease

This finding shows promise as a cost-effective, noninvasive alternative to brain imaging & spinal taps!
Li, @SuzanneESchind1 et al., 2022 ➡️https://t.co/dXcvyD120I

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

1/ For this months #BrainsinSTEM we would like to hightlight Dr. Chantell Evans @channyskye. She is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at @DukeMedSchool, where her research focuses on maintaining neuronal cell survial throughout a persons life!

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

@BrielleRyan @Stanford @BlackInNeuro @wasuzuki Today we also want to highlight one of our own #WomenInScience, @laurbest, Vice-Chair of our @womensbrains Young Person’s Cabinet ✨

Recently completing her PhD @UofTIMS, Dr. Best works to serve at-risk populations using neuroimaging, epidemiological and clinical data.

[Cycle Toronto @CycleToronto]

ATTN Toronto youth:🗣🗣 Interested in becoming a youth ambassador for the Youth Cycling Ambassador Program? Join @breakawaysto as we find 25 individuals dedicated to driving change in their communities. Make connections & expand your network. Apply: https://t.co/xQ7fxhfBOy

[Youth Cycling Ambassador Program @breakawaysto]

There are only 10 more days to apply to the Youth Cycling Ambassador Program! The @breakawaysto will be hosting a mini info session on Wed. Jan. 12, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. EST. Sign up here: https://t.co/pYrN5Ks3Sv If you can't make it, ask us anything here👇or DM us!

[IMS Magazine @IMSMagazine]

Dr. Chase McMurren sits down with IMS Magazine to discuss barriers to Indigenous perspective in research and medicine.

Written by: @laurbest & @nadiaboach
Link: https://t.co/n2fdzTtWua

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

Check out our latest quick read on brain health! This month we look at some of the research on why pets are good for your health:

https://t.co/lyJth9lz3Y

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

Today is the day!! 🎉

#Petpix contest is open in support of Brainable by @womensbrains

Vote for your favourite pet or enter your own for a chance to win one of four amazing #prizes! Click through for all contest details.

https://t.co/J99oM1SmAA

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

#ICYMI

Check out the @womensbrains Young Person’s Cabinet Vice-Chair, @laurbest, as she talks about the upcoming @standahead campaign for women’s brain health ⬇️👏👏

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

#Contest 🚨
Do you have an adorable pet? Enter them in our donate-to-vote fundraiser starting Sept 20!

100% of the proceeds raised go towards Brainable, a @womensbrains program to educate students in grades 5-8 about their #brainhealth.

Learn more at https://t.co/J99oM1SmAA

[BrainSuite @brain_suite]

What are you doing next Thursday August 12th? Join us to learn about how #exercise benefits the #brain!

Featuring scientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki from New York University. Stay tuned to learn more about her work …

Registration is free ➡️ https://t.co/FapiDTJFkU

[Kent State Brain Health Research Institute @KSUBrainHealth]

"Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Maintaining the Movement,” TOMORROW, June 29, 1-2pm. Neuroscientists of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend. @KentResearch @CCLRI @NEOMEDedu @ACHResearch @neomedhearing @biogradsc @KSU_BMSSAC @kentbiology @kentstatepsych #BLMandNeuro