Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI

assistant professor @VUMCneurology & @vumcpmr. @UTChattanooga & @VanderbiltCDB alum. mom. active lifestyle enthusiast. tweets are my own.

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

@BCMNeurosurgery @NicoleProvenza @SameerShethMD @bcmhouston @UWNeurosurgery @NIH Congrats!

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

Thanks to @andreashorn_ for unpacking a key finding of our recent Journal of Neurology publication👇!

This was a great collaboration that further supports continued investigation into whether early DBS could slow PD motor progression.
@SpringerNature https://t.co/YiQrkMlPlW

[Andreas Horn @andreashorn_]

I am super excited by this figure just published by @MalloryHacker et al. – why?

Let’s unpack… 🧵

https://t.co/vJSObJgZu7

[NANS Official @NANS_ION]

Balancing a medical career with personal life can be challenging. Join us to hear from women neuromodulators who are working to achieve work-life balance. 💪

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@WIN_NANS #Neuromodulation #WomenInMedicine #WorkLifeBalance #Empowerment

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

I really enjoyed speaking with @andreashorn_ alongside @DavidCharlesMD discussing our work evaluating whether DBS in early-stage PD could slow motor progression.

Check out our episode on @stimbrains! 🧠

[Stimulating Brains @stimbrains]

It was great fun to talk with @MalloryHacker & @DavidCharlesMD on whether or not DBS for subthalamic nucleus could be involved in slowing of motor progression.

A long-standing effort that goes back to Alim-Louis Benabid.

Tune in here 👇👇

https://t.co/tdVRBYQSsb

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

It was a privilege to discuss Advanced Imaging and Connectomics for DBS alongside @rshervin, who gave a great overview of tremor targeting for neuromodulation! An excellent movement disorders course at #ASSFN2024 led by @RushnaAli6 and @Alonmogilner

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

Honored to present at such an amazing #MovementDisorders session at #ASSFN2024

[Rushna Ali @RushnaAli6]

Kicking off #ASSFN2024 with a special course on movement disorders with an all star faculty and full house of attendees! @ASSFNeurosurg @CNS_Update @joshuarosenowMD @RichardRammoMD @PeterKonrad12 @rshervin @MalloryHacker @LadNeurosurgery @josephneimat @Englot

[Andreas Horn @andreashorn_]

To treat OCD, Deep Brain Stimulation to the ventral capsule is effective – but the optimal target site remains unclear.

In a huge collaborative effort @garance_meyer & @c_neudorfer set out to determine it @BiologicalPsyc1. A 🧵 👇👇

https://t.co/JqbQ8XLwE2

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

@andreashorn_ @UofLHealth @uofl @UofLNeurosurg they strategically gave it to me after the Q&A concluded 😆

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

It was an honor to present at the University of Louisville Neuroscience Grand Rounds this morning. I am so excited to come home with my very own Louisville Slugger! #UofLNeurosurgery #Neuroscience #MedTwitter @UofLHealth @UofL @UofLNeurosurg

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

@LabNobis @NINDSfunding @VitaminSeer @kcess1 @dgordonwinder @gtswanson @VUMCneurology Woohoo! Congratulations!!

[Dario J. Englot @Englot]

How do we do DBS @VUMC_Neurosurg, one of the largest centers?

New in @JNNP_BMJ from #BIENlab: Intraoperative physiology augments atlas-based data in awake deep brain stimulation. Including 451 patients.

@danikapaulomd @PeterKonrad12 & others.

https://t.co/6S9KUZ0vCL

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

Same here!

I am honored to have had the opportunity to work in @andreashorn_'s lab at @ChariteBerlin alongside this wonderful team of scientists: @NaN_Value, @b_hollunder, @NingfeiL, @simonoxen, @c_neudorfer!!

Check out our @ANA_journals paper: https://t.co/XUuw7cpHn4

[Andreas Horn @andreashorn_]

What I particularly loved about the project was the collaborative nature – it all started with @MalloryHacker visiting my lab at @ChariteBerlin for three months and @NaN_Value & the others teaching her how to use @leaddbs (I was already at @Brain_Circuits in Boston).

[Andreas Horn @andreashorn_]

Excited by this collaboration on STN-DBS for early-stage Parkinson’s Disease

with @MalloryHacker and @DavidCharlesMD now out in @ANA_journals – 
w/ @NaN_Value, @c_neudorfer, @b_hollunder @simonoxen @PeterKonrad12 and others not on twitter.

A 🧵

https://t.co/Jk5xkps9yt

[Dario J. Englot @Englot]

We have a post-doc position available in the #BIENlab
@VUMC_Neurosurg studying brain networks using human neuroimaging and electrophysiology! Please pass on, DM for more info, and check out the posting: https://t.co/ffXlUBOL1y

@VUEngineering @VandyBME @vuiis @ViseVanderbilt

[Angela Jefferson @AJtheScientist]

It's hard to believe today marks 20 (!) years since I submitted my 1st @NIH grant. A lot has changed from the days of photocopying final content onto form pages, ink signatures + scrambling to get our submissions to @FedEx in time. Here are a few lessons from along the way👇1/7

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

I'm looking forward to my #CaffeinatedConnection to get to know someone new in @VUMCneurology! Glad you got to meet @SheffSharp - he is great colleague👍 #VUMCNeuro

[Leah Acosta, MD, MPH, FAAN @acostalmd]

I had my own #CaffeinatedConnection with Sheff Sharp, a research coordinator with movement disorders at @VUMCneurology, where we talked about brains (including #knitting brains!) and hiking! @BaristaParlor Wonderful to meet new-to-me colleagues at #VUMCNeuro

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to present in Boston next week!

[Andreas Horn @andreashorn_]

Excited to have @MalloryHacker and @DavidCharlesMD visit the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at @BWHNeurology on Oct 11th – the talk will be hybrid, plz reach out to @laurenhart098 for the link or (Bostonians) address at Brigham.

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

@kemcdonell @claassenlabvumc @VUMCneurology congratulations!

[Neuromodulation Journal @JNeuromod]

Parkinson's genotyping may help tailor therapy. Sortwell et al. demonstrate rs6265 SNP alterations on the BDNF gene may affect outcomes to different treatments. #DBS #PD. @CarylSortwell @MalloryHacker @PeterKonrad12 @josephneimat @AllysonStrauss @JackLipton video: @PinckardMd

[Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI @MalloryHacker]

Really neat @NatureComms study from @AshwiniOswal & @LitvakVladimir with data suggesting that the hyperdirect pathway may be the prominent route of transmission of high beta activity to the STN #Parkinsons https://t.co/03DtUB6ys9