Phillips Mood & Brain Lab

Clinical & Translational Affective Neuroscience Lab; Mood and Brain Lab. MRI. Any political views are the lab’s and not necessarily the views of our institution

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

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[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

What triggers neuroinflammation?
Why is our brain so prone to inflammation?

🔥 A recent pathbreaking study explains the molecular mechanisms that trigger neuroinflammation. It shows exactly why neuroinflammation & neurodegeneration are so common. 1/

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

Is fever a friend or foe?

Conventionally, we believe it helps in clearing the infection & the invading pathogen faster by stepping up the cytokines production by the immune cells. So, it helps our body fighting against infection. 1/

[Hafsa Malik @kashmiricanibal]

- 𝑫𝒓. 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉: 𝑨 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

On the night of August 8th, a 31-year-old female doctor diligently completed her duty, as she had done countless times before. After finishing her shift, she shared a quiet meal with her juniors at 2 AM. Exhausted from the long hours, she sought a moment of rest. With no designated room provided for doctors, she settled down to sleep in the seminar room, a makeshift refuge for those who work tirelessly through the night. Little did she know, this would be the last time she closed her eyes with a sense of routine comfort.

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Congratulations, Deepak! So very well deserved!

[Pitt Psychiatry @PittPsychiatry]

Congratulations to Deepak Sarpal, MD, who has been promoted to associate professor! Dr. Sarpal is an expert on the neural basis of treatment response in schizophrenia https://t.co/YvCRfmCMqF

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Absolutely thrilled to be working with my amazing colleagues on these exciting projects! A huge thank you to the Baszucki Brain Research Fund and @janellison !

[Colleen McClung @McClungColleen]

Excited to be involved in this important project. Many thanks to @janellison and the Baszucki Brain Research Fund!

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

The Phillips lab is hiring!

Job Description - Post Doctoral Associate (Phillips #1) (23007043) (https://t.co/N69uisIC6V)

Job Description - Post Doctoral Associate (Phillips #2) (23007044) (https://t.co/N69uisIC6V)

contact: [email protected]

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Delighted to share this work that was with the very talented Adriane Soehner and colleagues here in Pittsburgh https://t.co/H6t96VViEE

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

And just to add that Caroline and I will be recruiting — please check for more information in the next couple of weeks

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

@DrSarahLBrown @CarolineOppenh3 @RTI_Intl @PittPsychiatry Delighted to be working with the gifted @CarolineOppenh3 on this very important study

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

@DrSarahLBrown @CarolineOppenh3 @RTI_Intl @PittPsychiatry Delighted to be working with the gifted @CarolineOppenh3 on this very important study

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

@DrSarahLBrown @CarolineOppenh3 @RTI_Intl @PittPsychiatry Delighted to be working with the gifted @CarolineOppenh3 on this very important study

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

School should be a safe haven for children — a place to learn, explore and dream. It should not be a place where they see their classmates shot and killed. My heart is with the family and schoolgirls who are grieving the loss of their daughter and friend. I request authorities to take action to ensure the safety of all school children.

[Helen Mayberg, MD @HelenMaybergMD]

Bittersweet to dedicate my @neuroethicsita Neuroscience Medal lecture to my father, Stanley Mayberg, who passed away this week at 97. A great father & a trusted advisor, he celebrated every advance of our work & the progress of every patient as if it was his own. I will miss him.

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

I loved this Assembly piece from Fatima on gender discrimination in Pakistan — and what she plans to do about it when she becomes a politician. You have my vote already 👏👏👏 @MalalaFund
https://t.co/onHOzPKEmC

[Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD @KafuiDzirasa]

Not here to change anyone's mind. All I ask is that when women from minoritized group win, despite being so encumbered by the system, YOU who champion MERIT would lift THEM up, celebrate THEIR success, and promote THEM. They ran a far harder race and still won! -MERIT. 4/5.

[Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD @KafuiDzirasa]

Winning when others can't compete aint MERIT. That aint the pros, my friends....that's peewee league. 🤣🤣🤣3/5

[Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD @KafuiDzirasa]

Happy to provide names if anyone needs some. I've got friends with 🏅's for days.... 5/5.

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Congratulations— well deserved

[Dr. Bea Luna @bealuna55]

Very humbled and thrilled to be the recipient of the Flux Huttenlocher Award in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. An award I developed 10 years ago with the hope that one day I may be considered. A heartfelt thank you to the members and the board for their support.

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Delighted to share our article :
https://t.co/Z5ZFHO9KzA

Thanks to the talented @LaylaBraindoc and the team!

[Phillips Mood & Brain Lab @PhillipsLabPitt]

Congratulations, Huda— so well deserved

[Huda A @Huda_Akil1]

I’m deeply honored, grateful & stunned to receive the 2023 Gruber Prize for Neuroscience. Thank you to my husband Stan Watson for being my partner in science and in life and to our trainees the wonderful Wakils. This prize is about you! Thanks to my mentors. Thanks to my family!