Professor Bess Frost’s research on #tauopathies is driving new treatments! From tau toxicity spread to targeting retrotransposon activation in #Alzheimers, her work is moving from the lab to the clinic.
A well-deserved 2025 #RainwaterPrize winner! More: https://t.co/A5DUj40Y5h
Join the January 28 @NIDUS_Delirium webinar f. @devlinpharmd and @boehmleanne as they discuss strategies for improving cognitive function after critical illness.
Register here: https://t.co/gVpAYSLLds
For colleagues in the US interested in NIH grants:
Here's a paper by three NIH Scientific Review Officers on what makes a successful grant application.
Link: www.pnas[.]org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315735121
How to write a grant?
1. Write it for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
https://t.co/wHZ065DNlm
Many people will continue struggling to come to terms with the election results, but there’s still a lot you can do:
1) Be irritable at work
2) Withdraw from people who love you/need you
3) Make an impulsive and self destructive major life decision
Christina Tortolani, adj. asst. prof. of psychiatry, shares insights on the mental health crisis in RI. With anxiety & depression rates rising, she emphasizes the need for more mental health professionals.
Read https://t.co/bZjDRkuW5i #MentalHealthAwareness#StressAwarenessDay
A query that has come up a few times recently is whether a trial Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) should review trial data blind to allocation or not. Some reflections … 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #102
Just days after completing her postdoc at Brown, Dr. Sarah Merrill dove into a new role this fall as an assistant professor at @UMassLowell, where she’s leading a social epigenetics lab.
Get a look at her exciting first day on the job:
https://t.co/wQbhbgThKy
Mark your calendars for Oct 15, 2024 to hear @sharon_inouye share insights and lessons learned as @JAMAInternalMed Editor in Chief. Be sure to bring questions to this @NIDUS_Delirium webinar!
->Learn more and register: https://t.co/Xas2omqyyk
#delirium