Samantha Calderazzo

Neuroimmunologist | Anatomist | @bu_cte center| MD/PhD Candidate with Drs McKee & Huber

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

@DevivoRenee @alzassociation Yes!

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

If you’re heading to AAIC this weekend check out my talk and poster (#114) on Wednesday examining the role of CNS Tcells in human tauopathy @alzassociation

[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

Several of our BU CTE Center team members are presenting at the @alzassociation International Conference (AAIC) which begins Sunday in Philadelphia, PA.

Swipe to learn more about their presentations and click here to learn more about AAIC: https://t.co/Jxs1VoyKvj

@SamCalderazzo @SydneyMosaheb

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[John Lukens @LukensJohnR]

Antigen-specific age-related memory CD8 T cells induce and track Alzheimer’s-like neurodegeneration | PNAS https://t.co/RuSd9SkwNj

[John Lukens @LukensJohnR]

Single-cell atlas of murine traumatic brain injury @neuron https://t.co/KO41CA2wpZ

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

Happy to share our new research assessing the neuropathology behind Parkinsonism in CTE @bu_cte

[JAMA Neurology @JAMANeuro]

Study of deceased contact sports athletes with CTE reports that nearly 25% had parkinsonism during life. Most had an unusual pathology related to CTE and football play and not the typical Lewy body pathology found in most cases of Parkinson disease. https://t.co/D8vAvJM14Z

[BU Experts @BUexperts]

Exciting news! In a new study, @bu_cte found a connection between a brain protein buildup (p-tau) and thinking/behavioral issues in #CTE, which could help diagnose the disease while people are alive. 🧵(1/2).

[Shane Liddelow 🍊 @LiddelowSA]

#GliaPapers
REVIEW @GLIA_Journal
Gal Ronit Frumer, @TheJungLab, Jung-Seok Kim, @WeizmannScience
A review of recent advances in the understanding of brain macrophage heterogeneity.
https://t.co/n23W2xYVIF

[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

Congratulations to Katharine Babcock (@kjbabcock9), a PhD student in the McKee Lab, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday! We are proud of all she has accomplished and look forward to continuing to work with her as a postdoc at BU CTE.

Congrats, Dr. Babcock!

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

CTE can affect young amateur athletes. @nytimes has highlighted the stories of a few families whose loved ones were part of our recent study and provide an interactive summary of the findings

[The New York Times @nytimes]

They died young. Most played football. Only a few came close to the pros. But like hundreds of deceased NFL players they, too, had CTE, the brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. If their families could go back, would they still let them play? https://t.co/ziAmWkoNtt

[BU MSTP Program @BU_MDPhD]

@isaacfalconer _ @SamCalderazzo with her @bu_cte lab mate, @heloise_leblanc with the Ramirez group, and @been_snyder with the Medalla Lab #SfN2023

[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

We'd like to thank @ConcussionLF for hosting our team at their 16th Annual Concussion Legacy Gala last night! It was a fun-filled night dedicated to such a great cause.

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

First sfn in the books repping CNS immune cells @mo_but

[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

There is one week left to help the Circo family reach their $30,000 fundraising goal. If you'd like to support CTE research, you can donate here:
https://t.co/hhorDxZAIi

You can learn more about Mario here:
https://t.co/ACKyLcZBlF

[Dr. María E. Garay-Serratos @drgarayserratos]

@ConcussionLF & @annmckeemd,

Thank you for honoring my beautiful mother, the 1st public #DVCTE case, during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth & creating awareness about the unrecognized #DVTBIPandemic impacting millions. Let's end it together.

#DVTBIVictims

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

New study from my center reports CTE found in over 40% of young contact sport athletes including those who only played through highschool

[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

NEW RESEARCH: Learn more about our new paper out today in @JAMANeuro on young contact sport athletes exposed to repetitive head impacts.

First Author: Ann McKee, MD (@annmckeemd)
Senior Author: Michael Alosco, PhD

Read it here: https://t.co/Pod1TF1Nsy

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[Boston University CTE Center @bu_cte]

🔈 Listen Now: Learn more about our new research from BU CTE Center director and first author @annmckeemd in the @JAMANeuro podcast below with @cynarmandmd

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

For those just now realizing insurers don’t care if you live or die—

🚨🚨🚨Insurers do not care if you live or die.

In fact, death is highly cost effective, especially if it is fast, and especially if you are chronically ill.

Up to 25% of all Medicare expenditures are spent on the last 12 months of life.

Insurers would love to eliminate that, as the cost of care >>> premiums collected at that point.

Remember that what you call healthcare, they call LOSS — as in, their medical LOSS ratio being the how much $ of premiums is spent on medical care.

And they would love to cut the loss, for our (unfortunately) most vulnerable populations — elderly, chronically ill, with little support.

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine:

We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED.

But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways:

B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the ER as a last resort when #priorauth denied or delayed them the outpatient care they needed.

[Samantha Calderazzo @SamCalderazzo]

Dr Killiany was always willing to aid any of the students in the department. I will always cherish the advice and collaboration he provided during my time there

[Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov]

A simplified overview of brain function:

#neuroscience