Laura Best

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Laura Best

@laurbest

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

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Laura Best@laurbest·18 Oca

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: spkl.io/60184wOkG @laurbest @SOBP @Els_Psychiatry

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Laura Best@laurbest·13 Eki

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 ➡️braincanada.ca/news/2022-risi…

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WBHI@womensbrains·18 May

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

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UofT Talks@UofT_Talks·18 May

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 🔬🥼

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·17 May

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: spinco.ca

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·14 May

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

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·5 May

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

Project DROC ©️@JUSTICEwithDROC

Shout out to the beautiful and amazing #ShinaNova and her equally beautiful and amazing mother, as both remind us of #Canada & its continued colonial structures, every single day, especially today #MMIW #MMIWG2S. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏻💔

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Lisa Richardson MD@RicharLisa·5 May

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

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·4 Mar

#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 ➡️bit.ly/3hxVIyg

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·25 Şub

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!

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·12 Şub

@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.

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Cycle Toronto@CycleToronto·6 Oca

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: forms.gle/9CtcWmRAG792hk…

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Youth Cycling Ambassador Program@breakawaysto·7 Oca

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: eventbrite.ca/e/youth-cyclin… If you can't make it, ask us anything here👇or DM us!

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IMS Magazine@IMSMagazine·27 Eki

Dr. Chase McMurren sits down with IMS Magazine to discuss barriers to Indigenous perspective in research and medicine. Written by: @laurbest & @nadiaboach Link: tinyurl.com/y7sum9jm

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·19 Eki

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: gratefullcompany.com/post/petting-o…

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·20 Eyl

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. gogophotocontest.com/petpix

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·22 Ağu

#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 ⬇️👏👏

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·5 Eyl

#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 gogophotocontest.com/petpix

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BrainSuite@brain_suite·6 Ağu

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 ➡️ womensbrainhealth.org/event/engaging…

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Kent State Brain Health Research Institute@KSUBrainHealth·28 Haz

"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

Society for Neuroscience Events@SfN_Events

On June 29, join @NeuronlineSfN for “Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Maintaining the Movement”, a follow-up to last year’s Black Lives Matter event, “Why This Moment Matters.” Neuroscientists of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend: bit.ly/3iROjM6 #BLMandNeuro

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