Viktoriya Babenko

Thank you @washingtonpost & @meeri_kim for your article discussing our recent research findings! I am overwhelmingly grateful to be a part of research that sheds light on a massively understudied topic (the lives of everyone who menstruates; ~50% of the human population).

Participants in a study of 139 first-time mothers showed lower cortical volume before childbirth that attenuated during the postpartum, with a distinct recovery rate as a function of the brain network and birth type, according to a paper in @NatureNeuro. go.nature.com/3vrDBnC

Thrilled to hear @FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden talk about the new Women's Health Initiative! Thanks @mariashriver for inviting @ucimind to be part of this! "Women deserve better - today!"

Biggest takeaway: 💸WE NEED FUNDING FOR BASIC RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH!! 💸 The psychobiological pathways through which women's hormones and HC use impact their stress reactivity & risk of inflammation-related disorders remain understudied (see nature.com/immersive/d415…)

It's a shame we just missed #TransAwarenessWeek last week, but our review of cerebrovascular transgender research is now published! Super important area that deserves more attention @CUBRICcardiff #LGBTQ frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

DYK that #menopause typically lasts for 1/3 to 1/2 of a woman's life? So why don't we know more about it?! 🤯 We published a 3-part blog series to answer some burning questions & here are the main takeaways! Full blogs and more resources & content here: womenshealthresearch.ubc.ca/news/world-men…

Happy to share our newest publication in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (FIN) 🎉 We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between OCs and symptoms of metal disorders 🧠💊 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding” 👇🏼👇🏼 nature.com/articles/s4157…

Thank you @BIOPACSystems for the shoutout of our recent preprint observing structural changes in the 🧠 with the ebb & flow of sex hormones across the menstrual cycle! w/ collaborators @ej_rise, @neilmdundon, & @emilyjacobs 👏 #WomensHealth

This @washingtonpost article also discusses the fantastic work done by @RachelGZsido et al., and features excellent comments from Drs. Adriene Beltz & @ErikaComasco 👏 #WomensHealth

And thank you to my amazing collaborators: my co-first author @ej_rise, and authors @neilmdundon, Renee Beverly-Aylwin, Alexandra Stump, Margot Hayes, Luna Herschenfeld-Catalan, @emilyjacobs, & Scott Grafton! Pre-print of our study is available at: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thank you @washingtonpost & @meeri_kim for your article discussing our recent research findings! I am overwhelmingly grateful to be a part of research that sheds light on a massively understudied topic (the lives of everyone who menstruates; ~50% of the human population).

Thank you @washingtonpost + @meeri_kim for highlighting our recent preprint (w/@VikBabenko and @neilmdundon) and fabulous menstrual cycle work by @RachelGZsido et al! With excellent quotes from Drs. Adriene Beltz, @ErikaComasco, and @emilyjacobs 🔥

Women’s health is understudied and underfunded (Nature 2023) and these are not new problems. The male body has been treated as the standard in science for centuries – dating back to antiquity, when women were described as unknowable.

Join us on November 30 at 1:30 PM EDT for a special meeting of the NIH Sex and Gender in Health and Disease Scientific Interest Group. Three speakers will highlight progress and discuss challenges across three important domains of #SABV. Register now: bit.ly/3SqNMCo

🆕Today, @POTUS established a @WhiteHouse Initiative on Women's Health Research, within the Office of the @FLOTUS. This initiative aims to advance #WomensHealth research in the United States. For more information find the official press release here: bit.ly/3QYQ7U9.

@Adosenada Thank you for the shoutout @Adosenada ! ☺️

Estaba intentando encontrar el artículo completo de las alteraciones cerebrales que experimentan las personas menstruantes, se los comparto, son 70 páginas que por fin logran describir un poco la realidad que vivimos quienes menstruamos, biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

So much controversy around the health effects of female birth control. Tomorrow’s Huberman Lab podcast dives into all of that: pros, cons, according to type, timing, personal goals, age, sexual activity & more w/expert OB/GYN guest. Women & Men should all know this info IMO.

Hey #BlackInNeuro fam! 👋🏾 are you going to SfN?? 🧠 Here are 3 things to do‼️👇🏾 1) Let us know if you’re presenting so we can stop by & support you! 📊 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 2) Invite folks to our “How I Survived Grad School” session 👩🏾‍🔬🧑🏾‍🎓 on Sunday Nov. 12th from 12pm-2pm

In DC for #SFN23! Come by for new 7T data exploring a motor circuit that may be preserved in Parkinson's Disease 🧠 Will be at TPDA session poster EE23 Sat 6:30-8:30 halls A-C, and Tues. 8am-12pm PSTR 327.08 halls A-C

Moment-to-moment information on both complex posture and ball location, using @DeepLabCut. @Brain_Products mobile EEG system neural tracking neural consequence of (rare!) moments @BarryGiesbrecht missed a shot. @jordangarrett__ @BrainOnExercise