Mitchell R Spezzaferri, PhD

Join us on September 15, 2025 for a CE-accredited webinar titled “Leveraging Digital Technologies to Improve Neuropsychological Evaluations,” presented by Dr. Shifali Singh of Harvard Medical School. nanonline.org/Shared_Content…

🚨 Our new ANST Pediatric Focus Group Newsletter is out! 🎉 Check it out below! Plus—don’t miss our 2 upcoming events: 🗓️ Preparing for Internship: Tips & Tricks for your Application and Interview 🗓️ Journal Club Hope to see you all there! 😀

Vibes > Pumpkin Spice

Applying to doctoral programs in clinical psychology (w/ an interest in neuropsychology) this cycle? APPLY NOW to take part in @Div40ANST, @SCN_WIN, & @AsianNeuropsych’s initiative, Linking with Liaisons: Strengthen Your Graduate School Application! forms.gle/MzCCFafukY5uw5…

@IversonNathan Heading up north to Tahoe

@mspezz Where to??

Me, on vacation, in less than 4 days

@FelipeGorini @IUBloomington @iu_kinesiology @iu_hiplab Woohoo! Congrats @FelipeGorini!!!

Happy to announce that after 4 great years, I have successfully defended my dissertation and earned my PhD from @IUBloomington . @iu_kinesiology Completed with a one of a kind hooding ceremony at -40 degrees. Thank you for everything! @iu_hiplab

New @NavNeuro episode! Dr. Mark Barisa (@BarisaMark) dives into the business side of neuropsychology—covering crucial topics like billing, budgeting, hospital pay structures, and strategic planning. Don’t miss this insightful conversation! buff.ly/RkueyLT

We should bring this back for '28

Mondays are for experimenting with visualizing a single subject Human Connectome Project dataset of the full brain fiber bundles 🤩🧠

Join us next week #INS2025inBrisbane for the student programming events! A special student panel on Dementia Prevention!! 🗓️July 4th ⏰ 2pm - 3 pm 📍Boulevard 1 Student & Early Career networking, student lunch workshops and more ! @INSneuro @ASSBI1 Checkit out ⏬

Sleep deprivation impairs your brain's waste clearance system. 🧠 ↓ glymphatic drainage 🧪 ↑ beta-amyloid accumulation Exercise helps reverse this by boosting brain blood flow and glymphatic function.

Dads are spending 3-4x as much time with their kids as their dads did with them. When father figures are engaged, kids show better cognitive development, boys have fewer behavioral problems, and girls have fewer emotional problems. Every child deserves strong parental bonds.

@dseshadri_ Thanks, Deepak!

@mspezz Congrats!!

My first year at UCI done and dusted! So thankful for every moment and every student, including this thoughtful class of Bio Psychology students this spring. Looking forward to carrying this momentum into the next academic year. See you all in the fall! Zot! Zot! Zot!

@IversonNathan Thanks 🙏

@mspezz Congrats!

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@JohnHolbein1 They may also consider recruiting and hiring faculty with experience outside of academia

If PhD programs are, truly, going to prepare students for non-academic jobs, they should, at minimum, stop sending signals—overtly or covertly—that non-academic jobs are inferior.