Neurologist | Data Scientist 🧭 🎓 ⚽ is life!

New York, USA
Joined December 2009
I don't think Twitter works for this anymore, but I had luck with it just <1 year ago, so let's try again! I am recruiting multiple postdoc positions in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Epidemiology, and Translational Neuroscience! Plz RT! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09486
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Our new paper in the Headache journal! First results from the MIND cohort.
Open Access: Can smartphones help clarify #migraine “brain fog”? 📱🧠 177 adults completed daily cognitive & symptom assessments for 30 days, demonstrating feasibility of tracking real-world cognitive changes across migraine cycle. @edgeofepi @AE_MD Read: headachejournal.onlinelibrar…
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Autopsy findings in Alzheimer's disease clinical trial participants demonstrate a high frequency of off-target coexisting pathologic features. E. Pinar Coskun et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2026… #AlzheimersDisease #ClinicalTrials #Neuropathology #MixedPathology #Dementia #TDP43
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Speed of automation is in inverse proportion to the entropy of the subject domain. Math and coding are structured and orderly, which is why AI is able to do them so well. In order of difficulty: The hard sciences are next. They may be governed by strict physical laws, but are complicated by dependence on noisy measurements and laboratory experimentation. Financial markets are more difficult still. They are complex adaptive systems subject to human psychology. While (past) data is abundant, the underlying statistics are non-stationary and highly variable. Clinical diagnostics and decision-making in medicine are far more difficult than most people realize. It's very high-stakes, it requires synthesizing very fragmented signals, and dealing with idiosyncratic human behavior and biology - it's a nightmare of incomplete information. The law, jurisprudence, and legal interpretation operate on structured text and precedent (most of the time), but rely heavily on ambiguous language, evolving societal norms, persuasive rhetoric, and human judgement. They won't be automatic anytime soon. Culture, art, and strategic leadership are an odd mix, but I think all of them are quite safe from automation. They are the pinnacle of disorder and human creativity. They rely on tacit knowledge, intuitive perceptions of the world, emotional intelligence, understanding of cultural consensus, and navigating complex moral trade-offs. So rejoice - we'll have artists, lawyers, doctors, and CEOs for a long time yet!
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Our new paper out in the Headache journal 📄📄
How much #sleep is linked w #migraine burden? 💤 In 6,267 adults, both short (≤6 h) & long (≥10 h) sleep were associated w more #headache days & greater disability vs 7–9 h of sleep Stress explained part of the association @FrancoisCadiou @AE_MD 📖: headachejournal.onlinelibrar…
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In 1980, 21% of NIH-funded principal investigators were under age 35. By 2015, this proportion was 3%. The dramatic ageing of independent scientists is bad because old people are simply worse at science than young people. Latest meta-scientific deep-dive from me 🧵 ⬇️
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Hiring postdocs @EPFL: please reach out and/or apply to the AI Center fellowship epfl.ch/research/funding/epf…. My #NeuroAI group is excited about testing and building models of brain and behavior, from sensory through language to cognition, and from healthy to dysfunction (treatment)!
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📢My lab at NYU currently has two open post-doc positions. We are interested in understanding perception, thinking, and hallucinations. We employ a range of cutting-edge techniques in human neuroscience (eg, 7T fMRI, MEG, iEEG/DES) and computational approaches (eg, DNN modeling)
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So the @NIH has announced a plan to consolidate K funding mechanisms in 2027. I'm going to assume this has been done with good intentions here, but there are key concerns that I feel need to be addressed... 1/6 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/…
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Just heard about Next major change for NIH Grant reviews ~ Each reviewer will provide one of two emojis: 👍 Or 😬 Good luck to us all…
Important changes coming to how @NIH reports scores on reviewed grants - while individual reviewers will still provide an overall impact score, the investigators will only receive information on which of three broader categories their grant falls under: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/…
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This is absolutely dumb and ridiculous. The K99/R00 Pathways to Independence award is a major mechanism to retain the very best international trainees in biomedical research in US institutes. As a reviewer of this award I know the awardees are absolute stars in each of their subfields. We are talking about the most creative and most productive people here. Now they are closing the door on these young stars who are already highly sought after by other countries. It's saddening and disappointing to watch the "land of opportunity" getting diminished like this step-by-step.
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A faculty member cut her research effort in half over three years. No one told her to. The comp plan did it for her. RVU-only compensation has destroyed more research capacity at academic medical centers than any funding cut.
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🚨🇹🇳 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | After the 5-1 loss to Sweden, Sabri Lamouchi has been SACKED by Tunisia, reports @Romain_Molina! 👋❌ It's the FIRST managerial sacking of the 2026 World Cup. 😳
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Can someone start a journal called “Cell Atlases” so that the rest of the journals can go back to publishing interesting things?
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Physician-scientist pipeline is a retention problem, not a recruitment problem. We lose people in years 5–6 when revisions stack and RVUs absorb protected time. This month's JCI editorial names the connective tissue departments don't fund. doi.org/10.1172/JCI206886
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Our new paper is out!
#Triptans or #gepants for #migraine? Insights from the HeAD–US study: ⚡ Similar 2-hour relief ⏳ Gepants → better 24-hour relief 🧠 Short-term ≈ similar 📈 Sustained relief may differ Manuscript link: headachejournal.onlinelibrar… @edgeofepi @FrancoisCadiou @AE_MD et al
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Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund. Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars). Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science. To what end?
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Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇 For @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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"The term [provider] should not be used to describe physicians, nor should physicians use it to describe themselves, their team members, or their trainees." acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/… @AnnalsofIM @ACPIMPhysicians
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The new @NIH SciENcv Biosketch pissed me off so much today (lost 4 hours of my life) that I built a quick NIH Biosketch format converter. It lets you format each section while seeing both the preview and the HTML code at the same time. It restored my sanity, a little. Enjoy.
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