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Postdoc @UCLA📚 Visiting postdoctoral scholar @Stanford 🧬 Science junkie 🔬 Dog mom 🐾 I study stress, health, & birth control use from an evo perspective

Joined January 2020
Ok I finally got my favorite paper published: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… Here’s why I think it’s cool (a thread): we looked at relationships between facial attractiveness ratings and immune function, using multiple in vitro immune challenge assays
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Excited to see friends in Denver for #spsp2025 🔬📚
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So honored to have been selected to receive the UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research today! 🥰
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We are especially recruiting ER residents with anxiety 👀
We are recruiting healthcare workers to participate in our study! Together, we seek a novel therapeutic solution to alleviate anxiety symptoms and burnout in our valuable healthcare workers. Click on the link to learn more/participate! medschool.ucla.edu/announcem…
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PNI twitter: I need to store some DBS samples for a few months for cytokine assays. For logistical reasons, I need a new small/midsize freezer. I could spend $4-6k on a -20/-30 freezer from thermo fisher. Or, I could spend ~$1k on a commercial freezer w/similar specs. Advice?
7%Buy lab grade
18%Buy commercial
7%Neither (need -80)
68%Just see results
28 votes • Final results
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(My impression of DBS storage is that cytokines are relatively stable at least -20, but I haven’t tested it. Does anyone have data/experience of that not being true?)
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Still bubbling with energy from the powerful @NASEM_Health workshop on Essential Health Care Services Related to Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Women Honored to have met so many brilliant advocates for #womenshealth 💪
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So excited to speak at the @NASEM_Health workshop on Essential Health Care Services Related to #Anxiety & #MoodDisorders in Women tomorrow!! There is still time to register for this free hybrid meeting at: ow.ly/jinN50QzorV #WomensHealth
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New paper just dropped in BBI: Results of my dissertation work on inflammatory stress reactivity in hormonal contraceptive (HC) users! 🧵 With @sarahehillphd, @JeffGassen, @GeorgeSlavich, & @UCLAStressLab sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Researchers have known for awhile that women using HCs have elevated inflammation (e.g., CRP) and a blunted cortisol response to stress compared to non-users. Given the anti-inflammatory role of cortisol, I wondered about their inflammatory stress reactivity...
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To my most zen friends, especially those who grew up struggling: was there a journey that allowed you to embrace or enjoy contentment? I always feel the need to struggle/achieve. I have the things I want in life, how do I learn to enjoy them?
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Have you, a PNI/health/social scientist, started doing bio work and then thought to yourself, "hmm, I feel like this could be way more complicated, expensive, and difficult to interpret??" Well then buckle in my multi-omics curious friends, bc I have just the paper for you:
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Joking aside, investigating bio mechanisms using multi-omics approaches has the potential to transform PNI research. No one analyte operates in a vacuum.... we need systems perspectives to answer big & important questions.
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I did a thing this weekend 🥰
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My favorite part of #hbes2023 was the sense of community. Everyone there was so encouraging, and made me feel valued, connected, and supported. Thanks to all that contributed to the good vibes, from the organizers to the presenters to the friendly faces!💕 @HumBehEvoSoc
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The #hbes2023 student mentor lunch is in full swing! Students: come, eat, and be mentored.
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Meet @HKBradshaw, the best professor I know. Can confirm her lectures and slides rock bc I sat in on her class a few weeks ago. Amazing delivery, top tier examples, up to date info, great discussions. 12/10.
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Hi! I’m still looking for mentors to advise @HumBehEvoSoc students (especially on alt-ac career paths). It comes with a free lunch! Please dm me if you’re interested! (Or, students, let me know who you’d like to receive mentorship from!)
Going to @HumBehEvoSoc ? I'm looking for members willing to serve as mentors for the student mentorship lunch! Topics of interest are listed below. If you're interested, DM me your email, and I'll follow up!
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Check out my mentee’s, (@avnimishra1015) very first conference poster! So proud of her work on this @NEEPSoc #neeps2023
This was my first conference and it was really the best experience, I ever had. As a person, I am really scared of public speaking but with the help of my mentor @PsychdOnScience, I did it. Thank you so much, you helped me come a long way. From deciding to discussing
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My amazing mentee @edumentor_kriti gave her first talk at @NEEPSoc this year and KILLED it. So proud 🥰 #NEEPS2023
Had a great time presenting our work @PsychdOnScience on Domestic Violence in India and whether it varies with women’s age at NEEPS this week! @NEEPSoc #NEEPS2023
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Going to @HumBehEvoSoc ? I'm looking for members willing to serve as mentors for the student mentorship lunch! Topics of interest are listed below. If you're interested, DM me your email, and I'll follow up!
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Fig 1 lays out the mechanistic, often bi-directional, pathways through which social-environmental conditions impact bio processes, and eventually, health and behavior (2/9)
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