postdoc/NIDA fellow @bangasser_lab | formerly @trainorlab @umassboston | early life stress + sociability + epigenetics | mental health advocate | she/her 🧬🧠
Philadelphia, PA
Joined November 2017
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excited to present my first *in-person* seminar talk at OSSD next year 😊🥳 – at Springfield, MA
#MeetOurTrainee @avwllms. She is doing postdoc training @Temple_Psych examining how early life stress alters motivation for natural rewards & #epigenetic processes driving this change. #TraineeTuesday #sabv #MoodDisorders #MotivatedBehavior #BlackInNeuro 🧠🧬
Oh hey — the last chapter of my dissertation was just published in @BiologicalPsyc1! ✨
It was a HUGE team effort and I am very proud of the work we did. Really highlights the value of a multidisciplinary approach + considering SABV. Big big thanks to all collaborators!
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getting to celebrate some of the best years of my life (finally)! Yay!!! 🤩 🧠
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I am doing a PD. I have a very supportive mentor and I love the research. But I am acutely aware of the financial cost. It’s hard. Especially for those of us that are first-gen/URM/have additional financial obligations (student loans, child care, family care, health costs). 1/x
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One way to be a disability justice ally right now:
Keep wearing your mask. – at Salt Lake City, UT
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#MeetOurTrainee @avwllms. She is doing postdoc training @Temple_Psych examining how early life stress alters motivation for natural rewards & #epigenetic processes driving this change. #TraineeTuesday #sabv #MoodDisorders #MotivatedBehavior #BlackInNeuro 🧠🧬
when you don’t have wrapping paper but you do have a spare 5 minutes before your lab’s white elephant party, you take planner sheets and make them a bit more festive 😂🎄
happy early holidays from Dr. Alexia and the @Bangasser_Lab 🥳 – at Philadelphia, PA
nerves were for naught, I had such a great time at my first ACNP @ACNPorg! Thanks to all who stopped by my poster and talked science with me 😊 🧬
This was also my first time seeing my motherland of PR! So beautiful. Can’t wait to one day go back and visit family. 🇵🇷 – at San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hey there! I’m a 1st yr PD in the @Bangasser_Lab at Temple. Really excited (+ a bit nervous) to be at my 1st ACNP! I study how early life stress alters motivation for natural v. drug rewards & epigenetic processes underlying this distinction. 🧬 🧠 🍭
@npp_journal @ACNPorg
food and social rewards are just as interesting as drug rewards. 😊🍭
let’s talk reward, NAc, and sex differences! come chat w/me Tuesday 5:30-7:30, poster no. T108 ! – at San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Hey there! I’m a 1st yr PD in the @Bangasser_Lab at Temple. Really excited (+ a bit nervous) to be at my 1st ACNP! I study how early life stress alters motivation for natural v. drug rewards & epigenetic processes underlying this distinction. 🧬 🧠 🍭
@npp_journal @ACNPorg – at San Juan, Puerto Rico
ACNP/NPP gift card giveaway swag will be back this year! If you're an early career investigator attending #ACNP2021 - QT to introduce yourself and your research, tag in @npp_journal and @ACNPorg and we'll include you in a drawing for a gift card on Sunday evening.
✨ Couldn’t recommend Brian’s lab more!!✨
Came out with a great mentor and friend — not to mention a pretty killer skillset and CV 😉
if you’re interested in stress, behavioral neuro, and mood disorders, apply below! also feel free to reach out, happy to answer any Q’s 🧠🙂 – at Philadelphia, PA
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Writing this w/ @Cate_cholamine @JamieLarsH @Bangasser_Lab was a great experience! Fun and I learned a lot from some great minds ✨ 😊
Really proud of how this came out, check it out!
Effects of ELS/ELA on NAc and motivated behavior from human and rodent model perspectives. – at Philadelphia, PA
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I crunched the numbers this week and I don't think I'm going to recover the cost of moving for my postdoc before the end of my postdoc (2-3 yrs).
Mostly tweeting this so grad students who choose to continue in this direction know what's coming
Fellow scientists/trainees with invisible disabilities: how do you deal with accommodations not being taken seriously because your illness is not taken seriously? – at Philadelphia, PA