Very happy with this publication by Ria Hoekstra and with Denny Borsboom: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… We ask a simple question: is observing differences in individual network structures evidence for heterogeneity? Answer is "no" at surprisingly reasonable sample sizes. (1)

New paper 1/7 Main result: Preterm infants who receive high versus low exposure to breast milk during NICU have a cerebral cortical structure that more closely resembles the cortical morphology of term infants. doi.org/10.1002/ana.26…

A study revealed that the foetuses of women working in fields in the Gambia showed concerning rises in heart rates and reductions in the blood flow to the placenta as conditions became hotter.  theguardian.com/environment/20…

nature.com/articles/d4158… Pertinent points. Even with free care access in the UK, the disparities in maternal outcomes and mortality still exist. Time is of the essence. Black women told me they doubt momentum from MBRRACE report and 5xMore campaign will deliver fast enough.

First paper w/ Alyssa A. Tipler 👩🏾‍🔬 and Dr. Helen Jones is officially up for your viewing pleasure!! Check out our short and sweet review of pathological placental structure and function in the development of congenital heart defects: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gMi2Wcm3DjXH

The long awaited🔥2023 LANCET BREASTFEEDING SERIES initial launch will take place in London February 8th (streamed drive), followed by launches across world regions! 🌏🚀 Yale School of Public Health Office of Public Health Practice at YSPH is proud to be a 🔑 contributor to this crucial 🤱Series.

"This perinatal period is sensitive to traditional risk factors (such as alcohol and tobacco), but also to socioeconomic and political determinants of health. This issue of The Lancet Public Health sheds light on some of these public health issues." thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Aaaand that's a wrap...! I wore the gown 😍 So grateful to graduate with a #PhD from King's College London and for the friends made along the way! Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences #ForeverKings

Our work on human fetal brain haemorrhage and SARS-CoV-2 is out in Brain! We show that cortical haemorrhages in the fetal brain are associated with the presence of SARS-CoV-2, reduced blood vessel integrity and increased immune cell infiltration academic.oup.com/brain/advance-… 1/3

🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc! 🚨 This post will be focused on building computational models of pathological worry, and you’ll be able to develop skills in computational psychiatry and neuroimaging 🧠 ✉️Feel free to get in touch with any questions! jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/0609…

We are SO excited to share our NeuroImage paper about ModelArray! ModelArray is an R package for statistical analysis of fixel-wise data (and beyond!) 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.neur… 1/n

👋 What does the public think perinatal mental health research should focus on? Please share 🫡

My first-ever paper, "Real-time fetal brain tracking for functional fetal MRI" has officially been accepted for publication by Magn Res Medicine! 🥳 Wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of this wonderful team Jordina Aviles Verdera Raphaël Tomi-Tricot Jana Hutter and many others!

New study - Long-term aspartame and saccharin intakes assoc with obesity in 20 year CARDIA study. If 3000 people. I wonder when guidelines will change and govt stop promoting them? nature.com/articles/s4136…

'More than 30,000 women who are pregnant or have newly given birth are on waiting lists for mental health support, according to NHS England data analysed by Labour, with the party saying many of them were being left to “suffer in silence”' Peter Walker theguardian.com/society/2023/s…

We are recruiting parents/parents-to-be for a co-produced survey on perinatal mental health. If interested, you will have to email me for a survey link (as our public link was very quickly attacked by bots). Please help disseminate this within your networks.

📃🔔Becoming a well rounded scientist is not easy, especially when ultimately aiming to translate evidence into public policies. We explored how DOHaD scientists could create and/or support such career trajectories. Led by Elizabeth O'Leary and Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social bit.ly/48NXV1T

Very exciting years ahead of us. The emphasis on formulating such holistic approach to study neurodevelopment following COVID exposure in pregnancy will be a real asset to the field. 🧠🤰

Come work with us! We are recruiting a neuroimaging and data analysis postdoc for our new Gen2020 project. We will explore the effects of early exposure to COVID-19 on brain development using neonatal and paediatric MRI (including at 7T!), dMRI, fMRI, ... kcl.ac.uk/jobs/078525-re…

In vivo tractography of human neonatal white-matter pathways underlying hypothalamic and reward functions to study predispositions ... biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_neursci