I work in brain imaging in psychiatry. I had conferences, I keep hearing " MRIs too expensive" absurd! If you have Parkinson's, MS, Alzheimer's, nobody questions MRI cost for clinical use. Many people receive multiple scans. If the MRI reduces average hospital stays 0.5 days, it pays for itself.

I am recruiting a new graduate student for September. Comp neuroscience type approaches, definitely fmri based. Possible specific topics include dense longitudinal scanning in psychosis, or the effects of psilocybin on brain function in depression. Look me up and send me an email if interested.

Paper rejected on revision. Reviewer was complaining that we didn't find the relationship we originally hypothesized, and we should rename/frame the paper based on a subsequent finding. They were obliging us to HARK. Which is exactly what we're not supposed to do. So much for apriori hypotheses.

When I was young and broke, the bank would take money out of my account because I was too poor (ime. Student loads came out at a random time and my account went negative) Now I have money and that means I get some extra free money every year. This seems backwards somehow.

Sometimes, I think research is the process of removing, for example, 121 characters of 23 words from some text of it fits some size limit, while still retaining its meaning. Superfluous words, I CAST THEE OUT! EDIT: Research is the process of editing text to fit size limits, but retaining meaning.

Omg this. Please. Less ABB.

Just reviewed a paper on psilocybin, I think was AI generated. I can't believe the editor sent out. Methods very brief and point form, used several non clinical samples but not clear what they were actually used for, results was 4 tables of "statistics" and virtually zero text. Wooooow.

In this month's blog for the H-CARDD newsletter I focused on community - how to build it, and maintain it and accessibility considerations tinyurl.com/BlogJune2025

After many (many) years of work with Dr. Chantal Percival we have open-science published an "edited book" Cognitive Modes Detectable with Task-Based fMRI. Results on a total of 28 tasks are reported. Percival C. M., & Woodward, T. S. (Eds.) (2025). osf.io/preprints/ps...

The Open Science Room has been an exciting space at the OHBM Meeting for many years, but its future is threatened. Please sign this petition to signal your support for preserving a dedicated space for the OSR at future meetings. ohbm.github.io/osr2025/peti...

Over the past few years, one of the biggest obstacles to me performing research has turned out to be lawyers. Even the simplest agreements seem to take a year. We are doing the same thing over and over again, and they continuously insist to reinvent the wheel. It's wild. It's a Mel Brooks movie.

Great news for #OpenScience in Montreal! @BrainCanada is investing in six incredible platforms to drive innovation (t.ly/Aqfbz), including the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (‪@conp-pcno.bsky.social‬)! This funding will accelerate brain research and collaboration. #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

On a lovely vacation in Turks and Caicos. Dog rescue here let's "volunteers" (basically anyone) take puppies for walks! Wish I had pics. Best marketing ever. Take ab adorbs puppy for a walk to the beach! So God darned cute, good for visitors and dogs! They take donations www.potcakeplace.com/info

So important to see work focusing on sex specific differences! Very nice. Good example of what people can do with animal research that could translate into human research. :)

I went late in the morning and there was zero line! I like some places, our elections are well run I meant to be as maximally accessible to everybody. #vote

For people at @sobp UofT Psychiatry, Div Neurosciences and Clinical Translation, is hosting a networking social event for attendees of SOBP to meet our Division faculty members. All welcome! April 25, 2025, 6:30 to 9. University of Toronto Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St, Toronto Main Lounge

Canada can be the global leader in medical research. Being bold isn’t just about seeing an opportunity; it’s about seizing it, by Kevin Smith, @bradwouters.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com @uhnresearch.bsky.social

There is such an opportunity here. I hope the new government can step up and.make space for Canadian researchers to be the leaders in healthcare and medicine we can be.

It's time for Canada to Lead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

It's funny because it's persistently true.

I’m behind on sharing preprints because of …the rise of fascism but we need to celebrate wins. Here is @bonniee-leee.bsky.social ‘s last (but not least) paper of her PhD! On functional connectivity differences in middle-aged females based on parity and genotype! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We’re unveiling a bold new initiative at UHN🍁💯 Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more! www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement tomorrow. Time for Canada to lead

We are recruiting for 5 permanent staff positions (Prof, Senior-, Lecturer) including for 7T-MRI. Please have a look and share widely. (Closing date: May 12) www.nature.com/naturecareer...

I can't respect anybody who complains about "woke". The foundational concept here is the treat other people with respect, and recognize the challenges that other people who are not you face in life. That doesn't seem like a high bar. It's just a cheap target for people with no better ideas.

Kitties!

Just got back from a conference (SIRS), was delightful to see so much interesting science and connect with so many colleagues. Except the person sitting behind me sniffling and coughing on Tuesday. In the middle of the seats, no mask. Because now I just got home, and I'm sick too. Dammit.

We are hiring! We're looking for a Research Office to help out with recruitment & assessment on a large-scale study looking at the relationship between brain imaging measures and psychopathology. Please forward this link to anyone who might be interested: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...

I'm making sure this gets the profiling it needs for the upcoming Canadian Election. The Conservative Party of Canada is using the US-WhiteHouse playbook instead of coming up with a better way to ensure Canadian science shines. www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

It is important that we understand how healthcare continued to evolve for folks with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. Our @jidr-wiley.bsky.social study looked at health services pre-pandemic and then over the first two years of COVID across Ontario. Open Access

Study human brain structure and function with our new open access 7T MRI dataset led by superstar scientist @donnagift.bsky.social ↙️

Our open-source multimodal precision MRI dataset is officially out! 🧲🧠🧲 www.nature.com/articles/s41... osf.io/mhq3f/ @borismontreal.bsky.social @jroyer.bsky.social @themindwanders.bsky.social @jordandekraker.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula... The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵

Updated preprint for those who might be interested: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠

A joint study w/ @icesontario.bsky.social Ontario found #trans and gender diverse (TGD) people hospitalized for psychiatric care were less likely to receive follow-up care. CAMH psychiatrist Dr. June Lam discussed improving the hospital experience for TGD people. ⬇️MORE: camh.ca/en/camh-news...

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity? Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states. Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d A thread 🧵👇 1/n

It seems like it's become very difficult to find any journals that are not open access fees anymore. Except for a few of the higher-end journals. I can't afford to spend $45,000 on publication fees, every year. And all of our papers can go on Bioarxiv.

Here’s my statement as Lead for @whrcluster.bsky.social on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...

Registration for SOBP BrainHack is now open! www.repronim.org/SOBPHack-042...

@diamondn.bsky.social et al. find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related advantage for sequences persists for over a year. @brianlevine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A colleague of mine at #CAMH is looking for a #postdoc to work on unique precision fMRI, social cognition, and digital biomarkers in psychiatric disorders. Don't pass up this opportunity to join our collaborative team (imaging-genetics.camh.ca)!

San Francisco showed up to #StandUpForScience

Very important and potentially revolutionary work to help make health care more accessible and less costly to many patients with psychiatric conditions.

Not entirely bad side effects of current US-Canada relations and recent statement regarding our sovereignty has been a bit of a surge in Canadian national pride. We may be polite, but that should not be mistaken for meek. Canadians are strong proud people, and proud of who we are as a nation.

Looks suuuuuuuper interesting and relevant. I hope I can find the time to read :)

There's no surprises here, but this is the moment where it just gets oh so fucked up... A grant should be treated effectively like a contract, and as long as the research is doing their job that function should be expected to flow. None of us can really work any other way...

🧵 Little late to the party, but really excited for our work integrating idiographic science and cognitive neuroscience to be out in NBBR! Collaboration with @aaronjfisher.bsky.social @kgates.bsky.social @mindimager.bsky.social @olinotom.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106024

A fun and topical little read :)

The BHEAM Lab is growing!! We are seeking a p/t RA with potential to become f/t in Summer 2025! Help us grow the Canadian Brain Health at Midlife & Menopause (BHAMM) study! 🇨🇦 #neurojobs