Application Deadline Extended: January 23, 2026, at 11:59 PM nymc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc

Pneumococcal disease is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis from 1 month of life on, and peaks from December to March each year! Critical takeaways from Dr. Jennifer Mcquire @childneurosoc.bsky.social on how to treat or—ideally—prevent them: www.childneurologysociety.org/media-librar...

CNS launched a new short-form video series on vaccine-preventable neurologic complications in children. This video features Jennifer McGuire, MD, MSCE, on neurologic complications of pneumococcal disease in children and the importance of prevention. Watch: https://ow.ly/r5cj50XVRHw

All of my love to short people and disabled people who can’t do it, but I love reaching things on a high shelf. (I promise I will do this for you at your house if I am ever over.) It excites the same deep rooted primate fruit-picking part of my brain that feels happy when I catch falling objects

With US measles circulating for a year now, hitting levels unseen this century / millennia, here are critical child neurology takeaways from the @childneurosoc.bsky.social on measles, SSPE, and how to treat / prevent them from Dr. Celia Greenlaw: www.childneurologysociety.org/media-librar...

"NYS Dept of Health & NYC Health Dept reject all recent and unilateral changes to the CDC immunization schedule." This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.

Read this study from Belgium that explores the genetic landscape of cerebral palsy following perinatal cerebrovascular events Read more - buff.ly/P4fx2uA

There's still time to apply for our early career funding opportunities! Applications are due January 22, 2026 by 5:00 PM ET. Browse open funding opportunities here: buff.ly/fiYME5f #epilepsy

📢 Calling UK mental health professionals working with neurodivergent young adults 📢 Please take part in our research on depression in neurodivergent young adults! It involves 1 individual interview and 2 focus groups (all online, £25/hour). Sign-up link: shorturl.at/r3HlO Reposts appreciated 🙏

Newly released: The AES Behavioral Health Toolkit for Clinicians — a curated set of screening tools to help you integrate behavioral health screening into #epilepsy care. aesnet.org/clinical-car...

Reminder: Free webinar tomorrow with an amazing panel of experts to discuss challenging cases in pediatric brain death determination. Register: bit.ly/PNCC_DNC_Challenges For > 60hrs of #MedEd recordings on pediatric NCC topics: vimeo.com/channels/pncc #emimcc #medsky #PedsICU #NeuroPICU

A functioning society bands together to take care of its children.

🧠🩺 Early treatment can change lives—but inequities still delay care for infants with epileptic spasms. At #AES2025, Drs. Christina Briscoe & Emily Spelbrink unpacked system-level barriers and paths toward equity Read more 👇 www.neurologylive.com/view/neurovo... #Epilepsy #Neurology #PedsNeuro

As flu surges to levels unseen this century / millennia, here are critical child neurology takeaways from the @childneurosoc.bsky.social on influenza, acute necrotizing encephalopathy, and how to treat—or prevent—them from Dr. Molly Wilson-Murphy: www.childneurologysociety.org/media-librar...

Fantastic NYUGSoM Child Neurology Grand Rounds today by @aanmember.bsky.social Matthew P. Kirschen, MD, PhD, FAAN, FNCS from CHOP on personalized neuroresuscitation after pediatric cardiac arrest—using tools ranging from qEEG to pupillometry!

Strongly recommend the Asus Zenbook Duo and its form-factor for any apartment-dwelling epileptologist… Looking forward to this: gizmodo.com/asus-latest-...

If you want to know what *real* experts truly think about the childhood vaccination schedule, ask knowledgeable pediatricians with experience inpatient and outpatient what they have chosen to do for their own children…

Sad but understandable; the nonprofit Corporation for Public Broadcasting—created by Congress in 1968 to oversee federal investment in TV and radio for the public good—has formally voted to shut down. It was defunded. @pbs.org does great things for kids: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids

Join us on Friday, Jan 9th 1-2pm CST for the next pediatric NCC webinar! A case-based expert panel discussion on challenging cases in brain death determination 🧠 Registration link: bit.ly/PNCC_DNC_Cha... Date: Jan 9th, 1-2pm CST Previous sessions: vimeo.com/channels/pncc #emimcc #medsky #FOAMed

I teach in my class how urban living is less emissions-heavy and students seem surprised at first but when you ask them to guess why they get it pretty quick. Smaller individual spaces & more shared resources, including public transit, are good for community & climate.

🚨 The Call for Proposals is OPEN! 🚨 Help shape the program for the 55th CNS Annual Meeting by submitting your proposal. Submit here: https://ow.ly/1fWs50XR5wj

A lot of folks in the US don’t (and some straight up can’t) eat wheat flour…

Currently reading Popcorn Disabilities by @kristenklopez.bsky.social; it is a great narrative mix of film, culture, and medicine, easy to read between other responsibilities one chapter at a time. 10/10, would recommend! bookshop.org/p/books/popc...

My daughter made me a second little brain person for my office:

A New Year’s resolution to have more SMART goals is not a SMART goal…

Wicked on Broadway!

Bowling!

The New York State Neurological Society Neurology Residency Second Look Scholars Program assists medical students “connected to NY” with financial need for second look visits to (adult or) pediatric neurology residency programs for the 2026 Match: nymc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As we continue to grow and evolve as a field, what are the essential components of @childneurosoc.bsky.social training? 👇🧠👇 dx.doi.org/10.1002/cns3...

Creating sensory-friendly spaces to help children and adults with disintegrative or processing difficulties cope in times of stress is a kind thing to do: www.brainandlife.org/articles/cre...

Ingrid Michaelson’s Holiday Hop on a Friday!

Holiday travel success!

Turkey Trot followed by the Wicked sequel on a Saturday!

My hometown got free buses before NYC and it’s been a big success! Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Times Square on a Sunday with Rob Lake Magic & The Muppets!

The FTD Disorders Registry and @theaftd.bsky.social are presenting data on the FTD diagnostic experience and impact on families at the @geronsociety.bsky.social Annual Scientific Meeting this week. If you are attending, please come visit us at Booth #201. #GSA2025

Because by definition all living organisms are equally “evolved,” fun new facts about the sea urchin! 👇🧠👇 gizmodo.com/sea-urchins-...

AI summaries for rare neurological diseases also often have subtly but significantly wrong information…

If you haven’t already, make your voice heard and exercise some democracy by voting!

For Loki, Halloween was an exhausting emotional rollercoaster of people, costumes, and food.

Mixing and matching our pop culture references…

🎃 Halloween meets sleep science💤: Our ECSM team's “Polysomnography Pumpkin” brought sleep science to the spooky season - earning second place at Oxford’s Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building Games! Brains, electrodes, and a few spiders included.🧠

Delicious graveyard…

Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social (It’s also our kid’s birthday)

I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet. Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times. Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀 #PublicHealth

Ruishan Lin takes top honors at #JSM2025 for EEG change-point research; Kimberly Greco earns honorable mention for AI in rare disease detection! #JSM2025 ##Statsky #DataScience magazine.amstat.org/...#JSM2025#JSM2025

Don’t forget to vote @nycvotes.bsky.social!

I think I play differently in person and on the internet

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