From tat to shoes, @mayaschumer.bsky.social is blooming in her new postdoc in the Bipolar Research Program at @mcleanhospital.bsky.social 🌹🌹🌹 Here’s to using your platform(s) 👡to make change for researchers w/ lived experience! #ACNP2026 #FashionsOfACNP @acnporg.bsky.social @onemindorg.bsky.social

still talking about this study group - one for the books 📚 🫶🏻

What a powerful conversation about what it’s like to navigate life and a research career with lived experience of mental illness. I’m deeply grateful for the speakers being willing to share their experiences and how we can all be more supportive of our colleagues #ACNP206 @acnporg.bsky.social

Thank you @acnporg.bsky.social and the incredibly impressive panel for the excellent, important session on sex and gender in neuropsychopharmacology research. #acnp2026

@deffinger.bsky.social at Lived Experience Panel @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026: We should be going from consultation to co-production in the integration of lived experience in research 🧠🧪

Important message from Nev Jones to sr people in the field: Don’t treat young emerging researchers w/ lived experience as a checkbox. Asking them for a grant letter solely because of lived experience puts them in a difficult-to-impossible bind due to power dynamics @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026

Ok seriously, if you’re not at the Lived Experience study group, you need to be. What an amazing panel-these researchers with lived experience have incredible insights to share about the benefits of integrating lived experience into research. Maya Schumer:it’s additive, not adversarial #ACNP2026

Stop by our journal table and grab a paper copy of our recent Perspective discussing barriers faced by researchers with lived experience. www.nature.com/articles/s44... Thanks @mayaschumer.bsky.social & colleagues for writing this important article 🤩

If you're attending #ACNP2026 and would like to learn more & discuss this important topic with the authors, come to this study group👇👇 on Tues morning (1/13) at 9 AM! See you there 😄

Our first Deep Dive of 2026 covers a Perspective calling for recognizing & removing barriers faced by researchers with lived experience of mental illness or SUDs who work in our field. By @umarchatterjee.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social & colleagues youtu.be/y5fymczeNFc

A powerful DPN Perspective from @umarchatterjee.bsky.social, @mayaschumer.bsky.social, @deffinger.bsky.social, @viscidula.bsky.social, Noel Vest, Michael Cahill, Brandon Staglin, & @ericjnestler.bsky.social. DPN is grateful for the authors' dedication to writing this!

Researchers with lived experience of mental illness/SUDs bring vital insight to our field, yet remain underrepresented and face barriers to participation & leadership This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A eulogy for my friend Nolan Williams. open.substack.com/pub/thefront...

@acnporg.bsky.social brought @umarchatterjee.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social & me together last year: After finding each other on X-as we are all public/open about our lived experience -we met+discussed the ideas for this Study Group! Looking forward to doing this work together@ #ACNP2026💥🧠❤️

So important to recognize the value and recognize the importance of lived experiences! Thank you to all the panelists for your courage and generosity!

THRILLED to share @acnporg.bsky.social news x2! 1) Our study group “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research” @ericjnestler.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social @viscidula.bsky.social @noelvest.bsky.social @cahill-lab.bsky.social=ACCEPTED! 🤩 #ACNP2026

I recently—for the first time—spoke openly & honestly about my 11+year journey w/ #BipolarDisorder +chronic su!cidality on my friend @UmaRChatterjee podcast @AChatWithUma. Grateful to Uma for creating the opportunity for me to speak truth to stigma. Check out Part 1! (part 2 coming this week!)

If you’ve ever struggled with chronic s#icidality, felt the weight of stigma in academia, or questioned what makes life worth holding onto—this episode is for you. @mayaschumer.bsky.social’s powerful story is one of survival, honesty, & the power of turning pain into purpose. ❤️🙌🏾👏🏾 #BipolarDisorder

In Pt. 1, @mayaschumer.bsky.social shares her full experience across 3 decades: ☯️ Growing up w/ a father with Bipolar 1 ☯️Her own journey from Bipolar 2 → 1 ☯️ Hospitalizations ☯️ Lithium ☯️ Chronic s#icidality ☯️ #MetabolicPsychiatry ☯️ IV k3tam!ne ☯️ TMS ☯️ Redefining “stability” Read full topics below ⬇️

On Ep. 40 of A Chat with Uma, I talk to Dr. @mayaschumer.bsky.social —a psychiatric neuroscientist who studies & lives with #bipolardisorder. Maya earned her PhD in neurosci at Pitt Med & is now a postdoc at @mcleanhospital.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social modeling the dynamic nature of BD. 1/

🧠 WHY IS MY BRAIN TRYING TO K!LL ME?: Living With Bipolar 1 Disorder & Chronic S#icidality with Dr. @mayaschumer.bsky.social (pt. 1) ☯️ Ep. 40 of A Chat with Uma out now! Listen here 👉🏾 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/uma... #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Neuroscience #LivedExperience 1/