Felicity Simpson
@felicitysimps0n
Healthy ageing PhD @Uni_Newcastle Functional Neuroimaging Lab. Nutrition, metabolic health & cognition.
Okay I’m really finishing up here… I mean it this time!!
Also I have finally joined bsky.app/profile/felici… See ya on the flip side
🧠 Publications from ACNS Members 1️⃣ Chopra et al. released a transdiagnostic psychiatric + neuroimaging dataset (~240 participants) 📄 nature.com/articles/s4159… 2️⃣ Peluso et al. show that naturalistic faces guide attention fast & accurately psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-…
Brain energy = cognitive health? 🧠⚡ Dr. Sharna Jamadar's research reveals metabolic connectivity—how brain regions coordinate energy use—could be a game-changer for predicting cognitive decline. loom.ly/oHJ9ZLg @SharnaJamadar #ohbm2025 #brainbites
A new study by Giorgio et al. (2025) shows women—especially APOE ε4 homozygotes—accumulate more tau for the same amyloid-β compared to men. Key take-home message- sex and genetics both shape Alzheimer’s disease progression. nature.com/articles/s4146…
Some inspiring words to close OHBM, reflecting on the beauty of the multidisciplinary community. Like Brooke Sutton’s vivid artwork— dynamic & seemingly random—we too may look chaotic, but we self-organise. Such is the magic of collaboration Art: Brooke Sutton, Kalkadoon woman
Epic final keynote to finish off #OHBM2025 @SharnaJamadar
Looking forward to hearing about the Indigenous brain health research project Deadly Images at OHBM this year!! @DrGuyCameron @JennRumbel
📣 Check out our latest blogpost to see what to expect from the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee at the 2025 @OHBM Annual Meeting ⬇️ ohbm-com.com/blog/dic-activ… We can’t wait! 🧠🇦🇺
Congratulations to ISNPR member @felicitysimp0n for winning the ISNPR Outstanding Publication for round 2, 2024!!
🚨 New study by @MugeAkinci: we found that increasing physical activity over 4 years in midlife & new adherence to the @WHO guidelines was linked to lower amyloid burden. Sustained sedentarism was linked to cortical thinning.🏃🏾♀️🧠 #Alzheimer #BrainHealth alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…
The first paper from my PhD has been published! Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
🚀 Join us for a 2-day #ISBNPA2025 satellite workshop on “Scaling Up & Sustaining Health Innovations,” June 4–5 in Newcastle, NSW! Led by experts in implementation science, this hands-on event will explore real-world scale-up & sustainability strategies 🔗 loom.ly/9wTy6Do
Speaking of thesis writing inspo @DrEmmaBeckett you are such a bloody inspiration! Very cool talk!
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…
Covering some of my favourite research food topics today! Thanks for the visit to Newy @karencharlton12 @ProfCCollins
What happened? Both omega-3 and omega-6 supplementation lowered systemic inflammatory markers: 🐟 Omega-3 reduced TNF (−24.9%), RANTES (−12.1%), and MIP-1β (−12.5%) 🌻 Omega-6 reduced TNF (−18.8%), RANTES (−7.37%), MCP-1 (−7.81%), and MIP-1β (−14.2%)
want to build a conscious thing? the beautiful loop now has a formal model! we call it hyper-modelling thanks Karl here’s the breakthrough (eli5) 👇