Bhooma Aravamuthan MD DPhil FAAN
Pediatric movement disorders physician #neurosky and neuroscientist #neuroskyence working to find cures for #dystonia in #cerebralpalsy. She/her. Twin+1 mom. Posts=me, not med advice.
- Excited and proud to report I just received the NoA for an R01 from NINDS investigating cortical targets for treating #dystonia following #preterm birth. Grateful for co-Is Rafael Galindo @washuneurology.bsky.social, @jordacular.bsky.social, and Ream Al-Hasani. Grateful also to my great lab... 1/x
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- Came here to post re: my canceled NIH study section + horrific US govt attacks on science, but also on societal response to this angler fish & how that mirrors often erroneous approaches to animal disease models. Human motivations ≠ animal motivations. If science survives, let's be better. #ethology
- Had a great time giving Neurology Grand Rounds at my residency alma mater @bostonchildrens.bsky.social - I especially enjoyed talking to the residents who told me great GR lectures have practical relevance and talk about a career journey. Great advice ❤️
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- Reposted by Bhooma Aravamuthan MD DPhil FAANMeet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social, @avaskham.bsky.social, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @shaena.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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- #NIH #NINDS paylines are at 8% for fiscal 2025. Tough year is due to increased research costs and federal budget uncertainty for FY 2025. Director's message here. Worth reading. www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
- @washuneurology.bsky.social , Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, PMR, PT, OT, and nursing discussing a new era of collaborative #cerebralpalsy care @washu.bsky.social SLCH
- Fascinating and sobering examples of how our biases are laid bare when screening written work for contributions from generative AI
- Reposted by Bhooma Aravamuthan MD DPhil FAANI have been on Promotion and Tenure Committees for several years now. Here are some things I wish candidates knew. A thread! Complete with ridiculous gifs 😀 PTR committee members, please add to this thread! 1/x

- Reposted by Bhooma Aravamuthan MD DPhil FAANmed.stanford.edu/news/all-new... www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing progress on childhood brain cancer, bringing hope where there was none. That first author is pretty impressive...
- My %FTE this AM - 5% paper revision, 95% reformatting our lab logo to fit the 🦋 banner. 0% success at either #neurosky #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Bhooma Aravamuthan MD DPhil FAANAcademia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.