Natalie Brito
Developmental Scientist 👶🏽🧠
Associate Professor at Columbia University
PI of @britobabylab.bsky.social
Board Chair - Social Creatures
- Reposted by Natalie BritoIt should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
- 💯- Abolish ICE
- Reposted by Natalie BritoICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old. Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoEvery lie told by this regime, no matter how brazen, shocking, or dehumanizing, makes perfect sense when I think about their claim that immigrants were eating pets in Ohio. It's not about evidence or credibility, it's about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoIf you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoA lot of Second Amendment advocates about to explain that carrying a gun is an executable offense in America if you oppose the Trump administration. Expect deafening silence from the NRA.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoAlex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoIf you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
- To quote one source: “They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.” prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
- Stop voting with the republicans to fund literal kidnappers. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @delauro.house.gov @texasdemocrats.bsky.social Rep. Henry Cuellar
- Reposted by Natalie BritoJust spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe @isdp.org Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee invites all ISDP members to join us for our annual self-reflection meeting this Friday, January 23rd from 1PM-2PM ET. Please join us and share w your colleagues! @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @efcardenas.bsky.social #ISDP #DEI
- 💯 - wish our democratic leaders would grow a backbone and say the same
- Reposted by Natalie Brito(If you don't know, the *BIG* NYC protest against ICE is Friday at 4pm in Union Square, here's the flyer, please come, and let me know if you'd like to meet up. I'll be with a 3-year-old trying to find a spot that's high-energy, high-chanting, relatively-low-noise)
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe president -Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries -Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory -Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership -Is talking about canceling elections
- Reposted by Natalie BritoAn absolute must read from @hebagowayed.bsky.social & @victorerikray.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoBlack folks and immigrants have long lived in a "perogative state" when it comes to law enforcement, and maybe pundits at the largest national outlets should recognize that their past support for punitive policing and immigration enforcement laid the groundwork for the current moment.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoTruly damning investigative reporting in @rollingstone.com on how Danish researchers long favored by RFK.Jr for their studies which cast doubt on vaccines,secured a no bid grant to fund the unethical trial in Guinea Bissau. This read is worth your time. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoCartoon by Adam Zyglis
- Reposted by Natalie BritoWalz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
- Reposted by Natalie Britothese are numbers that would have previous administration heads rolling. yet congress doesn't act because the GOP is all Trump. yet national media continues to treat everything as normal (at best; or carries water for the admin, at worst) because they think it's good content/business.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThis should be a national shutdown
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThis is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThis is unconstitutional lawless terror & intentional child abuse. These thugs should be prosecuted as a gang of child abusers engaged in kidnap & all other related offenses. Unthinkably evil.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoStill can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'
- X’s Grok AI tool is being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children. This is unacceptable. @wyden.senate.gov, @markey.senate.gov, and I are demanding that Apple and Google remove X and Grok from their app stores until Elon Musk addresses these heinous violations.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoI am thrilled to share a new manuscript, out in Scientific Reports: Examining associations among maternal stress, social support, and the infant gut microbiota. In collaboration with @fquerdasi.bsky.social, @drbcallaghan.bsky.social, and @nataliebrito.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoFOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
- For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman @amandagorman.bsky.social
- Reposted by Natalie BritoMamdani: Today is an incredible win for working people. We’re talking about a $1.2 billion commitment to make universal childcare a reality. What today’s commitment shows is that working families will no longer have to choose between the city they love and the family they want to raise.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoIf your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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This guy really said “J to the MWAH” out loud in an inauguration speech. I can’t stop laughing. 😂 - Happy New Year! 🎊
- Reposted by Natalie Brito“NIH is in crisis, grants are being terminated, labs are closing….but they found $1.6 million for an unsolicited proposal to study whether we should delay a vaccine we’ve been safely giving for 40 years, in a country where infants are at high risk of infection” www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
- “If anything we should be investing more money, not less, in science and scientific research” 💯 @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
- Reposted by Natalie BritoA 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Natalie BritoLast week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoWell this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146
- International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) abstract deadline has now been extended to Friday December 12th! Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social
- Join us in Panama City, July 6–9, for ICIS 2026 & our theme "Infancy in Context." We'll explore how infants grow, learn, & thrive within diverse cultural, social, environmental and methodological contexts. ICIS invites you to think broadly & build a more inclusive science of infancy.
- The Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT’NG) will host its Annual Conference on July 10–11 in Panama City, immediately following ICIS 2026—providing a unique opportunity to attend both meetings for a full week of cutting-edge science on early brain development! 👶 🧠 @fitngin.bsky.social
- More info: infantstudies.org/2026-panama-...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoSo there you have it, twin study estimates were greatly inflated, and molecular data sets the record straight. I walk through possible counter-arguments, but ultimately the uncomfortable truth is that genes contribute to traits much less than we always thought.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoYes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoWe are recruiting a lab manager/research assistant to start in early 2026! The successful candidate will conduct awake infant fMRI, meet cute babies, and join a fun team! More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join... Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
- We have not ruled out the possibility that the worm in RFK Jr’s brain wrote these key points
- ICYMI: Yesterday, the CDC updated its vaccine safety page to say that vaccines might cause autism (they don’t) and that the science isn’t settled (it is). For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr. www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoIf women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
- Wonderful time in San Diego! Great science, good food, and fun memories Can’t wait for New Orleans! #ISDP2026 @isdp.org @drbcallaghan.bsky.social @dylanggee.bsky.social @drkoraly.bsky.social @kieran-od.bsky.social @brainsandplanes.bsky.social
- Bravo @drkoraly.bsky.social for a wonderful meeting! I’m gonna miss my afternoon popsicle #ISDP2025 @isdp.org
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThat’s a wrap on my 1st #ISDP experience! So many things to love: excellent interdisciplinary science, single session format, strong trainee inclusion, FRIENDLY & super welcoming community, not to mention THE FUN! Thanks @nataliebrito.bsky.social for the invitation…see you all in New Orleans!
- Love my students - can’t believe two of them are assistant professors 🥰 @denisewerchan.bsky.social @sarahcvogel.bsky.social
- Had the pleasure of organizing a symposium on how the timing of adversity exposure modulates neurodevelopmental outcomes. Such a great line up of speakers 🤩 #ISDP2025 @kieran-od.bsky.social, Lucinda Sisk, Annie Aitken, & @madrelabutd.bsky.social
- @madrelabutd.bsky.social presented her work using a rodent model of resource scarcity to investigate how postpartum adversity alters maternal behavior and mesolimbic dopamine function.
- Annie Aitken presented on the Postpartum Ecological Assessment of Cognitive Health (PEACH) study - leveraging ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and remote wearable technologies to capture real-time psychophysiological changes in postpartum mothers
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View full threadFinally, @kieran-od.bsky.social used distributed lag non-linear models to examine long-term impact of maternal AND paternal depression exposure.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoHow about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
- What an absolute joke 🙄
- FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington. n.pr/4968Bvg
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe thing about being a woman and navigating the world, is that you are never safe from being sexually harassed by strangers even if you are a freaking head of state. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoWe need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
- Reposted by Natalie BritoI'm just happy for my many many friends in NYC that they will have a mayor who loves and understands the city and will try to make it a better place to live. he will surely have wins and losses, exceed expectations and disappoint bitterly. but he loves your weird city so much.
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- BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who shot to stardom and shook up Democratic politics, has won the race for mayor of New York City. Read more: bit.ly/3JCt9RN
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- Reposted by Natalie BritoWhat does it take to make child care free? New Mexico is finding out. The state on Saturday became the first to offer universal, no-cost childcare, for which all families are eligible. trib.al/MmW46bB
- Reposted by Natalie BritoHappy Tuesday after the first Monday in November! For those who are eligible and haven’t yet, please exercise your right to VOTE!!!! 🇺🇸
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe USDA is the fail safe for SNAP. They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown. They’re refusing. Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop. Starvation as a policy choice.
- Canvassing at clubs the weekend before Election Day - NYC please don’t mess this up!
- Please share widely!
- I'm hiring (another) post doc, this time in collaboration with Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social at Columbia! We will be exploring some of the characteristics of human development using deep learning models. Email with questions! iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- I owe my whole career to Judy. As an undergrad in her lab, her enthusiasm for research motivated me to ditch my med school plans & pursue dev psych. She paid me a stipend so I didn’t have to work full-time & could spend more time in the lab. So much gratitude to have learned from the best 💖
- Judy DeLoache passed away yesterday. She was a brilliant scientist and giant in the field of developmental psychology. She will be missed dearly.
- Our department is hiring two positions (2026 and 2027 start dates) - come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/175428
- Reposted by Natalie BritoThe NYPD now responds to hundreds of thousands of mental health calls every year, slowing response times for other emergencies. We can deploy trained public health workers and allow cops to focus on the serious crimes that too often go unresolved.
- Hero. This may be my Halloween costume this year 🦸🏽♀️
- ICE stepped up activities in NYC today and New Yorkers were not having it. (Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)
- Reposted by Natalie BritoFamilies are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November. It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
- Reposted by Natalie Brito“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
- Reposted by Natalie BritoNYC: Aerial view of the #Nokings protest gives an indication of the magnitude of this unstoppable movement in downtown NYC.
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- Reposted by Natalie Brito🎶✨ Songs and stories are part of Hispanic Heritage! They connect generations, preserve culture, and support children’s learning and identity. 💜Try singing or telling stories together at home — it builds language, imagination, and connection!
