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Bryna Goeckner

@brynagoeckner.bsky.social

PhD candidate researching sport-related concussion in female athletes. All opinions are my own.

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2025 New Media Course: Final Projects View the content created by the 2025 cohort, and then vote for your favorite in our poll at the end! Siham Boumhaouad [IMAGE] This awareness poster is designed for pharmacies and clinics to educate…

I'm pivoting to advocacy/policy work as I finish my PhD and thanks to the @scopepolicy.bsky.social New Media Course, I worked outside my comfort zone and learned a lot (including how to improve next time).

Final projects are here: bit.ly/41k5rQ3

#sciencecommunication #sciencepolicy #scopepolicy

08.08.2025 18:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Early career scientists - please take these surveys!

28.05.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Pregnancy Reshapes the Brain - Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta - Podcast on CNN Audio What actually happens in the brain during pregnancy? Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Laura Pritschet joins Dr. Sanjay Gupta to unpack the hormonal shifts and brain changes that support new parenthood and...

@laurapritschet.bsky.social dropping knowledge on the maternal brain with Sanjay Gupta - a must listen! 🤩

www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

16.05.2025 20:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sex still matters for the brain and mental health across the lifespan - Biology of Sex Differences

For Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day, this editorial highlights two areas of neuroscience research: hormonal contraceptives & Alzheimer’s disease. We’ve made progress but more is needed to create individualized treatments for all! Keep funding science! bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

14.05.2025 18:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Want to play a key role in super important research?

13.05.2025 21:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for sharing this. We often keep that side hidden and shouldn't. Sending restful and recharging thoughts your way. You are not alone!

22.03.2025 13:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Sex differences research is important!

Sex Differences Research Saves Lives! #OSSD #BoSD #SBN #SWHR #science please share rdcu.be/ecZXa

13.03.2025 14:55 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Just part of the crowd at Stand Up for Science in Madison, WI today

08.03.2025 00:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Support Wisconsin Women's Network | The Big Share 2025 I’m ready to support Wisconsin Women's Network on March 3, 2025 during The Big Share 2025. Learn more about Wisconsin Women's Network and all the other organizations participating in The Big Share...

I'm planning to share more details soon about the amazing Wisconsin Women's Network Policy Institute that I'm involved in, but wanted to promote their fundraiser today. Bonus - donate during 12-1pm & they have the chance to get an extra $1000! www.thebigshare.org/organization...

04.03.2025 14:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Factors Associated With Return to Activity After Concussion Among Female Service Academy Members: Findings From the NCAA–DoD CARE Consortium ABSTRACTIntroduction. Service academy members are at high risk for concussions as a result of participation in both sports and military-specific training a

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Our latest work led by Dr. Jain examining factors associated with return to activity following concussion in female Service Academy members

Big thank you to the NCAA–DoD CARE Consortium Team on this!

@jaclyn-caccese.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/milmed/advan...

10.12.2024 19:06 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Anyone not convinced that brain-related research needs to be analyzed to allow for potential sex differences? Personalized neurological care depends on it!

10.12.2024 23:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Definitely recommend the series for anyone interested in women's brain health research (and who isn't?)!

03.12.2024 01:54 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research New results suggest the disease progresses differently in women, but we need more basic science to unpack the mechanisms involved.

For anyone interested, I wrote this piece recently:

www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

#Alzheimers #womensbrainhealth

17.11.2024 02:25 — 👍 310    🔁 66    💬 23    📌 9
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Progesterone and Estradiol Levels Associated with... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise examined relationships of hormone levels with clinical measures and recovery after concussion in CARE Consortium female athletes and cadets. Introduction: Female athletes are underrepresented in conc...

Interested in hormones & concussion in women? The Meier Lab at Medical College of Wisconsin & the CARE Consortium found participants with concussion had elevated progesterone across timepoints (including pre-injruy baseline) and estradiol changes after concussion. bit.ly/FemaleConcussionHormones.

13.11.2024 22:29 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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