Christine B. Sieberg

Somatosensory and prefrontal cortex activity relates to emotional outcomes and hair cortisol concentration in chronic postsurgical pain - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Somatosensory and prefrontal cortex activity relates to emotional outcomes and hair cortisol concentration in chronic postsurgical pain

📢 New paper out in Scientific Reports!
We found links b/t brain activity & emotional outcomes in women with chronic postsurgical pain.
🧠 More SMC activation → more anxiety/depression
🧠 More PFC activation → lower chronic stress (via hair cortisol)
No moderation by pain intensity.

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I saw it Saturday night! Truly outstanding- brilliant acting and a crucial story to tell now.

So proud of my amazing hubby! He is transforming the lives of patients needing kidney transplants and working hard to reduce barriers for Hispanic patients.
❤️

Today, I had the honor of participating in this amazing panel to talk about organ donation, particularly those barriers that affect the Hispanic community. It was a privilege to listen to my co-panelists share their stories about their journeys with organ donation

So proud of my two amazing Masters of Medical Science Students, Emma & Dirichi, for presenting their thesis projects from my NIH R35 grant at the Mass General Brigham Psychiatry Research Symposim this week! 💫 #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM #WomeninMedicine

💯- don’t mess with us Bostonians! #bostonstrong

I love trans mice

Sign of the Day
Stand Up for Science
Philadelphia

Hmm- I can’t get the link to open! Is there an other way to shop for the hat?

Thank you!

Obama knew

Where can I get this hat?!?

Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public In the first month of the new administration responsible for leading the US, the executive branch has issued a flurry of orders, including ones associated with the dismissal or resignation of tens of ...

Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public

firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.

We need to respect children’s #pain. @drcchambers.bsky.social
has a phenomenal initiative in Canada- Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) people can check out for more info.
#itdoesnthavetohurt

This is very important! We don’t want to minimize the pain experience & also want to properly prepare kids (& adults) for things like injections. I am a #chronicpain researcher & a lot of untreated #pain in kids can lead to chronic pain in adults.

I’m thrilled to be presenting at USASP 2025! It’s always an outstanding conference. Register today!
#ChronicPain
#PainResearch
#PainScience

This conference is always a highlight for me! Abstracts due March 3rd! Malaga in October will be amazing.

The abrupt end of USAID-funded clinical trials is profoundly unethical USAID's stop-work order threatens to undo decades of progress in medical research ethics and cause harm to clinical trial participants.

"The abrupt termination of critical USAID-funded clinical trials, with insufficient time to safeguard the welfare of people who are participating, is profoundly unethical and utterly inexcusable"

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Science saves lives! I am a scientist. On a personal level, I have benefited greatly from science for all the reasons cited below.
Science is why I have my 2nd baby #IVF & why my beautiful nephew who is living w/ a horrific disease #Duchenne #DMD has a shot at life.
#whosciencesaves

Money talks

I did have to give birth in May 2020 though so I’m lucky the stress of the pandemic & @hecmagsmd.bsky.social working w/ COVID patients didn’t result in high BP/ adverse outcomes!

My Ob was a bit surprised by the MFM rec given that I didn’t have preeclampsia w/my 1st only a few years earlier. My Ob said that was a better predictor of preeclampsia than age; however the aspirin at age 40 & older was the guideline so I should just take it. I did & all was well.

This is interesting. When I was pregnant with my 2nd since I was going to turn 40 2 weeks prior to my due date, MFM had me follow the “40 yr old” protocol, which was to take baby aspirin daily I think around 27 weeks but I can’t exactly recall when it was started.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my hubby Héctor @hecmagsmd.bsky.social!
Thank you for standing by my side through every challenge, celebrating my successes, & making me feel like I can conquer anything. I love you & the life we have created. ❤️

#Valentinesday #heforshe

I dug a grave and buried my Imposter Syndrome.

The tombstone reads:

Here lies a bunch of
patriarchal nonsense
designed to make me
think I can't.
I did.

Honestly, I will not hold back anymore. No regrets.

America RISE UP!!!!!!!!!
They work for US we don't work for them... #UnitedWeStand
#BuildTheResistance #Resist IT'S TIME!!!!

I truly can’t believe this is the country I’m living in. I feel like I am in an alternate universe. I am a proud woman in STEM & #science. I have endured misogyny & sacrificed a lot to be where I am & won’t be stopped.
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience

External studies have shown:

-NIH funding directly or indirectly supported the development of ALL new treatments that were FDA approved between 2010-2020

-the return on NIH investment is estimated at 25-40% annually given the improvement in productivity from a healthier workforce

Facts matter.