Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakElizabeth Day Lawrence @elizabethdaymzk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Feeling grateful for the mentorship and community that make things like this possible. Excited for what 2026 may bring! 021
Dr. Srishti Nayak @drsrishtin.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Congrats to our honors thesis student @elizabethdaymzk.bsky.social for being a semi-finalist in the US Fulbright Student program!! More news about next steps will come next year. Couldn't be more proud of Elizabeth's musician to musician-scientist journey!!! 030
Dr. Srishti Nayak @drsrishtin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Congrats to Tara Henechowicz (now at @ibg.colorado.edu) for winning a (big!) trainee travel award to present our work at the Population Hearing Health Care Conference in Feb. (she wrote the whole application while waiting for a flight - airport writing works! 😁) 020
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakAmy Vee @amyveemusic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025🌿 SEEKING THRIVING MUSICIANS! Your story could help others. Complete the quick survey below and contribute to a better understanding of musician wellbeing. PLEASE SHARE if you know anyone who could contribute. SURVEY LINK: scuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...scuau.qualtrics.comMusician Wellbeing SurveyA 10-15 minute survey for working musicians about their sense of wellbeing. 113
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakMiriam Lense @miriamlense.bsky.social · 16/12/2025So much amazing work from @drsrishtin.bsky.social and her team! Check out her thread for highlights! 021
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakElizabeth Day Lawrence @elizabethdaymzk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025What a productive year for the BHaSHa group at VUMC! I'm so grateful to be a part of this team. 001
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakMiriam Lense @miriamlense.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Wondering what’s been going on in the Music Cognition Lab? Check out our latest newsletter! Community engagement updates, research studies for all ages, and even an end of year matching gift opportunity! 🎵🎉 mailchi.mp/vumc/2025yea...mailchi.mpYear End Updates from the Music Cognition Lab 031
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakMiriam Lense @miriamlense.bsky.social · 09/12/2025🎶 New paper! InCHORRRuS Framework: Infant-directed Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure Led by Camila Alviar, we consider how caregivers modulate their communication to 👶, including through song: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNYAS PublicationsIn the InCHORRRuS (Infant-directed (ID) Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure) framework, increased rhythmicity in ID speech and the beat-based m.... 073
Dr. Srishti Nayak @drsrishtin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Haven't used bluesky much yet but now is as good a time as any to start! I lead the Behaviour, Health, Speech, and Hearing (BHaSHa) group in the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab, and this is a thread of 10 things I want to highlight from our work in 2025! 1130
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Come join us for a 4-year PhD on effects of rare gene disruptions involved in speech disorder, investigated in human neuronal models (via gene-editing, tissue culture, brain organoids, high-res microscopy, transcriptomics, epigenomics). More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs 🧬🧪 11821
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakHope Sparks @hope-sparks.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Yay! So glad to have been a part of this team. Go @drsrishtin.bsky.social et al!! 062
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakTracy Rosen Centanni @tmcentanni.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Congrats to @drsrishtin.bsky.social and team!!! 031
Reposted by Dr. Srishti NayakSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2025New paper alert! Systematic epidemiological analyses of up to 39,000 people illuminate biological/clinical links between impaired musical rhythm abilities & disorders affecting speech-language development. International collaboration led by @drsrishtin.bsky.social, out in @natcomms.nature.com. 👇🧪nature.comMusical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations - Nature CommunicationsImpaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap. 13815