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Sydney Vita, PhD

@drvita.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist: Repeated mild TBI, blood-brain barrier, adolescence, binge-like alcohol, neuroinflammation, dementia/CTE. New Orleanian. Feral Queer. BAMF. She/her. My opinions are exclusively my own.

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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
When you’ve birthed 1 princess and 1 nudist punk…
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It’s PhD day! 5 years today I defended my dissertation, and look at me in my big girl PI office!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I was trying to type the word “synapse” but THREE TIMES in a row I typed “Sydnapse”. Then I’d backspace and go to fix it, but again “Sydnapse”! I had to walk away from my desk to reboot
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
FINALLY! It’s great to finally get a good Superman movie!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
chng.it/BHq78K727x
chng.it
Increase Local and State Government Oversight of Chemical Manufacturers
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Is anyone in New Orleans interested in fostering or adopting the sweetest little black kitten? She’s about 9 weeks old and a big fan of cuddles!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I managed to trap some feral kittens last night! If anyone in New Orleans is interested in adopting or fostering, let me know! I’m guessing they’re in the 8-12 week range, more scared than spicy. I’m doing my best, but I have dogs.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I’ve got the new #Pulp album playing on repeat while I work on a grant. Haven’t been this into a new album in an age!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Puppisphere
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
After 3 conferences back-to-back, I’ll be rotting on the couch with my dogs for the next 4 days.
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“Riley Gaines weighs in on NYC mayoral primary” jesus christ lady you tied for fifth in one race shut the fuck up already
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is a great outcome!!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
She finally made it! #neurotrauma #nns2025
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Imagine being such a bad ass that your pie pets end up in a museum 😍 #MutterMuseum
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Suitcase didn’t make the trip with me. I sure hope it shows up tomorrow, or I’ll be wearing pajama pants & a tshirt that says “Aqua Tofana Apothecary. Woman owned & operated.” to the #Neurotrauma conference! #NNS2025
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
People think that science is all about yelling “Eureka!“, But more often than not, it’s about taking the L & finding a way to pivot.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Ugghhh! My house has to get tented for dry wood termites. This is going to be The Biggest™️ pain in the ass.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Took advantage of the cool morning with a nice long walk!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Today is the yahrzeit of the most influential person in my life, Dr. Ray Grill, my PhD mentor. Raising my glass to you, boss!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I finished my sections for BOTH review papers I’m on, AND I made a google doc so my committee can work on our conference presentation together! Sometimes you’ve gotta work weekends to get through the Sisyphean workload, but it feels damn good to get it done.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
But mama, why are you working? It’s SUNDAY!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers
Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Every new episode of Doctor Who this season is better than the last!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Well would you look at that! He and I finally agree on something! www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
RFK Jr.: 'I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me'
Rep. Mark Pocan asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about a divisive issue. His response? Americans should not take medical advice from him.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14/05/2025
Curious about why "Women's Health" needs explicit focus in clinical research? Because most historical clinical trials are composed of ONLY men because the (male) scientists thought women's hormones would "mess up" the data. We encourage reading the book, but this is a nice intro.
youtube.com
Invisible Women
YouTube video by 99% Invisible
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I did not resign from the National Science Board over a policy disagreement with the administration. If that had been the case, I would have stepped down in January.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds? RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
My orchid is blooming for a second year in a row ❤️
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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Headline from Signal Cleveland: "Nitrogen gas that suffocated TimkenSteel security guard was 'non-toxic', Ohio Supreme Court rules

Subhed: A 6-1 decision this week from Ohio Supreme Court's Republicans means..
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Vita Lab 2025!
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
May the 4th be with you…
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Go vote! It’s only one issue, it’ll take you <5 minutes
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investNscience @investnscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The brain keeps count: concussions and drinking in our teenage years may increase risk for demetia. @drvita.bsky.social researches this relationship. #academicsky #neurosky #concussion #adolescence #dementia #investinscience
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Just got an MMR booster! Better to be safe than sorry in this crazy world.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Good thing I like my new bras, because they’re going to have to last me!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/04/2025
Still fuming about that press conference. The way RFK Jr. talks about autism is not just scientifically wrong—it’s deeply offensive. Calling autistic kids "damaged" or implying they’ve been "lost" or "stolen" doesn’t just spread misinformation—it dehumanizes real people.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
So much for that First Amendment, I guess. www.nola.com/news/educati...
nola.com
Trump administration revokes visas of international students in Louisiana
More than a dozen international students across the state — including at least six in New Orleans — have had their visas revoked in recent weeks.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Just a reminder that just because the concentration camp the US is shipping people into is in a different country, it doesn’t mean we’re not using concentration camps.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I believe, as has been said, the cruelty is the point. “Efficiency is not being enhanced…if the crown jewel of biomedical research — the enterprise that gave us the human genome sequence, Covid vaccines& treatments for cancer & H.I.V. and obesity — has been destroyed, what will have been the point?”
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Is Actually the Point of Treating the N.I.H. Like This?
Efficiency is not being enhanced, nor is waste being eliminated at the N.I.H. Scientists are just left to wonder: Why?
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
My dogs are literally perfect 🥰
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Well well well… look how the tables have turned… iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/a...
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Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person' • Iowa Capital Dispatch
A faith-based health care provider is arguing in court that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person.”
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
apnews.com/article/chab...
apnews.com
France rugby star Chabal does not remember 'a single second' of his career due to concussion
Rugby star Sébastien Chabal won two Six Nations titles with France, reached a World Cup semifinal and played 62 times for his nation as a powerful forward.
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I think the students might like me lol
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Sydney Vita, PhD @drvita.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I just submitted mine- I hope you’re next!
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