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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

ecstatic to share that i successfully defended my dissertation yesterday! a huge thank you to all who supported me during my phd, esp advisors drs. @psycheloui.bsky.social, @laurelgd.bsky.social, + juliet davidow. excited for my next steps as a t32 postdoc fellow with dr. assal habibi at USC! 🎸

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very excited to share that my dissertation project is now published! In this pilot study, we demonstrated prelim results that suggest 12 weeks of symptom guided aerobic exercise (compared to active balance) can improve sleep and executive function in mild TBI. journals.lww.com/headtraumare...

Forest plots and Interaction plots A (A) Forest plot of postintervention group differences, (B) percent change in TMT B test, with 10% change showing clinically significant improvement. Negative percentages show faster TMT B times at end point. (C) Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Trail Making Test (TMT), (B) Trail Making Test B-A score, and PROMIS Global Physical Health T Score. Panel C shows only outcome measures that were different at end point between groups.

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I am excited to share I successfully defended my dissertation, earning my PhD. Many thanks to my advisors and colleagues at Northeastern and the Institute for Cognitive & Brain Health. I look forward to my next chapter as a post doctoral research fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital!

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Goretti Espana-Irla @gorettiei.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Such a great experience presenting at the 2025 NeuroBoston Symposium at Tufts University! 🙌 So grateful for the opportunity and for all the great questions and conversations afterward 🙂🧠🚺 #Tufts #NeuroBoston #StudyWomen #WomensBrainHealth #Menopause @sfn.org

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

In our new work using IGNITE baseline data, we found that fixel-based analyses were more sensitive than tensor-based analyses in older adults. Fixels provide deeper insight into the strucital integrity of white matter with multiple fiber crossings pathways onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Understanding Cognitive Aging Through White Matter: A Fixel‐Based Analysis

We assessed the sensitivity and utility of a fixel-based white matter analysis to detect age-related white matter degeneration. Results revealed that fixel-based analyses were more sensitive than ten...

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The choroid plexus (ChP), a small subcortical structure, is a neuroprotective barrier. Preclinical TBI models show increased inflammatory markers in the ChP. Our recent work shows ChP swelling in CT+ TBI patients, emphasizing the different pathologies of TBI. www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

ChP volume at 2 weeks and 6 months in the left and right ChP from TRACK-TBI in mild TBI CT+, mild TBI CT−, and orthopedic controls. Box plots demonstrating post hoc comparisons with higher ChP volume in the right and left hemisphere at 2 weeks in CT+ compared with CT− and orthopedic controls. This relationship exists at 6 months for the left and right hemisphere for CT+ compared with CT− but only for the right hemisphere when comparing CT+ to orthopedic controls. ChP, choroid plexus; CT, computed tomography; TBI, traumatic brain injury; TRACK-TBI, Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury.

ChP from GMM in blue; ChP from original FreeSurfer mask in yellow. ChP, choroid plexus; GMM, Gaussian mixture modeling.

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Two of my recent publications highlight the relationship between lifestyle behaviors (sleep onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... & physical activity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...) and brain in TBI. These suggest the importance of modifiable behaviors in TBI to improve recovery. 🧠🏃‍♀️💤

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Such an honor to talk about my work on cognitive aging and white matter integrity at #SPR2024 in the Faces of the Future Symposium! Excited to have more discussions at my poster tomorrow evening. @therealspr.bsky.social

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

My lab was invited to present our ongoing studies at the annual Brain Injury Association Conference today. Thank you BIA-MA for putting on a wonderful conference full of inspiring talks! 🧠⚡️

Poster of two ongoing studies at The Brain Impact Lab, along with fliers

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Emma Tinney @emmatinney.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

My lab had such a great opportunity to make several trips to the Douglas House to engage with the Supportive Living Inc. community and continue to study TBI using novel, digital, and accessible tasks. Thank you to SLI for making this happen! www.supportivelivinginc.org/wp-content/u...

Researcher and community member at SLI engaging in cognitive testing

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