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Andrew J. McGovern

@mcgovernaj.bsky.social
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Researcher @ galealab.com/andrewmcgovern Neuroscience & Biostatistics

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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Menopause isn't one thing. Neither is hormone therapy. New in @science.org: menopause spans ~40% of the female lifespan, yet got 0.2% of North American federal health-research funding over 15 years. And MHT comes in 200+ varieties. Details matter. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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Orlagh Gaynor @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Government wilfully ignored advice from ESRI and IEA recommendations to deliver a short-term band-aid that tethers us to fossil dependency and only benefits the top 40% of earners. Make it make sense. Brilliant explanation by @mcgovernaj.bsky.social ! youtu.be/t6-Daa_OkHQ?...
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I Thought Ireland's Fuel Crisis Was About Tax
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Can birth control really change your mood? This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify 🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz #Hormones #PMDD
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sex-specific factors and APOEε4 genotype alter functional connectivity at middle age
Cognitive aging is influenced by sex and sex-specific factors. Indeed, research has shown that parity (pregnancy and parenthood) uniquely alters bioma…
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Farida (one of my fav people) also talks about how to make lemonade when the science gives you 🍋🍋🍋 (hint it’s also why she went from brain to gut to ovary) follow where the science takes you because it can be a glorious- though lemony - journey!
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠 Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke. ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT #WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Menopause. Not a secret. Not a sentence. A stage — and it deserves support. 🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations. ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP #WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I am so proud to be producing this podcast. The first episode has absolutely smashed our expectations. Thank you all for the interest in women’s health!!
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Cell Type-Specific Remodelling of the Female Hippocampus by Reproductive Experience and Age www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
New preprint showcasing @mcgovernaj.bsky.social ‘s work. Using single cell deconvolution on bulk RNAseq from hippocampi of previously parous rats we found 3 cell types with independent parity effects decreases in CA3 pyramidal & SST interneurons but increases in astrocytes. Let us know your thoughts
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Absolutely LOVED Project Hail Mary, easily my fave sci-fi! Maybe not *fun* but the last good book I read was Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📢 PhD opening at @uoft.bsky.social in the @liisagalea.bsky.social Lab! Work on women’s brain health & Alzheimer’s risk prediction as part of the global CARE initiative. 🧠 🧪 Apply: forms.gle/Lxf5Li5d6wcm...
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"In an era where debates over the number of genders or sexes have sparked significant public discourse, why, if there has always been an acknowledgment of at least two genders or sexes, have we not fully committed to studying both in depth?" doi.org/10.1111/1471... 🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This was a massive collaborative effort from the ISN-JNC Flagship School 2022 participants! @jneurochem.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jnc.70084
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Really excited for this to be out: "Neural Metabolic Networks: Key Elements of Healthy Brain Function"🧪 Deep dive into how brain cells cooperate through metabolic networks to power cognition - and what breaks down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & ALS 🧬 #neuroscience #alzheimers #neurodegeneration
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Neural Metabolic Networks: Key Elements of Healthy Brain Function
This review originated from the Fourth International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and Journal of Neurochemistry (JNC) Flagship School (2022). Here, we describe how the specific bioenergetic profi...
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Always a good day when you get good news on funding. I am thrilled on many levels but also because I really believe in this call & the project! My eternal thanks to our group @mcgovernaj.bsky.social @matejaperovic.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social S Frangou L Gravelsins wellcomeleap.org/care/
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CARE Program Details | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale.
NEW $50M Program in Women's Health care Cutting Alzheimer's Risk through EndocrinologyWe are pleased to announce the selected performers.Kaarin Anstey & Kristine Yaffe: University of South Wales...
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Proud day for the Irish! ☘️
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Damn. Haven’t even heard of wildfires there
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
How did you learn this…
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I wonder how long it would take to just start calling them 'effers'...
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The White House treats rising diagnoses like failure, not progress. Fine. Science should just rename disorders every decade. They get their “cure,” we get reality 🧪
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Lunge lunge lunge
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Dear Hank and John will be so fun this week
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“6% of white men vs 25% of all women … were fired” is blatant, even by their standards
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Wow. Talk about him hitting picking the wrong fight
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We need better Alzheimer's disease tests for women which capture this effect!!
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sometimes women with Alzheimer's can have a slower progression of symptoms that suddenly get worse - what if the symptoms we are testing are compensated due to pregnancy like we see here? Perhaps the brain compensates to a point, which once passed results in fast disease progression.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
See we found no group differences in the number of spatial navigation errors between the groups, but completely different regions associated with producing this behavior.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This is so important- somehow pregnancy both 'improves' brain ageing, yet increases our risk of Alzheimer's disease?! This data shows that pregnancy and Alzheimer's disease genotype changes the brain, reducing the activity of some regions whilst compensating with new networks! #ReproSky #dementia 🧪
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Say this LOUDER
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 03/04/2025
Nomad Passport Index 2025 is out. Ireland is number 1. Canada is tied for 40th place. United States is tied for 43rd place. www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/iris...
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Irish passport named the strongest in the world in 2025 | BreakingNews.ie
The Nomad Passport Index has placed us in the top spot, followed by Switzerland, Greece and Portugal.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We need more of the public transport ideologies in politics: "Take the busses that get you closer to your destination".
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It’ll go worse when he’s in his 70s.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Oh, I totally agree. This has been happening for ages, but legally the best course of action to protect artists is challenging the use of all artists copyrighted materials to train AI.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
SMS into Facebook messenger was also a huge leap that changes everything
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
A PhD is hard in every measure. Life, finances, stress. It’s genuinely only worth it for the right reasons, and most graduates have stood on the edge of leaving - just needing the right push. For many, this will be that push.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Those be fighting words
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My main issue with it is using Ghibli copyrighted art to train AI to replicate their style.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My two favorite parts of this is saying the UK AND Ireland, and qualifying saying other Teas were on par. But Barry's tea is the best.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This must have been designed in a @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social fever dream
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If I was there I would stop calling myself a women's health researcher and start using neuroendocrinologist out of fear of ending up on some list.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It's so hopeful that this topic could sell so well in this political climate
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
So troublesome. As if a PhD wasn't already strife with enough challenges.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Shhh, go back to enjoying Galway lad. Even if it is more than likely Greysky.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Just finished Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Brilliantly detailed non-fiction under the guise of one man’s story dealing with it today. Everything really is Tuberculosis coded, it’s wild.
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Missed the #WHSS talk with Dr. @jennyrabin.bsky.social ? Catch up now! She breaks down how early #menopause, genetics, vascular health, and lifestyle factors create a “perfect storm” for #cognitivedecline — and what we can do about it. 📺 Watch the full talk here: ow.ly/MXqO50Vmx82
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I am sure he then proceeded to call it turf for the rest of the conversation!
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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 22/03/2025
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It gives me great peace that this is a popular opinion.
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Andrew J. McGovern @mcgovernaj.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
4000 years old...
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