Hasini Weerathunge
@Hasinirw
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Michigan Pioneer Fellow, Postdoc @ChangStutterLab @umichmedicine #Neuroscientist #MotorSpeechDisorders @BUCollegeofENG @SteppLab @ENTC_UoM 🇱🇰
Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Joined September 2017
For more than a century, scientists thought that Broca's area coordinates the muscle movements required to speak. But new @UCSF research from @ChangLabUCSF identifies the key role that the middle precentral gyrus (mPrCG) plays in this process. @jessierliu
https://t.co/5NCmqBNT8m
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Researchers discovered that a different part of the brain handles stringing sounds and words together into coherent sentences. The information could help people who have had strokes and lost the...
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5/15: Tune in at 7pm ET for a free webinar that will dispel common #stuttering myths, share the latest stuttering #research findings, and celebrate people who #stutter. Register for the link to join: https://t.co/kIHmIe6LJh
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This is tonight! We hope you'll join us for a great conversation about #stuttering and #neuroscience #research. Bring your questions—we can't wait to talk more about stuttering with you!
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5/15: Tune in at 7pm ET for a free webinar that will dispel common #stuttering myths, share the latest stuttering #research findings, and celebrate people who #stutter. Register for the link to join: https://t.co/kIHmIe6LJh
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In the Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry, Hasini Weerathunge is investigating the application of non-invasive neurostimulation techniques to improve the effectiveness of current behavioral approaches to stuttering treatment.
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Meet the 2024 cohort of Michigan Pioneer Fellows! These postdoctoral researchers are pursuing multidisciplinary projects spanning 10 departments across @UMichMedScience, @umichLSA and @UMLifeSciences, while building the skills to launch ground-breaking independent careers.
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New PhD opportunities for Oct 2025! 1. Project with @aemilne on auditory processing and ADHD. 2. Project with @SanaHannan_ on sleep and cognitive recovery in age-related hearing loss. Fully-funded studentships are available, deadline 16th Jan!
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The man who heals what doctors can’t: Robert Waldinger. This Harvard professor is leading the world’s longest study on happiness. It's impossible to be depressed after understanding his teachings. His 7 laws for a lifetime of happiness:
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“Mentorship can be formal or informal. It can be someone sitting in an office next to you. Peer mentorship is also important. The further you get along in your career, the more important your colleagues are,” — @NIDCD Director Dr. Debara Tucci. Tune into the NCATS
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NAVIGATING FACULTY JOB MARKET: VIRTUAL SERIES! See flyer attached (and thread below) for more info + to register/attend. JOIN US to get valuable insights and tips! (please retweet + share)
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Nov 16: You're invited to a free #stuttering film screening at the @MarqueeArtsA2! Join us at 3:30pm at the State Theatre for a special viewing of The King's Speech, including a panel breaking down stuttering stereotypes in media. See you there!🍿 Details: https://t.co/LrsEpGlK14
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So, if you are like me, head over there and see that many of the typical early-adopters like @russpoldrack or @micahgallen are already active and thriving. There are also starter-packs of follows to get you off the ground. The interface is much better, lightweight and clear.
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Dear friends – today’s the day: Andy’s leaving twitter! It was so much fun to be here and I will miss part of it. However, this platform also changed so much that it is sometimes hard to recognize any longer. Lot’s of momentum at @bluesky – moving over there. A last thread 🧵
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Excited for this line-up from @changstutterlab for the Society of Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting 2024 in Brisbane! @SNLmtg #SNL2024 It was great to see stuttering mentioned right at the offset at the first keynote by Dr. Angela Morgan!
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Save the date for the 16th Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice, and Speech Research (AQL) conference! 🌍 Groningen, the Netherlands ⏰ June 24 - 27th, 2025 📥 Abstract submission opens November 18th, 2024
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There are now papers showing that the migration of academic communities from Twitter to other social media sites mostly failed. But they never fully returned to Twitter either. I wonder if we will ever see so many different communities interacting in the same online space again.
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Super excited by this randomized double-blinded preregistered clinical trial: A network defined by treatment response from invasive stim (DBS) → used to noninvasively modulate the brain (tDCS). This improved motor functions in PD. Thread below 👇 @Brain_Circuits @foxmdphd
Can we stimulate brain networks identified using deep brain stimulation from the outside, in a non-invasive fashion? At @Brain_Circuits, we believe, we can! Our first randomized clinical trial demonstrating this concept is just out in @MDJ_Journal: https://t.co/zuutgK4Evo A🧵
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Super excited to learn that my poster abstract from @changstutterlab for Society of Neurobiology of Language Annual meeting has been accepted! Super grateful to be awarded a Travel Award as well. 🙏#SNL2024 October 24-26, Brisbane, Australia
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✨new PhD position ✨ related to neural control of pitch 🧠🗣️🎶 more info and application details here ➡️ https://t.co/al5tr39gSC Retweets are appreciated 🙏🏼
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Few things are more satisfying than the coding pipeline you’ve been working on for a few days works all the way through.
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