Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS
@UmaRChatterjee
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🧠Neuro PhD Stdt＋@NIH TL1 Fellow➡️OCD＋🍄 | #MentalHealth SciComm＋Advocacy Pod @AChatWithUma🎙️| #DisabledInSTEM🎗️| President @OCDWisconsin—@OneMindOrg Council
UTDallas➡️Cahill Lab@UWMadison
Joined February 2022
I’m overjoyed to share that I’m starting my Ph.D in Neuroscience at @UWMadison this fall! 🧠. From surviving OCD, PTSD, cancer… to studying the very psychiatric conditions that once debilitated me - I’m BEYOND grateful! 🙏🏾. #NonTraditionalStudent #DisabledInSTEM #AcademicTwitter
2015: Straight up FAILED my 1st Neuro class (& everything else) & dropped out w/ a 1.83 GPA b/c I was SO sick…. ‘20: Diagnoses + treatment 👉🏾 came back & ACED the SAME class, finished B.S. w/ 3.517. ‘23: Now graduating w/ my M.S. in Neuroscience w/ a 4.0 GPA 🧠. YOU CAN DO IT!👏🏾
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RT @ScienceYael: My first journal cover :) . Volume 28 Issue 7, July 2025. @NatureNeuro @LehtinenLab .
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RT @TheBorisLab: Dear @NIHDirector_Jay why did the NIH cancel a running grant on gene therapy for hearing loss? Brilliant PI, incredibly pr….
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RT @manorlaboratory: My lab’s 5-year NIH R01 grant, awarded to study gene therapy for hearing loss, was abruptly terminated. I want to shar….
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RT @BrainsBeesBikes: 🚀 Wayne State’s NIH-backed study is testing whether adding FDA‑approved CBD to cognitive behavioral therapy enhances o….
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RT @CRodriguezMDPhD: Single-dose (10 mg) psilocybin reduces symptoms in adults with OCD: A pharmacological challenge study:..
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RT @EricJNestler: Please see this article by Marine Salery and others in @NatureComms that mapped cocaine-activated ensembles in the nucleu….
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RT @OCDWisconsin: Meet speaker @UmaRChatterjee M.S., MHPS—neuroscientist, mental health advocate, and lived experience leader. She’ll take….
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@ScienceYael’s story is a testament to the power of showing up anyway—of choosing truth, carving out possibility where none existed, & building a future no one handed you. Her courage & brilliance make this one of the most profound episodes of @AChatWithUma—Tune in! 👏🏾❤️ 7/.
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We also discuss disordered eating, working full time through undergrad, the cost of doing science while poor, navigating academia with chronic illness, and the unspoken labor of advocating for equity from within elite institutions. Read through all topics covered below!👇🏾 6/
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Now a Jane Coffin Childs postdoc at Stanford, @ScienceYael studies how infections like Epstein–Barr, COVID, & Lyme trigger long-term neurological disease. We talk science, survival, solidarity, & making academia accessible for those w/out a safety net. #LongCOVID #ChronicLyme 5/.
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@ScienceYael’s love of science brought her to @Harvard, where she earned her PhD in neuroscience. In the @LehtinenLab, she discovered how serotonin-sensing cells in the fetal brain guide development—and how #psychedelics can derail that process in pregnancy. 4/.
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At 15, @ScienceYael fled a violent fundamentalist household. She battled EDs, self-harm, & poverty—working night shifts while teaching herself high school. She forged a transcript to escape, later confessed, earned a GED, & won a full scholarship to @KentState. 3/.
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In Ep. 46 of @AChatWithUma, I talk to Dr. Ya’el Courtney @ScienceYael—a neuroscientist whose life traverses extreme circumstances that most only read about. From surviving an abusive home to couch-surfing through high school, her path to neuroscience is beyond extraordinary. 2/.
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🎓 FROM FOSTER CARE TO HARVARD NEUROSCIENTIST: The Choice to Live, Maternal #Psychedelics, & Post-Viral Chronic Illnesses with Dr. Ya’el Courtney.@ScienceYael ☄️ Ep. 46 @AChatwithUma is out everywhere now! Truly a MUST listen🌟👏🏾. 🎙️Tune in here 👉🏾 1/
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RT @OCDWisconsin: We’re thrilled to announce the 5 lived experience speakers for the 2025 OCD Gamechangers x OCD Wisconsin Community Event—….
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RT @ScienceYael: The GED is the only reason I was able to enter the world of higher education, and the only path by which I could become th….
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RT @bita137: Honored and excited to take on this role, and to serve an organization that is very close to my heart . "You must do the thi….
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RT @StanfordHealth: We don’t always understand our emotions—but we can’t live without them. Stanford Medicine researchers have mapped how t….
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RT @OneMindOrg: EXCITING NEWS! ✨ We're thrilled to announce our latest upcoming pilot project: the One Mind Launchpad, & it's recent featur….
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