Shawn Whitehead
@VulnerableBrain
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Director of Western Institute for Neuroscience @westernuWIN. Professor. Microglia enthusiast. @lesmills instructor. @westernuACB @SchulichMedDent
London, Ontario
Joined May 2018
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Thanks for taking the time to learn more about @WesternuWIN and for Canadaās ongoing support for Neuroscience research at @WesternU.
At @WesternU this morning where I learned more about partnerships between brain researchers and local organizations working with seniors. Brain research can help improve care in so many ways. Thank you to those involved in this work and to Dr. Shawn Whitehead for the invitation
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RT @pfragiskatos: At @WesternU this morning where I learned more about partnerships between brain researchers and local organizations workiā¦.
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RT @epileptologo: Congrats to our graduating fellows. Great things ahead of them in #India and #SouthAfrica . proud to be one of theirā¦.
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RT @WesternuWIN: Researchers launch brain imaging platform with $2.9M boost from Brain Canada - led by #WIN member @neuroak -@SchulichMedDeā¦.
www.schulich.uwo.ca
A new high-resolution imaging platform is revealing the brain in extraordinary detail ā and sharing the data with scientists worldwide.
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RT @epileptologo: Latest publication from our #neuroepidemiology research unit @WesternU @westernuEpilep .Association between statin use anā¦.
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Outstanding work by new PhD student @Vzplau.
Hello Everyone!. New review alert - a new hypothesis disentangling Alzheimer's & Parkinson's! Lots of co-occurrence in these diseases, including Dementia with Lewy Bodies. It reconciles this common overlap by connecting disease pathologies & senescence:
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RT @WesternuWIN: #WIN members are interviewed all the time. Check out podcasts, news interviews, videos, and more featuring our amazing neā¦.
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RT @WesternuWIN: The Impact Project features #WIN Associate Director @developingbrai1 - How to help children with anxiety | The Impact Projā¦.
www.theimpactproject.ca
Join us as we uncover what it takes to make positive change in our world ā featuring Emma Duerden, Scientific Lead, The Developing Brain Lab, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Western...
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Weāre recruiting! Please reach out š@CAN_ACN.
Hello All!. Please retweet this as you'd like - postdoctoral opening looking at circulating blood biomarkers, MRI, & cognitive correlations in investigating MCI//Alzheimer's! @VulnerableBrain . (Feel free to DM for the PDF too - can't send directly in this post!)
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RT @Vzplau: Hello All!. Please retweet this as you'd like - postdoctoral opening looking at circulating blood biomarkers, MRI, & cognitiveā¦.
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RT @westernuSocSci: Congrats to Dr. Ryan Stevenson on winning a #DorothyKillamFellowship! His work on sensory phenotypes in Autism is shapiā¦.
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RT @DrJKhokhar: The 2025 GRC on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS: Cannabinoid Neurobiology: Bridging Basic Science, Big Data, Biomarkers andā¦.
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RT @CAN_ACN: Getting ready for the very exciting CIHR Canadian Brain Bee competition šššš„³
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RT @alzassociation: ā FALSE: āFor 20 yearsā¦we were directing Alzheimerās research to one hypothesis. And any other hypotheses were shut dowā¦.
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RT @WesternuWIN: The second NeuroConnect theme launches at #WIN today!! Visit our website at for the guidelines anā¦.
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RT @WesternuWIN: Are you a #WIN trainee? Check out this great opportunity šš (more info on our website)
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RT @WesternuWIN: Check out the 2025 Brainhack Western events and register today (more info on our website - link in bio). š§ š§ https://t.co/ā¦.
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Congratulations to my science pal @brainheartnexus and team!.
1/ Thrilled to see our work featured in the Go Red edition of @CircAHA !!! This was a labor of ā¤ļø - conceptualized by @brainheartnexus & I 6+ years ago while sipping āļø in my office, then brilliantly executed by @amydjohn who worked diligently and obtained her PhD for this work.
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RT @bruce_arthur: CBC's wall-to-wall coverage of this crisis is another great example of why we should value Canada's public broadcaster.
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