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Did you know that @MaryPhillips23 was at this years' Metabolic Psychiatry Retreat put on by @janellison and @Metabolic_Mind? 🧵(1/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind I got to sit next to her! She is lovely and brought so much to the work we did there to help bring the hope of #metabolicpsychiatry to the masses! It's time to learn about Mary Phillips, PhD (2/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind Dr. Phillips has been a leader in affective neuroscience for over 25 years, bridging cognitive and clinical approaches to mood disorders research. (3/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind Her goal is to understand neuropathophysiological processes predisposing to bipolar disorder and depression. (4/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind Dr. Phillips’ ground-breaking research employs multimodal imaging and novel computational and translational approaches to yield neural biomarkers reflecting these processes. (5/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind Why? To answer critically important questions relating to diagnosis, early identification, and treatment of these disorders in youth and adults. (6/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind She is currently a Distinguished Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Pittsburgh Foundation’s Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders. (7/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind She also serves as Director of the Center for Research on Translational and Developmental Affective Neuroscience, the Collaborative on Mood Disorders Research, the Mood and Brain Laboratory, and the Clinical and (wait, there's more...) (8/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind ...Translational Affective Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychiatry at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. (9/10)

@MaryPhillips23 @janellison @Metabolic_Mind Seriously, folks, the brain power brought together in an effort to get further data and bring the hope of #metabolicpsychiatry to the masses gives me chills (good ones). You have every reason to be excited and hopeful about this movement. (10/10)