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Thiago Arzua
@thiagoarzua
Brazilian Neuroscientist @Columbia • @BlackInNeuro co-founder • Forbes 30 Under 30 • Triathlete • he/they
Dec 29, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
"The CDC now says that..."

jk, I'm here to give you historical examples of federal science agencies leaving science and public health behind.

This is NOT to discredit any institution, but just to nail down the point that science is, was, and will always be, political 🧵 (1/10). One of the most unethical, racist, and despicable studies happened directly under CDC guidance: The Tuskegee Experiment.

From 1932 to 1972, nearly 400 Black men with syphilis were institutionally lied to and left to die untreated; leaving behind infected wives and children. Old-time-looking headline of the New York Times. The headlin
Apr 8, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Less than a year later, and unfortunately, it's time for a sobering update on all the ways in which COVID-19 can affect the brain - from strokes to long COVID.

As usual, refs at the end, but here it is:

COVID-19 and the brain 🧠: an updated thread 🧵 COVID did infect hundreds of millions of people, giving scientists plenty of data. At the same time, it completely changed how science is done.

A rapidly mutating virus would already be hard to study, the pandemic didn't help. That all to say: There's a lot we still don't know.
Jun 9, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
"You should stick to the science"

Aight, here's a thread about the ways neuroscience was used to justify blatant racism.

References at the end.
#BlackLivesMatter Scientific racism is basically as old as what we now call science.

From the Enlightenment on, there was a big push to understand what race was. Somehow, almost all those early scientists agreed that a "white race" was "superior".

Here's some of them, see if you notice anything.
May 28, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
It was about time.

COVID-19 and the brain 🧠: a thread 🧵

Bring snacks and a drink, it'll be a journey.
Full references at the end.

@OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter First things first: I am not a neurologist, nor a physician.

None of this is medical advice.

Talk to your doctor if you are feeling sick.
Stay inside if possible.
Take care of yourself and the ones you care about.
May 23, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Our newest paper just went live on @MDPIOpenAccess, so you know what that means: time for a thread 🧵

Get some coffee, some snacks and let’s talk about cerebral organoids

@AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics You might've seen me talking about organoids before, I think they're pretty amazing.

These little balls of tissue are used to model all kinds of neurological diseases, from Alzheimer's to Zika infections.

Shameless plug for a review we wrote on those:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…