@ruthbarrientos
Associate Professor at Ohio State in the Dept of Psychiatry. Neuroscientist with research interests in aging, Alzheimer's disease, neuroinflammation, memory degradation & modifiable risk factors. Diversity advocate.
PNIRS 2026
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available!
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Another super proud day for the Barrientos lab! @sabrina_mackey_alfonso passed her dissertation defense with flying colors! And her research presentation was phenomenal! 🥳🎉👏🏼👏🏼Well done Dr. Mackey-Alfonso!! One degree (PhD👩🏻🎓) down, one (MD) to go!
Today is a proud day for the Barrientos lab. Graduate student Jade Blackwell went from PhD candidate to Dr. Blackwell!! She defended her dissertation like a ninja 🥷 Congratulations!! 🥳🎉👏🏼🍾💗
Also many thanks to her committee members who asked challenging but fair questions! 🙌🏼
Thanks for the story, Emily! Couldn’t have done it without the big terrific group of dedicated scientists including @michaelbutler.bsky.social @jacoballenphd.bsky.social