Professor, Behavioural Scientist, Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University 🧠❤️🥦🥑🫒🍎🏋️🏃‍♀️ Music & Sports Lover Brisbane lions fan 💛❤️💙 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Long Covid advocate & Lived Experience consultanthttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lpprzdht522qKeeping a keen eye on the therapeutic potential of rapamycin-an immunomodulator 1st approved as a prophylactic against organ rejection. Two new pilots show that: 1) it didn’t penetrate the BBB but improved inflammatory biomarkers and 2) fatigue, cognition in #MECFS https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-00904-921 May 2025 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpprzdht522qhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lort3g5ycs2bAmazing! I’ll be printing this out and taking with me to all appointments [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lort3g5ycs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lmvo52gtr22zDaisy having the best day ever, scoring a slice of pepperoni on her walk 🍕16 Apr 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvo52gtr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3llkengh4rs2eThanks the Age for handing my story with care and Congrats Dr Armstrong & team on this exciting finding. This research isn’t possible without Open Medicine Foundation funding #MECFS research where NHMRC won’t. Newspaper👇 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-took-11-years-for-adrienne-s-illness-to-be-diagnosed-a-new-computer-model-could-change-everything-20250324-p5llz1.html Research👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-024-00669-729 Mar 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkengh4rs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3ljvykvabps2rForest therapy 😍🌺🐨🌈09 Mar 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvykvabps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3ljiy5pui2s2s“My average (long COVID) patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life,” he says. “The people I’m looking at are actually incredibly motivated, the movers and shakers of society, and we lose them to our detriment.” 😭😭💔💔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljiy5pui2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lixvco7dh22uNew to behavioural mental health trials and unsure how to assess and monitor harms? With MAGNET Clinical Trial Network, we have developed a “How To” guide with step by step recommendations & tips. We hope you find it helpful! #behaviouralscience #behavioralmedicine https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867425131968025 Feb 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixvco7dh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lijafavmkk2bLast night’s Australian Story following the lives of two people who lost their spouse to sudden cardiac arrest was so powerful. A reminder of the importance of the work we do in CVD research https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-17/heartfelt-col-clausen-+-laura-aisbett/104947890 #suddencardiacarrest #cpr #cardiac19 Feb 2025 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijafavmkk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lid7etegbs2nGreat paper Sarah! #behaviouralscience #nutrition #cardiovasculardisease [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lid7etegbs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lhlbhjs4g22mMy veggie garden is going gangbusters! 🍎🍆🎃🍅07 Feb 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlbhjs4g22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lhbcakbmfc2dSummer sunset in Victoria, Australia after crazy storms last night03 Feb 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbcakbmfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lgsaknub6s2eThis is a super scary - both for scientists relying on NIH funds and for patients awaiting scientific advances in treatments 😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsaknub6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lerwxrxbqk2eNot to mention the harm this paper has done in the time since it was published by concluding LC is strikingly rare in kids when they seemingly did not even understand what LC is. 😫 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerwxrxbqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3ldfjzjjd4c2nHere’s a summary of our recent CALM trial results showing lifestyle counselling with dietitians/EPs was non inferior to psychotherapy with psychs for low grade depression published in Lancet Regional Health. Thanks to Dr Deb Ashtree for the infographic! #lifestylepsychiatry #behaviouralscience16 Dec 2024 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfjzjjd4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lcexbaaxos2b😭😭😭😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2024 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcexbaaxos2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lcepfbtmnk2vInteresting trial of behavioural text messages for uptake of CVD medication refills in JAMA today Generic refill reminders; behavioral nudge refill reminders; nudge refill reminders + fixed-message chatbot did not differ from usual care #behavioralscience https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2827429?guestAccessKey=3cee2913-aaa8-455e-9680-1089edf502a0&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=120224&adv=null03 Dec 2024 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcepfbtmnk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/profadrienneoneil.bsky.social/post/3lcbsqiuaz22dGrateful to Medical Journal of Australia Insight + mag for featuring this piece on the role of dietitians & exercise physiologists in managing mental health and our current opportunity for GPs to refer their patients to our national trial #behavioralscience https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/47/can-treating-depression-mitigate-the-excess-cardiometabolic-risk-of-people-living-with-serious-mental-illness/01 Dec 2024 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:7krcvyvovbfymlzmutapsbmu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbsqiuaz22d