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BethAnn McLaughlin
BethAnn McLaughlin is an American neuroscientist, activist, and hoaxer. She is a former assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University. Her research at Vanderbilt focused on neural stress responses and brain injury.
McLaughlin worked at MeTooSTEM, the non-profit organization she founded in order to advise scientists who are victims of sexual harassment. McLaughlin's management style has been questioned by several leaders of MeTooSTEM after several resignations, and allegations of bullying and mistreatment surfaced.
McLaughlin was suspended from Twitter in August 2020 for running a "years-long Twitter identity scam, wherein she allegedly pretended to be a bisexual, Native American anthropology professor at Arizona State University." McLaughlin soon after admitted responsibility for the hoax.
McLaughlin was born in Boston and raised in St. Louis and New Hampshire. She had an early interest in nature and science but was not as engaged in "formal science classes", in contrast to her brother who took to academic studies more readily. McLaughlin describes her brother as gifted, particularly in math, but the academic pressure "looked miserable" so she leaned more towards sports. During high school, McLaughlin was involved with the school newspaper and worked as a waitress.
McLaughlin obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biopsychology from Skidmore College in 1990. During this time she spent a year in Africa studying wildlife management which inspired her to advocate for nature through organising campus events for Earth Day; she credits the success of this event as the point when she became "...hopelessly committed to causing good trouble." McLaughlin obtained her PhD in the Neurological Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998.
After graduation, she continued her postdoctoral training in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh. As a postdoc, she received a National Institutes of Health grant awarded through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Neurodegeneration.
In 2002, McLaughlin joined Vanderbilt University as a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a non tenure track position. In 2005, McLaughlin received a new appointment at the same institution as an assistant professor, a tenure track position.
Her research team studied how the brain responds to stress so that therapeutic solutions can be developed for acute and chronic injuries. The McLaughlin Lab also looked into identifying new genes that affect vulnerability to injury and the reasons behind cell death. Their research focused on stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and autism. Specifically, McLaughlin focused on understanding cell loss post hypoxic and ischemic insults (often in cardiac arrest and stroke).
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BethAnn McLaughlin
BethAnn McLaughlin is an American neuroscientist, activist, and hoaxer. She is a former assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University. Her research at Vanderbilt focused on neural stress responses and brain injury.
McLaughlin worked at MeTooSTEM, the non-profit organization she founded in order to advise scientists who are victims of sexual harassment. McLaughlin's management style has been questioned by several leaders of MeTooSTEM after several resignations, and allegations of bullying and mistreatment surfaced.
McLaughlin was suspended from Twitter in August 2020 for running a "years-long Twitter identity scam, wherein she allegedly pretended to be a bisexual, Native American anthropology professor at Arizona State University." McLaughlin soon after admitted responsibility for the hoax.
McLaughlin was born in Boston and raised in St. Louis and New Hampshire. She had an early interest in nature and science but was not as engaged in "formal science classes", in contrast to her brother who took to academic studies more readily. McLaughlin describes her brother as gifted, particularly in math, but the academic pressure "looked miserable" so she leaned more towards sports. During high school, McLaughlin was involved with the school newspaper and worked as a waitress.
McLaughlin obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biopsychology from Skidmore College in 1990. During this time she spent a year in Africa studying wildlife management which inspired her to advocate for nature through organising campus events for Earth Day; she credits the success of this event as the point when she became "...hopelessly committed to causing good trouble." McLaughlin obtained her PhD in the Neurological Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998.
After graduation, she continued her postdoctoral training in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh. As a postdoc, she received a National Institutes of Health grant awarded through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke's National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Neurodegeneration.
In 2002, McLaughlin joined Vanderbilt University as a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a non tenure track position. In 2005, McLaughlin received a new appointment at the same institution as an assistant professor, a tenure track position.
Her research team studied how the brain responds to stress so that therapeutic solutions can be developed for acute and chronic injuries. The McLaughlin Lab also looked into identifying new genes that affect vulnerability to injury and the reasons behind cell death. Their research focused on stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and autism. Specifically, McLaughlin focused on understanding cell loss post hypoxic and ischemic insults (often in cardiac arrest and stroke).
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