New Publication Alert! 🚨 Why do suicide rates rise in the spring and decline in the fall? I argue that those at risk of suicide also face higher risk of dying from other causes, so fall/winter mortality from flu and heart attacks generate lower suicide rates. rdcu.be/fabXs

Body mapping as a tool to capture children’s expressions of their suicide ideation or attempts — new publication out! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5WCNV...

The Youth Suicide Research Consortium will hold its first ever in-person/hybrid conference (and 6th overall conference) July 7-9, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY, at @nyutandon.bsky.social. Submit an abstract and/or register for free at www.youthsuicideresearch.org/conferences

Sleep quality and suicide ideation: Mediating role of rumination and depressive symptoms — new paper out, led by former Hunter College undergrad Sindy Kauch, with support from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social PhD student Lucy Liotta and our co-authors. Link to read here: rdcu.be/e3ip2

New publication: Anticipated emotional reactions as indicators of adolescents’ perceived social (dis)connectedness during the moment of suicidal crisis: A reflexive thematic analysis, led by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social doctoral student Felix Yirdong. rdcu.be/e14P8

This paper led by doctoral student Lucy Liotta of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social examined different forms of future-oriented repetitive thought as predictors of suicide ideation among treatment-seeking teens. Free access for a few more weeks: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mJvybXYiyukA

Canadian job 👀 🇨🇦 ‼️ Second search this year! Our Dept of Psychology is hiring again, this time at the assoc/full level, for a prestigious, endowed position. Focus is social/affective neuroscience in any area (clinical, social, cog, or dev). Apply by Jan 30! Reposts, pls www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...

New from our lab: Suicide ideation subtypes that predict a future and earlier suicide attempt among adolescents: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TMNWU...

New paper by our lab on perceived responses to suicide-related disclosures and future suicide ideation and attempts among asolescents, led by @sarahrosesullivan.bsky.social. rdcu.be/eOvlg

Loved seeing this profile of one of our Health Psychology and Clinical Science alums @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social!

Happening now 7-9pm ET!

The HPCS program invites prospective applicants to our Virtual Open House Date: October 21, 2025 Time: 7 - 9 PM ET Location: Zoom Zoom link: ccny.zoom.us/j/8281253770...

New paper out on emotion reactivity, parent-child conflict resolution, and suicide ideation among adolescents, after 2 years and 3 months (4 rounds) of peer review in the journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

She’s trading NY for MA; just dropped off our eldest for her first year of college! Take good care of her, @umassamherst.bsky.social!

New research by Distinguished Prof. Yoko Nomura suggests that the combined effect of summer heat and urban air pollution may trigger hormonal changes in children, with long-term consequences on their behavioral development www.gc.cuny.edu/news/urban-h...

Very proud of this effort and the resultant scale, and major kudos to Morgan Robison for taking the lead on the manuscript! We appreciate the shoutout, @klonskylab.bsky.social!

I’ll be recruiting a new graduate student member to our lab this cycle. I am reviewing applications for our clinical, cognitive-neuroscience, or developmental area. The FAQ below describes the lab’s research foci and answers common questions. Reposts appreciated! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Lovely to see the entire first-year cohort of the Health Psychology and Clinical Science doctoral program in the 4th photo!

Proud of my thegraduatecenter.bsky.social’s doctoral student Lucy Liotta for contributing to this paper led by Colette Vaughan from Erik Benau’s lab (SUNY Old Westbury). https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ort0000864

Thank you for highlighting this work led by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social alumni Bev Rosario-Williams and Jorge Valderrama.

Elephants who live near people behave differently. Alumna @sarahljacobson.bsky.social and Prof. Joshua Plotnik reveal that curiosity may be key to understanding — and reducing — human-elephant conflict www.gc.cuny.edu/news/why-som...

Pleased to share new pub on "Physiological and cognitive reactivity to social exclusion among emerging adults with versus without a suicide attempt history," led by Beverlin Rosario-Williams & Jorge Valderrama, w/co-authors Evan Gilmer & Florissell Rosales. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Pleased to have been part of the team that contributed to this recently published paper on the development of the External Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, led by Mariah Xu, w/Grace Cho, Cindy Veldhuis, & measure developer Brett Marroquin. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

From groundbreaking donations to new academic certificates, the Graduate Center is leading the way in advancing LGBTQ+ scholarship and services during this crucial time www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @crankyqueer.org @dagerstner.bsky.social @mattbrim.bsky.social

Congrats to our @huntercollege.bsky.social graduates!

Excited that Dr. Lillian Polanco-Roman is joining the faculty at NYU Steinhart this Fall. Prospective PhD students interested in youth suicide prevention & mental health equity will have an option in NYC this upcoming cycle, as she will be accepting a student: steinhardt.nyu.edu/degree/phd-c...

I'm excited to be on the Advisory Committee for @DecolonizingWealth’s new #LiberatedCapital Youth Mental Health Fund—a $20M fund expanding access to culturally responsive care. Funding opportunity is now open. More @ bit.ly/ymhfund #decolonizingwealth

Counting down the days til our #ABCTStudentSymposium2025! Be sure to register on our website & check out our program: 1a812b7f-01db-43fd-b528-3a2cdc1be9c4.filesusr.com/ugd/3a1e4b_a...

Lower- versus Higher-Order Suicide-Related Attentional Processing Measures as Predictors of Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Attempt -- paper led by @huntercollege.bsky.social alum A. Shikh, w/J. Mañaná, S. Myruski, C. Rombola, M. Weierich, A. Ortin-Peralta, & me. authors.elsevier.com/a/1l0iNbZg7T...

The college decision has been made, a deposit paid, and in the Fall, my child will be an incoming Freshman at @umassamherst.bsky.social!

We recently pre-registered an updated version of a Childhood Suicide Ideation Interview. osf.io/nuq93

Free access available for the next 50 days via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1klo26gdZS...

Proud of this @huntercollege.bsky.social MA student and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social doctoral student from our lab for presenting their research at a conference this past weekend!

Submission deadline has been extended to Feb 24th! healthpsychcolloqu.wixsite.com/colloquium

New paper on differences in reporting suicide ideation and attempts by adolescents, depending on question. Data collected by our Hunter/ @cuny.edu lab, in collaboration w/NYC H+H. Paper led by pediatrician Alex Huttle, a Health Equity Fellow at Weill Cornell. www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S187...

Submissions to the Big Apple Health Psychology Colloquium are open until January 31st. Conference is March 23rd!

Thanks to @acamh.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about adolescent suicide ideation and cognitions, along with some of the research we do in our lab: bit.ly/42tn5SK

First article from our National Queer Women's Mental Health Cohort Study with @ericschrimshaw.bsky.social published in Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare presents findings regarding lived experiences of NSSI disclosure. www.pagepressjournals.org/qrmh/article...

The December surprise you've been waiting for. Episode 142 dropped TODAY! I had a great conversation with @annamueller.bsky.social about the work she and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social did in Poplar Grove to understand the social roots of youth suicide and what we can do about them. #SuicidePrevention

New paper by Lillian Polanco-Roman, Sharifa Williams, & Ana Ortin-Peralta on state-level structural racism and suicide ideation and attempts among adolescents. www.jaacap.org/article/S089...

Great profile of the work of my colleague Lillian Polanco-Roman (on racism and suicide) by the Radcliffe Institute. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

One of the highlights of my work week was watching this lab meeting unfold, as organized by @sarahrosesullivan.bsky.social, with support from our lab manager; and watching the engagement among our doctoral students, MA students, postbaccs, & undergrads.

Great article that includes a profile of the work of @cuny.bsky.social colleague Deidre Anglin from @citycollege.bsky.social.

A new New York Times article highlights the risks of high-intensity drinking, featuring insights from ARG’s Dr. Camillia Lui.

Happy Labsgiving from our lab to yours!

New paper led by Dr. Camillia Lui (Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute) on “Unmasking Suicidal Ideation for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youths Via Data Disaggregation.” Honored to have contributed a small part. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Some current & former Hunter College & @cuny.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social lab members (+ some friends of the lab) out to lunch while at the @abctnow.bsky.social annual conference in Philadelphia.

Come see us at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies annual convention! Here are some talks and poster presentations members of our lab will be delivering this weekend.

The Health Psychology and Clinical Science (HPCS) doctoral program at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is accepting applications until Dec 1st. See what some alumni and current students have to say about HPCS here: youtu.be/GQT2OuV5_kk?...

Want to learn more about the Health Psychology and Clinical Science doctoral program at the CUNY Graduate Center? We will be at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies annual convention. Or scan the QR code to watch our most recent virtual open house.