Very cautiously optimistic that the inclusion of potential inflammatory etiologies will finally move the needle on anti-inflammatory treatments for mood (and other) disorders being considered truly “first line”

Oh thank the gods.

“This cruelty will be measured in lives lost… We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows.”

Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B #StateOfNeuroscience

Thrilled to see this trial finally out in press! Self-guided hypnosis signficantly reduced hot flashes above and beyond sham treatment. Awesome to have more non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms. Looking forward to diving into our mechanisms data next! shorturl.at/RPIJX

Seen this afternoon on a trail deep in the Appalachian woods: A House With Good Bones @tkingfisher.com

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Bouchard!

Vaccinations are a goddamn miracle.

I spy @geofflorenz.bsky.social amongst this illustrious list: news.unl.edu/article/103-... Please go shower him with congratulations!

This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:

Dr McNealy is an incredible scientist doing incredible work on neural effects of hormonal contraceptives - give her a follow!

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT! kundakoviclab.com More info 👇

Would be very interested in anyone wanting to: 1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and 2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures

The Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab at UPenn will be hiring 1-2 post-bacc RAs and potentially a postdoc this year Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)

You can’t get better than Justin, one of the hardest working scientists around!

Amen, and also true of sex research. Both fields act as if the goal is to overcome the glittering allure of pleasure to prevent (real, important) risks, without deeply understanding & honoring those pleasures.

I feel ethically + professionally obligated as a clinical psychologist (and hope my peer feel the same) to state that sexual or gender diversity is empirically and definitively 1) not mental illness 2) is not treated as mental illness in any ethical and reputable treatment and 1/2

Wonderful news for reproductive health. Even if infusions were only as good as oral tabs, this would be good: oral iron causes nausea (already a prob in pregnancy) and one-time infusions are much easier to roll out & track than daily pill use. So infusions having *better* outcomes? 🤩

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process. Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪

Want to halve your risk of death before age 75? 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Working on my syllabus for upper division human sexuality course next semester - Need recs for articles on gender/sexual minority health equity. Trick is this course is super-cross listed (eg psych, sociology, youth & family studies) so can’t assume shared background. #lgbtq #queer #healthpsych

@geofflorenz.bsky.social , after patiently listening to me info dump on this paper and rant about how dope macrophages are: So the takeaway is macrophages are basically midichlorians? Me: you know what, sure

Dr Malik puts to words a feeling I’ve had a while: “just say no!” is demeaning, terrible advice for academia. Would be better to teach our junior colleagues to ask for help, compensation, and equitable distribution of common goods labor such as mentoring.

And all the genderqueers sighed a great sigh of regret that it could have been “Dapperverse”

There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every 28 days (on average) using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.

UNL is hiring in Law Psychology - please circulate widely! Application review starting Jan 6th. #LawPsych #Psychology employment.unl.edu/postings/94405

Want to learn more about machine learning with a healthy dose of memes and jokes? Check out this new beginners guide, written by our very own, very talented London Wolff: londonwolff.github.io/machine_lear... No background in ML needed (although some familiarity with R is helpful).

Lab meeting talking through initial results of our study on inflammation & sexual desire/arousal in pre vs postmenopausal women. While things didn’t go as we expected (when do they?) there are some interesting things to follow up on.

It’s Trans Day of Remembrance, an incredibly important, beautiful day that is also triggering for a lot of folks. Stay strong and ask for help: trans lives are a gift worth saving.

It's time to start organizing the 2025 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Feel free to reach out with any questions! Mentee application: forms.gle/Xgha7wf6vrwa... Mentor application: forms.gle/mc5a8Bc6mXJX...

Fascinating read. The idea of “we reify syndromes when we say someone is hyperactive because of their ADHD, not that we characterize their hyperactivity within the concept of ADHD” nicely describes my squidginess with categorical diagnostic systems for mental health.

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

Recent paper (Nature)-why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? X/Y or hormones? We study adaptation of immune systems in gender-affirming testosterone treatment: nature.com/articles/s41...

So excited for this one: the next CfP for the American Journal of Public Health's 2024-2025 special sections on LGBTQ+ Health is here! 🎉🎉 LGBTQ+ Wellbeing, Flourishing, Pride & Joy! 🎉🎉

For those interested, my department has a FULLY FUNDED Masters Program in Experimental Psychology. The deadline is February 1. Faculty support student interests in behavioral neuroscience, social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology. wm.edu/as/psych-sci...

A fantastic thread. Internment is a horror no matter how long it goes - and, I can’t imagine how bad it could get when the rationale for internment is diffuse & without definitive end - no specific war to point to and thus no clear ceasefire.

If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you've taken recently.

Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) women’s current sexual dysfunction -> future CVD? 2) how different emotions cue the immune system to anticipate different challenges

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We are hosting a free webinar TOMORROW, Sat Nov 16 1 - 5pm CST on demystifying grad school applications in Psychology, oriented to marginalized & historically excluded folks. All are welcome! bit.ly/3UzkPEA

Welp, I was wrong. Thought RFK would want a more advisory, less bureaucratic role.

Gender-affirming care for trans kids is good health care www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” is not a thing www.scientificamerican.com/article/evid... And the first trans clinic was destroyed by Nazis www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... (5/n)

Haven’t been active on social media for a while because the options haven’t been great for building real community or effectively sharing research. But folks assure me Bluesky is better so giving it a shot.