EHB Lab research assistants at @bellarmineu.bsky.social setting up for the first run of their psychophys experiment. So exciting!!! 🩺📈🎉

Just received word that all three of my lab students who applied for research grants from @bellarmineu.bsky.social SGA were funded in full. These scholars worked hard to create thoughtful projects in a time crunch, and I am so very, very proud of them! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Always a great day when we can share new research findings! Is "nomophobia" associated with college students' physical health once general anxiety is accounted for? And what is the role of social comparison orientation? #DigitalHealth🤓 Full paper: tinyurl.com/bdeefyr2 Summary: tinyurl.com/k5r6ep84

October is #Menopause Awareness Month! Did you know there are many ways to access menopause information & support through apps? Many of these feature videos & messaging between users. (Always check with the information with reliable sources & consult your medical provider.) #WomensHealth #mHealth

Non-tenure track Asst Prof in Clinical Psychology position to support Bellarmine's new MS in Clinical Psyc Program bellarmine.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

Send your two US Senators and your US Representative a note asking them to implement common sense gun control (e.g., an assault weapons ban) www.congress.gov/members/find...

Big, huge CONGRATULATIONS to my former student, Abby Hardy, on her first first-author publication! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AcademicSky #HealthPsychology #BodyImage

A new study finds one of the most cited #AI models used to scan chest x-rays doesn’t accurately detect potentially life-threatening diseases in marginalized groups, including women and Black people. scim.ag/42uhnPO

I'm new here! And I'm going to kick it off with recruitment for a research study: If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!

Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do?? It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS! Keep it up, Dorks! #StandUpForScience www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO

Finished my American Cancer Society swim challenge #5miJuly #swim #effcancer

Caught some students using AI to plagiarize. Instead of being even remotely satisfying, it's just heartbreaking and disappointing #AcademicSky

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

I’m here to tell you that @standupforscience.bsky.social is working HARD behind the scenes to fight back against Trump’s destruction of science! We are going all in this summer ahead of the budget vote…and setting up to support pro-science candidates in the midterms. We are gonna save science!

Beyond honored to have received the Outstanding Scholar Educator Award from @bellarmineu.bsky.social. I’ve been so very blessed with talented, hard-working students and exceptionally supportive colleagues 💕

Researchers identified risk factors for #bodyimage disturbances among women of reproductive age, diagnosed with #PCOS finding BMI, occupation, family caregiving, acne, intimate relationships, 👩‍❤️‍👨 and more were associated with worse body image for these women 😔 #WomensHealth tinyurl.com/3xabu4bk

Me, being momentarily caught up on grading #AcademicSky

If you're at the @kypsychassoc.bsky.social 2025 Kentucky Psychology Student Conference this weekend, come check out posters from these amazing @bellarmineu.bsky.social undergraduate research assistants in the #EHBLab! #KPA #KPF #AcademicSky

How is the body experienced in mental health conditions? 🧠🫀🫁 Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So proud of my research assistant. Her data supported two out of three of her hypotheses AND she got the reference when I told her Meat Loaf would say that ain't bad #AcademicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVvX...

"Be suspicious of every email you receive. It could be an opportunity to compromise your or your organization's security." OK. **reports IT security training reminder as a phishing attempt.**

“It’s just weird. I did not expect this to happen to the United States” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What is your favorite meme/Onion headline about your profession? theonion.com/report-resea...

Our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!

My two primary reading-the-news-these-days faces, modeled here by Ruthie and Doug 🤬🤢

🚺 #Bodyimage struggles peak during #menopause, but cultural influences remain underexplored. 🔍 This article highlights the need for more studies—especially quantitative ones—on how norms, aging perceptions & beliefs shape body image in menopausal women. Read more here: tinyurl.com/c73utz7d

Our paper on the experiences of #vegetarians and #vegans seeking eating disorder treatment is out now in Nutrients via mdpi.com/3140730

My students' IRB app just got approved. Normally, this would just be business as usual--a box to check on the way to more important things. But right now, it's a bright spot in the chaos. I'm so proud of them.

I'm #standingupforscience because when I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in 2018, I was terrified. The survival statistics for my type of melanoma was around 20%. But these statistics did not include the lives saved from the recent NCI and CRI funded studies of immunotherapy drugs. 1/6

Re-sharing some of our recent research findings, now with our BlueSky community! What makes social comparison "good"/"bad" for immediate emotions? Ecological momentary assessment among women w/risk for heart disease🙋‍♀️🤓 Full: iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Summary: rb.gy/tje1r5

"Despair and believing that you are powerless is a form of 'obeying in advance' which ensures the victory of autocracy. I understand the exhaustion, anger, the feeling of being overwhelmed and the grief...But unless we fight, we cannot prevail."

It's been a long week. Please feel free to join Ruthie--spiritually only, of course--in the Laundry Basket of Solitude #CatsOfBluesky #SkyCats

Taking recommendations for an easily digestible, free tutorial on how to use SEM to run and interpret a longitudinal mediation in JASP or R #AcademicSky #PsycSciSky #Stats

Diversity in science benefits all groups.

Do not believe we don’t have power. Trump needs to be popular, most of all. When he senses that is threatened, he blinks.

Findings from our latest meta-analysis of 51 studies shows that #self-compassion is protective for psychological distress in people with chronic illness. 👇Read more about our findings in this #openaccess paper published in #BJHP bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Working w/ a reporter on the consequences of the NIH/NSF freezes (e.g., training pipelines, how grants support clinical time for trials) If you've had a grant impacted, some organizational perspective (e.g., in APPIC leadership/DCT role) + are willing to share your experience please shoot me a DM

NIH is funding my dissertation on how moment-to-moment social experiences and moods can lead teens to engage in disordered eating. This will help us create better supports for them ❤️

TO CALL: Find your Sens: www.senate.gov/senators/ TO CALL: Find your Rep: www.house.gov/representati... TO FAX VIA TEXT: text RESIST to 50409

The Maryland Department of Education has instructed all its districts to begin training teachers and school administrators what to do when ICE shows up www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

🎓 Early career researchers: Apply for the American Psychological Association's LEAP program, which supports early-career scholars from underrepresented populations with mentorship, funding and professional development. Learn more and apply before March 31: ow.ly/611750UNOPh

Me searching fruitlessly for the instructions to respondents in the article for this published scale #AcademicSky #PsychSky

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Psychologist: we ran EFA and CFA on measures of “things that hold stuff” to understand what IS a cup. A three factor, higher order solution emerged…

If people want to write their senators this site has info on how much economic impact NIH has in each state: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

If you’re still silly enough to think we should keep science out of politics, here’s a very small demonstration that politics won’t stay out of science.

What is this dumpster fire I am walking up to this morning?! #NIH I am lost for words. This is so scary. www.science.org/content/arti... So far, the research landscape in Europe seems safe (let's see for how much longer...) so please reach out if you are thinking about relocating (see 🧵)

My university has scheduled a meeting for April Fools Day and I don’t want to think too hard about anything anymore.

Pumped for the roll-out of our new Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology (MSCP) program at @bellarmineu.bsky.social!