📢 Applications are open for the 2026 #JacobsCIFARFellowship! A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide. 🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...

Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

🚨 New Paper Alert🚨 focused on #representation and #generaliability in #neuroscience. A real labor of love. Was rejected from [… checks list 🤔] SIX journals and originally presented in 2020 at FLUX to find a home at AMPPS #persistence

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Tomorrow is a busy day at the @esrasurvey.bsky.social‬ 2025 conference. This morning SRC researchers are presenting on post-survey observations, biomeasures, neuroimaging, wearable sensor data & mixed-mode household screening protocols. See our full schedule of activities at #ESRA25 myumi.ch/z9jDP

🧪Using the Health & Retirement Study, Farah Ammous, Mark D. Peterson, @colterm.bsky.social‬ & Jessica Faul find physical activity is linked to slower epigenetic aging. Lifelong & current activity strongly predict healthier aging myumi.ch/W6p1D

🧪Using @ffcws.bsky.social‬, @colterm.bsky.social‬ & coauthors find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms in adolescents, but is linked to accelerated epigenic aging among disadvantaged Hispanic youth myumi.ch/79Jzr #epigenetics #education

Grant terminations have gotten most of the attention, but death-by-non-renewal has been pretty devastating, too.

Another #DemographyMinute from #PAA2025: Farah Ammous of @um-src.bsky.social describes Health and Retirement Study research demonstrating that physical activity is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease in older adults. With Helen Meier, @colterm.bsky.social and Jessica Faul

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliate @colterm.bsky.social in Clinical Epigenetics Maternal epigenetic index links early neglect to later neglectful care and other psychopathological, cognitive, and bonding effects myumi.ch/D8kqm

🌸 This is the 1st analysis of the relationship btwn social connectedness & epigenetic clocks using an egocentric network approach. The lack of social connectedness may be linked to epigenetic markers of risk for multimorbidity & accelerated aging. @colterm.bsky.social #PAA2025 myumi.ch/e3k2x

🌸 @maggielevenstein.bsky.social is the discussant in the #PAA2025 session where @colterm.bsky.social will present Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Socioeconomics Outcomes in a Vulnerable Population with @helenmeier.bsky.social & @christophermonk.bsky.social myumi.ch/XydmW

🌸 🧬 Childhood poverty is associated with poor health across the lifespan, but how do early-life socioeconomic conditions become biologically embedded? Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social, and Daniel Notterman present at #PAA2025. @um-src.bsky.social myumi.ch/qZk4m 🧪

Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social & Daniel Notterman will report on their findings regarding DNA Methylation as a Surrogate Biomarker for Early-Life Poverty at #PAA2025. Friday, 4/11, 8:30am More details: myumi.ch/n18Qd

🌸 New research Farah Ammous, @helenmeier.bsky.social , Jessica Faul & @colterm.bsky.social #HRS indicates that physical activity is associated with lower inflammation levels, along with a diminished risk of chronic disease in older adults. #PAA2025. @um-psc.bsky.social myumi.ch/A1dXx

Today I got to visit my 14th @bigtenplus.bsky.social campus, Indiana University, a day before an Aging Symposium. I know it’s not even Spring yet but this campus is gorgeous. These pictures don’t do it justice—need to come back when it’s green.

Sarah Laurent, @colterm.bsky.social, Luke Hyde, @christophermonk.bsky.social, @helenmeier.bsky.social et al. find redlining - discriminatory lending practices from the early 20th century - continues to impact present day neighborhood poverty, resulting in increased adolescent stress. myumi.ch/61r26

NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...

The damage being done to American science, particularly in the area of medical research will cost countless lives and take decades to repair. This is truly a catastrophe.

🧪 Edward Huntley, Luke Hyde, @colterm.bsky.social, @christophermonk.bsky.social et al leveraged qualitative data to outline recommendations for incorporating underrepresented populations in neuroimaging studies, which is important for improving these studies' generalizability myumi.ch/4mnpZ

These are not "transgender mice" These are mouse models used to determine the effects of certain medications on health. You know, the thing even those opposed to transgender healthcare often state we should be doing. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

“A group of researchers and students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is gathered today for a data preservation marathon, scraping and downloading data related to health equity from U.S. government agency websites before they disappear.”

CNN has now confirmed this. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

A thread on the research and science that is done at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan @um-src.bsky.social. I think many people think we just collect surveys--but we are so much more! Our focus is on interdisciplinary social science to understand human behavior through surveys

New paper in @pspolisci.bsky.social by Kirk Hawkins and I discussing the future of scholarship on populism and its effect on democratic contestation, participation, and representation. We give special attention to how we measure populism, as many current measurses are inadequate for future research.

“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Research published in @jama.com -- top mentioned among @um-psc.bsky.social research this fall -- found harsh parenting can have widespread effects on the brain, with distinct effects in preschool years. @colterm.bsky.social 🧪From @michigandaily.bsky.social: www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...

Do you need educational and psychological item response data to do your research? The IRW has 600 item response datasets (more coming!), distributed in a standardized format and ready for analysis.