Balloon Fiesta is the greatest and it’s even more fun with friends and colleagues 🎈

🚨 Position Alert! 🚨 I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)

Long post ahead! I am very excited to be recruiting 1 to 2 #PhD students during this upcoming application cycle for Fall 2026 admission! The Clinical Psychology PhD program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) is absolutely stellar and accredited by both #APA and #PCSAS (Clinical Science model). 1/

Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.

Welcome to UNM @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social!!! So excited for you to join us!

Today our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 training grant is no longer funded. We are waiting for our renewal that is pending. I spent most of yesterday crying with worry about how I will support our amazing trainees. Today I celebrate them and the joy of seeing them present at CPDD and RSA. 🧵

We’re heading in to Day 2 of our pre-college summer course at Brown 🧬 🧠 Conducting Research at the Forefront of Science: Mental Health, Policy, and Social Implications of Cannabis Use in the U.S. It’s always a blast teaching with @sarahathomasphd.bsky.social

📣 Out now: Those with early life stress & psychiatric dx had ⬆️ rates of mtDNAcn compared to controls and compared to those with early life stress but 🚫 dx pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40517524/

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HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them. Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure. grant-watch.us/nih-data.html @rcmedphys.bsky.social

Women with POTS are 4 times more likely to have endometriosis. both conditions have a devastating lack of awareness, effective treatments & punitive time to diagnosis. Endometriosis sufferers often need multiple surgeries, and Dysautonomia can & does complicate the recovery. Quick diagnosis is key

After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities. scim.ag/4ikYp2T

Excited to share that our S-GIMME paper is out! This was a fun foray into idiographic networks that we wanted to share, but has left me with many methodological questions. doi.org/10.1002/jts....

Figure 1 should be part of every research design course. ✅

New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/

For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is what democracy looks like in Providence, RI #handsoff @indivisibleri.bsky.social @indivisible.org @alexagagosz.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @tednesi.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social @steveahlquist.bsky.social @nancyklavin.bsky.social

Early results from our study looking at cannabis use among acute trauma exposed young adults presented by the amazing @gg296.bsky.social #CPA2025 #AddictionPosters2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social

SCOOP: You've heard about the NIH terminating grants. I've learned of another, less visible way it's disrupting science: It’s removing some applications from peer review. Not rejecting them, but putting them on hold without saying why or if they'll ever be reviewed. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate. #childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

📣 I’m a little behind on announcements, BUT I’m thrilled to share: this Fall I’ll be joining the amazing folks at @casaa.bsky.social and @unm.edu. I’m beyond grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to a new chapter with lots of ☀️ and 🌶️!

Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social sbn.org/news/news/wh...

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

I’m having many conversations with friends and colleagues related to feeling powerless. I wanted to share a concept from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that I think is worth highlighting, especially when we fear there may be consequences for standing up/standing out: Alternate Rebellion.

Next week, QSP will be hosting Dr. Mashu Yang to talk about MNAR data in EMA designs! Come distract yourself for an hour and learn about this important topic for EMA researchers -- register here: bit.ly/3XPShbx

Yesterday was windy and chilly but it didn’t stop us from standing up in Providence for @standupforscience.bsky.social

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE! Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

Need a distraction this week? Join the Quantitative Sciences Program with the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior on 2/12 at noon Eastern ✅ Register: bit.ly/40loXtQ

Most large research universities have negotiated indirect rates of ~60%. This may seem like a lot, but that money pays for so much including offices/lab space, lab equipment that’s not specific to a given study, research administration staff, costs to run an IRB and so so much more. 1/x

How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies? Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:

I’ve gotten this error and another (below) trying to log in to eRA commons today. Anyone able to get in?

Awesome research and an awesome leader over at Wayne State!

I want to take a moment to share some positivity and to brag for one of my dearest friends and one of the hardest working humans I know: gazette.com/opinion/from...

Unsure how recent changes in U.S. policy regarding the NIH will impact the psychiatric genetics world? You're not alone. Join ISPG for a Member’s Meetup for community discussion and support: 📅 Wednesday, January 29 🕗 3 PM EST 📍 Pre-Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This week is an opportunity to explain things about how NIH works to your friends, family, etc that aren’t in the biz. This is the last available data from NIH, Fiscal Year 2023. The percentile rank is the relative merit score voted by various study section. Lower is better in the NIH parlance.

If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

The federal government is crucial in supporting medical research, driving innovations that save lives and boost the economy. Cuts threaten progress in cancer, mental health, and PTSD treatments, including for veterans. #SupportScience #FundResearch #MedicalResearch #CuresNotCuts

Hi folks! The Quant Sciences Program at Brown is finally resuming our 🐸 speaker series. Join us for the kickoff session with flash talks on February 12 at noon (Eastern) 📊

Curious about how altered fear & safety learning contribute to anxiety, OCD, and PTSD? Check out our new meta-analysis on startle response, self-report, and SCR in fear conditioning! Together with Franziska Kausche, @hpcrstn.bsky.social & Kim Sobania. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm hoping to hire a postdoc this year to join our growing lab at Yale! Looking for someone interested in EMA/digital phenotyping, formal theories, complex systems, & computational psychiatry. If this sounds like you, please reach out! Official ad coming soon.

This looks fun — thanks for developing/sharing!

What is optimism bias and how does it impact our beliefs? Check out our recently published paper (with huge credit to Aleksandr Karnick for this work): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The ED CAT team representing us last Friday at Brown University Health Research Day! Rachna Iyer did a fantastic job leading us through some of the early data relating follow-up rates and trauma typology among cannabis users