As researchers or clinicians, how do we navigate conversations about the demands of caring (i.e., "cost of caring") without minimizing the importance of care work? Dr. Giscombé shared her thoughts on navigating difficult conversations around coping based on her research into Superwoman Schema.

*SQUEALS* I'm so excited to have the opportunity to participate in a 3-week microsabbatical program in the Department of Psychology at Princeton (starting next week!).

In our episode on building #stem careers, we asked guests to reflect on mistakes in their careers, how they approached them & how it may have affected their future research. Dr. Almeida reflected on needing measures of positive events in addition to stress. Listen now: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle

It was a great evening to explore Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail with new graduate students! We're thrilled to have you here, @kristenstopfer.bsky.social and @carlosasilvera.bsky.social!

New in BSAM - Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities. Free for the week!

#psychjobs due Oct 1‼️ Research Focus: Intersections of family science and health/relational health, including romantic & intergenerational relationships. Preferred Qualification: Those who consider neighborhood, geographic location, culture, and/or public policy in their work on families & health.

This project has been great fun to work on. I’d love to hear from people involved in teaching statistics or research methods — your thoughts and feedback would be highly appreciated! If you’d like to have a look, evaluation copies can be requested here: www.mheducation.co.uk/professional...

📣 Call for unpublished studies on discrimination of bisexual people! ⬇️ Please see the full call below We are very grateful for all contributions! #SocialPsych #PsychSciSky

Excellent interview for people wanting to bridge the gap between research and practice in their health promotion activities and social services. Helpful comments in last half of interview for adapting community & workplace wellness programs for the diversity of our participants.

New paper 📢 when are dealbreakers no longer dealbreakers? This study found people were more willing to consider a partner with a highly aversive dealbreaker when faced with the prospect of prolonged singlehood.   www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pere.70026 @vwongsomboon.bsky.social

Context matters for our experience and expression of emotion! In this clip, Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes highlights the importance of recognizing how culture gives us rules around displaying emotions. Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion #psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm #socialpsych #healthpsych

Absolutely stoked to share Season 2 of the Stress Puzzle! We have a phenomenal lineup of guests this season to help us all think more deeply about stress ~in context~ including @jayvanbavel.bsky.social, @ajuaduker.bsky.social @mwkraus.bsky.social, Danielle King, Mary-Frances O'Connor, and more! 🧩

Be sure to check out this back to school bonus episode of the Stress Puzzle and share with trainees and early-career researchers in your network! #socialpsych #healthpsych #affectivescience #academicsky #iopsych #scicomm

🧩 In this episode: 1:09: How have you handled mistakes? 8:50: Non-traditional experiences and hobbies 12:03: Advice for trainees & ECRs 22:29: Reflections on collaborating 30:20: What is the future of stress science? Season 2 coming tomorrow! #scicomm #academicsky #psychscisky #healthpsych

🧩 A new back to school bonus episode of the Stress Puzzle is available now! Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp... Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am over the moon to share that I’m starting a new position as a Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute! I am so inspired and impressed by the research (and the researchers) at Kinsey, and I'm looking forward to getting involved with this work! :)

What an incredible opportunity to learn about critical topics in sex and aging from The Kinsey Institute! Only $25 to attend online! Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.

In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

time to admit im a fed (fed up with unaffordable housing)

me working to solve the rising sea levels

Powerhouse Almeida providing daily stress info! Spoiler: although we see people reporting fewer stressors and less reactivity, we also see evidence suggesting that having NO daily stressors isn't all sunshines and rainbows either! Check out the podcast hosted by @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social for more!

Hasan Piker should’ve been the GQ cover.

Good news about aging from a daily stress perspective from Dr. Dave Almeida! He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych #scicomm Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress

My dept (HDFS) at Texas Tech is hiring an Assistant Professor who studies family science and health, broadly defined to include physical health, mental health, community health, and relational health, including romantic and intergenerational relationships. Plz share widely! #healthpsych

No really, Republicans are serious about undoing marriage equality: A Texas judge is currently suing for a legal right to only officiate weddings for different-sex couples This would empower state actors to selectively withdraw LGBTQ people's fundamental rights ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Obergefell v. Hodges made me believe in the whole "arc of history bends towards justice." In the 90s, I didn't think gay marriage would be legalized in my lifetime because homophobia was so deeply ingrained. We would have never gotten here without the decision and now it may be overturned.

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)? Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

Welcome to the Stress, Aging, and Relationships (STAR) Lab at Texas Tech University, led by Dr. Ryan L. Brown. We’re excited to share our logo for the first time! Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!

Stress affects individual and societal health. So why is there such a wide gap between our knowledge in stress science and that knowledge being translated to meaningfully impact people's lives? Dr. George Slavich discussed this issue recently on the Stress Puzzle. #psychscisky #scicomm #healthpsych

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

So happy to see Allie in this position!! I can't wait to follow the high-impact dyadic parenting intervention research that she'll advance @ucsfpsych.bsky.social!

We desperately need policies that support care work and reduce the "cost of caring" borne by women in our society. In this clip, Dr. Tené Lewis highlights implications from her research on the physiological cost of caring in over-stressed communities.

How does a wild baboon's early life stress affect the lifespan of future generations? In this clip, Dr. Jenny Tung highlights her research as co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, a longitudinal-observational study following generations of baboons in Kenya since 1971.

In this month's issue of BSAM, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh investigated links between dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and a structural neuroimaging indicator of brain age in midlife adults. #nutrition #brainaging You can read the results in their open-access paper here:

Have you read the research from the latest issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine? You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

Excited to be launching our lab's logo (and a lab page)! Follow along to learn more about what we're up to in the coming months, including welcoming two phenomenal new graduate students to the team.

We’re part of the problem (too many podcasts) but also trying to be part of the solution (accessible, fewer episodes + focus on high-quality stress science)! Your reminder to listen to the Stress Puzzle podcast as prompted by the Las Culturistas Culture Awards!: www.ryanlinnbrown.com/stresspuzzle

Excited to be launching our lab's logo (and a lab page)! Follow along to learn more about what we're up to in the coming months, including welcoming two phenomenal new graduate students to the team.

Yes, you could say that I had a good time at @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social’s wedding 😂

My dept (HDFS) at Texas Tech is hiring an Assistant Professor who studies family science and health, broadly defined to include physical health, mental health, community health, and relational health, including romantic and intergenerational relationships. Plz share widely! #healthpsych

🧠 Amid growing concern about research funding in the U.S., our members shared amazing non-federal funding opportunities for personality & social psych research! From Russell Sage to Templeton Foundation - check out resources compiled by our community: ow.ly/PIfs50Wxoeo

New preprint! Interested in examining HPA axis regulation or allostatic load? We present three approaches to computing the dynamic range of diurnal cortisol — with advantages, limitations, and examples with R code for each approach. osf.io/preprints/os...

Alok V. Menon = a fellow Texan & an inspiration! “When people feel witnessed with curiosity and nonjudgment, they bloom, and they remember that the purpose of being alive is to do what flowers do: serve a look and then die.” ~Alok V. Menon

Can't wait for tomorrow!

Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar! Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.

That's All Folks (for Season 1) of the Stress Puzzle! 🧩 Season 2 is coming this Fall & I'm excited to continue growing this science communication effort. In the meantime, you can listen to episodes from Season 1 here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast #scicomm #psych #affectivescience #devpsych

💡 I'm looking forward to contributing to next week's Science for Society webinar all about the science of stress and stress management! Join us for an overview of best practices in stress measurement, the evidence base for stress management interventions, and critical research on weight stigma.

This issue welcomes submissions of manuscripts on ANY topic in health psychology & behavioral medicine that: (1) describe the protocol of a proposed study, systematic review/meta-analysis, or ongoing longitudinal research (Protocol) (2) describe an openly available dataset (Data Note) Due: 6.1.26

🚨Calling all health psychologists! Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research! Call for submissions: