Congratulations to my first PhD advisee, Katelyn Melcher, on matching at Duke for pre-doctoral internship! They're SO fortunate to have you join them and I'm so excited to see all you continue to do! 🎉 🥹 @umontana.bsky.social

The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time." Line in the sand. It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit. Disrespectfully, the rest of us.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!! The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙 We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships: 📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...

I'm reviewing applications for the University of Washington's PhD program this fall. Applicants interested in the Clinical Psychology, Social-Personality (emphasis on personality), or Quantitative programs are welcome to apply. More information here: sites.google.com/uw.edu/radla...

My home of Missoula just voted to establish the pride flag as an official government flag of the city, thereby circumventing the state's asinine pride flag ban. 🏳️‍🌈 Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.

Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget. Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA... APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience

Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental health conditions & they often become chronic. Yet Trump’s HHS is cutting eating disorder research & the MAHA report doesn’t mention them. This isn’t just suppressing science - it’s a decision that will cost lives. www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e...

Eating disorder research defunded despite MAHA focus on chronic conditions

Experts on eating disorders like anorexia worry that research funding cuts mean patients won't get the care they need.

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Saving the best for last! Come swing by during the last session of #ICED2025 today where I will be sharing the findings from my thesis project about risk and protective factors for adolescent’s engagement in disordered eating.

Looking forward to learning and catching up with folks at #ICED2025 in San Antonio! 🤠Here is our lab presentation schedule. Thanks for the graphic @taylorepenwell.bsky.social !

A week ago I got to celebrate being the first person in my family (including my husband’s side) to get a graduate degree!! I’m incredibly thankful for my family that flew out to celebrate & the family and friends who joined the ceremony via zoom. Here’s to 3 (or 4) more years until the last one!

🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀 We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget. Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share. The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx @alt-hhs.altgov.info @altfda.altgov.info

Montana's anti-trans bathroom ban is BLOCKED by the courts. The judge finds that the ban was "motivated by animus" and that it showed no evidence that it protects safety and privacy.

We’re so excited for the incredible Ash @ashlinnpeters.bsky.social to join us!! ☺️🏔️

Ashlinn Peters, M.S. (They/Them)@ashlinnpeters.bsky.social · 2y ago

From a Red Raider to a Grizzly! I am beyond excited to be joining the Laboratory for Eating Disorders and Equity with @drmartinwagar.bsky.social and the incredible team at the University of Montana (@umontana.bsky.social) this fall as I begin my PhD in Clinical Psychology! 🐻🫶🏻

if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org #episky #medsky

NIH For America | Explore, Educate, Engage

Discover NIH For America, a hub for research, advocacy, and community support. Learn, connect, and get answers to your questions.

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Ariel Beccia@albeccia.bsky.social · 2y ago

a few things you can do to help queer health research: - call your reps - contact your local media ** for both, highlight the value of this work to your community - donate to state AGs - donate to relevant legal orgs - amplify what's happening & thank you to everyone who has reached out, truly 💗

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:

I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here. First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide) bsky.app/profile/rebe...

Rebecca Fielding-Miller@rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 2y ago

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social for covering what's going on here in Montana. Since picking up 10 seats in November, MT Dems have made incredible policy progress in the House. And the relationships we've built across the aisle have brought our colleagues along with us. 💪 youtu.be/wMR-F58Hb5o?...

‘There’s hope’: Republicans break ranks to block anti-trans bills in Montana

YouTube video by MSNBC

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I was happy to #standupforscience2025 yesterday. And of course, I have been thinking about things I didn't have a chance to say. Like because of the chaos at NIH (and the freezing of funding), how my team has been waiting for NOAs for two non-competing renewals since mid-January. 1/

Scientists who are actively against fascism because fascism is bad, not just because sometimes it hurts scientists, are my people

Apropos of nothing, now is a good time to brush up on your rights as a protester or protest organizer. You are largely protected under the first amendment, thiugh there are limitations. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

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Missoula: Stand Up for Science rally is happening at The Oval at UM on Friday 3/7 at noon! I’ll be at a conference in NM so I’ll miss it but I’ll be in joining in solidarity from the Santa Fe rally! ✊🏼

I am so excited to share my first publication, a labor of love! My co-1st author @katerinaldi1.bsky.social and I examined weight related terminology preference within two samples of folks in larger bodies🥰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs

Clinicians and researchers may struggle with appropriate terminology when discussing body size. Pathologizing larger bodies has led to use of medicali…

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American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America

A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas

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📣I am hiring! Looking to hire a research coordinator to start in my lab later this spring/early summer to coordinate a new R01 in which we are aiming to optimize a CBT-based self-guided digital intervention for eating disorders! Apply here: wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... 1/n

Research Technician II-Social Science - Psychological & Brain Sciences

Scheduled Hours 37.5 Position Summary This is a full-time research technician position to work on research developing and evaluating digital innovations for increasing access to evidence-based interve...

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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

If you have anything to do with conducting, publishing, or reviewing qualitative research, read this perfect new paper: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... Clarke et al. (2024). “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback.

I am still recruiting for my thesis study exploring people's experiences using coaches (e.g., recovery coaches, life coaches, wellness coaches) for eating disorder recovery! Please share!

Today is the final day of our fundraiser for the University of Montana Eating Disorder Training Clinic! In year 1, we trained 600+ providers in EDs, including dozens who received comprehensive ED psychotherapy training! Every donation helps access to care! crowdfund.supportum.org/project/43730

Help Montanans with Eating Disorders!

Support the growth of the Eating Disorder Training Clinic to improve access to care for Montanans with eating disorders!

crowdfund.supportum.org

Ok I made an #eatingdisorder starter pack- who did I miss? go.bsky.app/Fsn93mM