I am pleased to announce the launch of our new diamond open access journal Psychology Across Development (accepting submissions starting today!). We are a lifespan developmental journal. (1/3) escholarship.org/uc/psycdev

More U.S. kids live in net worth poverty than income poverty, and almost no one studies it. Our new paper argues wealth deprivation shapes children's development in its own right, and that standard wealth measures miss the debts poorer families carry. academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...

This is the exact type of science the regime is trying to squash. But it's the science we need to build communities that foster health. Adverse social determinants in early adulthood are associated with higher coronary artery calcification risk later in life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Developing a novel index for neighborhood social determinants of cardiovascular diseases in the CARDIA study - Nature Communications

Neighborhood social determinants of health influence cardiovascular risk, but early-life exposure effects remain unclear. Here the authors show that higher early adulthood neighborhood social determin...

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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

All four books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use: - Bayesian Workflow at avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... Links to other three books are in the quoted post 👇 (too many books to fit in one post!)

Bayesian Workflow book: Website – Bayesian Workflow book

Website for the Bayesian Workflow book by Gelman, Vehtari, McElreath, et al. — case studies, code, and exercises in R and Stan.

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Aki Vehtari@avehtari.bsky.social · 2y ago

All three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use: - #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/ - #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/ - Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...

Why quantitative understanding of effect sizes matters, even if all you care about is the presence of the effect statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/01/h...

Please support the APA Div. 37, Section on Child Maltreatment fundraiser! Our goal is to raise $1k for Community of Hope in Washington, DC, an agency dedicated to improving health, ending homelessness, and creating a more equitable future for children and families. Thank you! gofund.me/501c93bec

Donate to Join Us in Supporting Community of Hope, organized by Samantha Brown

The Section on Child Maltreatment of the Society for Child and Family Policy an… Samantha Brown needs your support for Join Us in Supporting Community of Hope

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Please support the APA Div. 37, Section on Child Maltreatment fundraiser! Our goal is to raise $1k for Community of Hope in Washington, DC, an agency dedicated to improving health, ending homelessness, and creating a more equitable future for children and families. Thank you! gofund.me/501c93bec

Donate to Join Us in Supporting Community of Hope, organized by Samantha Brown

The Section on Child Maltreatment of the Society for Child and Family Policy an… Samantha Brown needs your support for Join Us in Supporting Community of Hope

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There is no need for fireworks now with drone shows. No need for pets and vets to cower and for wild life to suffer as well as the pollution and noise. I said what I said.

Wildland firefighters are away from home this holiday protecting lives. Three firefighters were killed in Colorado last week. When tragedy strikes, Wildland Firefighters Foundation assists families & injured firefighters. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations: wffoundation.org/kyle-clarks-...

Kyle Clark's Word of Thanks Campaign | Wildland Firefighter Foundation

Kyle Clark's Word of Thanks Campaign Make a Donation Why should you help? The Wildland Firefighter Foundation’s mission is to help families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist inj...

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“Every dollar invested in NIH-funded research returned about $2.50 to the broader economy — a 250% return on investment.” “…sustained NIH funding has generated more than $822 billion in economic activity, supported more than 3.7 million jobs” academicmedicine.aamc.org/stories/how-...

#NIH has published the new Parent #F99/K00 #predoctoral to #postdoctoral award. The first due date is August 8, 2026. Please see the website to determine eligibility and submission dates. #sciencesky #medsky #funding

What matters most for childhood brain organization? We analyzed 649 variables. The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers. Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES. In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NEW: They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding. As the NIH bankrolls new research at a significantly slower-than-usual pace, I talked to scientists left in the lurch about the toll on their research and careers: www.chronicle.com/article/they...

They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding.

The NIH’s spending on new medical research is significantly slower than in previous years, leaving confused scientists in the lurch.

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Read this on what drowning actually looks like and be prepared to grab or get help for someone this summer

Perry Barber@umpireplb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

Clinicians & researchers working with adults 44+: a large UK Biobank study (N=77,093) just mapped how sleep timing, duration & daily activity shift across age and sex 🌤️ Here's what stood out 🧵

How sleep changes across later life, and what it means for mental health - National Elf Service

A large UK Biobank study tracked sleep in over 77,000 adults. Here's what the data reveals about age, sex and mood.

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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

A brief overview of child abuse and neglect definitions and common forms of maltreatment. #ChildWelfare

Behold! Decades of evidence show adversity affects development, the challenge to advance knowledge is figuring out why and how experience matters. Our latest thinking: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... 🧪 @kesmith.bsky.social #devsci #ClinicalPsychology #ClinicalPsychology #PsychScience

Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Studying Early Adversity and Development

Early life adversity is associated with many negative health, behavioral, and cognitive outcomes. However, the causal mechanisms underlying these associations remain obscure, making it difficult to de...

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Welcome to the last half of the US federal fiscal year. Here is where we're at with National Science Foundation--the agency that funds basically everything other than biomedical research at American universities--grant numbers. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Extending previous findings of brain changes in a first pregnancy, a study in Nature Communications shows that a second pregnancy uniquely alters women’s brains, involving both a further fine-tuning of first-pregnancy effects and distinct changes in other networks. #Neuroskyence #medsky 🧪

The effects of a second pregnancy on women’s brain structure and function - Nature Communications

Extending their previous findings of brain changes in a first pregnancy, the authors show that a second pregnancy uniquely alters women’s brains, involving both a further fine-tuning of first-pregnancy effects and distinct changes in other networks.

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Wonderful op-ed by a mother who explains how NIH-funded research at U of U Health saved her daughter's life. "That research — and Briar’s life — demonstrate just how critical federal support is to scientists, doctors and, especially, the patients they help." www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Voices: Medical research saved my daughter’s life. We must protect the funding that makes that research possible.

“Scientists are seeking new treatments and cures for many diseases, common and rare,” writes Lateishia Curtis in an op-ed. “Talk to friends, neighbors and policymakers about medical research. The next...

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“As a scientist, I am disgusted. As an NFL widow who witnessed unimaginable suffering, I am furious,” writes Eleanor M. Perfetto. www.statnews.com/2026/02/07/s...

As a scientist and NFL widow, I am furious about a recent NFL Players Association-funded CTE study

“As a scientist, I am disgusted. As an NFL widow who witnessed unimaginable suffering, I am furious,” writes Eleanor M. Perfetto.

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🚨Thrilled to share I am able to hire someone (PhD preferred) with coding expertise to work on our HAPPE software for EEG! Knowledge of Matlab, Python, and EEG signal processing required. Enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring, collaboration, and developmental science preferred!

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Excited to share this Annual Review synthesizing 75+ yrs of research (150+ studies) on stress effects--from pregnancy through adolescence--on children’s mental, physical, social, and functional health. This review fills a critical gap & finds pervasive stress effects. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...

Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health

UCSF researchers found evidence that stress occurring as early as before birth or as late as adolescence can affect multiple conditions in kids, from asthma to mental health to cognitive functioning.

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This program is outstanding, with courses taught by leading experts in dissemination and implementation science. Join the informational webinar TODAY!

ACCORDS@accordsresearch.bsky.social · 9mo ago

TOMORROW! Join us for an informational webinar about the D&I Science Graduate Certificate Program. Register at ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/dicert... #ImpSci #CUAnschutz