Kefan Cathy Wu
@kefancathywu.bsky.social
Incoming Clinical Psychology PhD Student @UMass Amherst | Suicide, Self-Injury, Digital Phenotyping, EMA | UMich Alum
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my Clinical Psychology PhD this fall at UMass Amherst under @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social’s mentorship, studying the progression of suicidality! I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and for the support of my mentors at the EAT, REDS, and Tad Lab!
New publication alert!! Congrats to Dr. Lauren Harris, Rylee Lusich, Kefan Cathy Wu, Jayson Stancil, Jannah Moussaoui, Dr. Elizabeth Cash, Dr. Cheri Levinson, and Dr. April Smith on their new publication in Behavior Therapy! Such an important topic in the eating disorder and suicide fields! #stopEDs
Yay for open science! Check out our recently published protocol paper for REDS Lab and @uofleatlab.bsky.social's R01, which is investigating predictors of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in anorexia spectrum disorders.
I’m so honored to be awarded and to present our findings at the @abct-ssi-sig.bsky.social meeting!! So grateful for all of my mentors!! @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social
April Smith, PhD@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 8mo agoCongratulations to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for receiving the student poster award for the self-injury SIG at #abct2025!
ABCT 2025 The EAT Lab's full schedule of presentations this year - covering new findings in eating disorder symptoms, interoception, suicidality, and treatment development across the ED spectrum. #EatingDisorderResearch #EatingDisorders #EDScience #ABCT2025 #EDtreatment
Thank you for having us 🤩
Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab@redslabauburn.bsky.social · 9mo agoSo great to have these awesome virtual visitors from @uofleatlab.bsky.social, Dr. Rachel Torres and @kefancathywu.bsky.social, and hear awesome #abct2025 practice talks from @cmcurran410.bsky.social and @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social
Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon! Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!! @redslabauburn.bsky.social
April Smith, PhD@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 11mo agoCongrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social, whose first-authored paper, "Cross-sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales" was just accepted at #sltb!
Congrats @kefancathywu.bsky.social for receiving the Suicide & Self-Injury SIG Student Poster Award at #ABCT2025! Poster: Heart Rate Variability in Relation to Suicidality and Fear of Death Among Individuals on the Anorexia Nervosa Spectrum. 💙
🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!
@kefancathywu.bsky.social and @claireecusack.bsky.social are representing the EAT Lab at #APS2025! Make sure to stop by and say "hi" on Thursday and Saturday!
Going to APS? If so, come check out these fantastic REDS Labers' work! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social @laurenpictor.bsky.social c
#newprofilepic 😎 We got together for a group photo just in time to present our work at upcoming conferences! Shoutout to our fantastic executive assistant, Christina, for helping us include our remote team members! Grateful for this crew and the work we do!! #LsUp #GoCards
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 We're so proud of postdoc Dr. Rachel Torres for her new first author publication: How and Why to Add Autonomic Phenotyping and Autonomic Balancing Interventions Into Eating Disorder Treatment (Torres, R. Cash, E. Levinson, CA) doi.org/10.1002/eat....
We will not stand down. We will continue to fight so that people do not die and lose their joy because of eating disorders. Can you help us fight back in the face of tyranny so we can continue our forward momentum? Please give & share - any little bit helps www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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Today we received the 2nd NIH grant termination for life saving work on #eatingdisorders This one impacts a postdoc who has devoted his life to improving treatments for EDs for EVERYONE. He no longer has funding for his salary or work As of yesterday (we received notice this morning).
Loved getting to see @kefancathywu.bsky.social's work at #SRS2025, which finds that people with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa have similarly elevated levels of suicidal ideation. @cherilev.bsky.social @ryleelusich.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social
Join us TODAY at the 2025 Suicide Research Symposium for presentations by the TRAC study coordinators and the incredible Dr. April Smith ✨✨ @redslabauburn.bsky.social @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social #SRS25 #suicideresearch #suicideresearchsymposium
We 💙 our extraordinary Study Coordinators!! So proud!!
