🔔Attention Prospective Grad Students! 🔔 I have an open slot to accept a graduate student to join my lab fall 2026 at @casaa.bsky.social ! I am accepting Psychology students in either Cognition, Brain, and Behavior or Diversity and Health Data Science tracks. bricsslab.com

Hi folks! My collaborators at UNC and I are recruiting for a new research study focused on improving an eating disorders prevention program for South Asian women living in the United States! Please see the flyer for more details and share widely with anyone who may qualify!

Starting today, new SNAP restrictions in Texas prevent purchase of candy bars, gum, sweetened drinks, and nuts, raisins, or fruits coated in chocolate/yogurt/caramel. Imagine using your political power to prevent a parent on low-income from buying a candy bar for their child.

SNAP benefits change April 1: What you can and can’t buy

Starting April 1, Texans who use SNAP benefits won’t be allowed to purchase items like sugary drinks and candy.

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Calling all youth interested in helping shape real-world policy in eating disorders! If you’re based in Virginia, California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, join our focus group to share your thoughts and opinions on eating disorder policy.

Oh my gosh!!!! Our paper, which provides evidence from a nationally representative US sample that people who screen positive on an ED screener are more likely to report interest and attempts to access GLP-1s like Ozempic, was just accepted at IJED!

If a teen is interested in losing weight, chances are they may turn to artificial intelligence platforms to get advice. The AI advice they get may be to keep their calories and nutrients drastically below their daily needs, according to a new study by Frontiers in Nutrition. https://cnn.it/41clD52

📣 The 2026 SMaRT Workshops schedule is officially LIVE — with workshops covering SEM, MLM, dyadic methods, time series, machine learning, clinical trials design, and more. STATS NERD SUMMER is HERE. Come learn something. 🧑‍🎓 smart-workshops.com/workshops Please share and RP🙏 More info 👇 1/n

Congratulations to @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social on successfully passing her General Doctoral Exams!!

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data. PLEASE SHARE!! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become deadly. #RemoveRFKJr, Save Lives.

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SNEAK PEAK at what all that HHS funding is about to go to. Take a gander at the latest from the Heritage Foundation: www.heritage.org/marriage-and...

Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years

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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself. Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right

I’m happy to see the new American Cancer Society report showing that the U.S. has reached a historic milestone in cancer survivorship, where 70% of patients live for 5+ years after diagnosis. But I also see it as a requiem, because the systems that made it happen have been destroyed.

A new milestone in the cancer fight: 7 in 10 patients now survive five-plus years

Better treatment options have improved survival rates in the U.S., according to a report from the American Cancer Society.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

📣 Our lab is hiring a full-time RA/lab manager! Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara to study the neural bases of affect-cognition interactions using fMRI and brain stimulation. Great stepping stone to a PhD in cognitive/affective neuro 🧠🐬🏖️ Apply by Jan 22: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03048

Junior Specialist - Lapate Laboratory, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026. For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk... Please share widely & consider applying!

Big news! The ruling was 4-1. The court consists of 3 women and 2 men. Three were appointed by the current governor who supported and signed the law. The sole dissenter was Kari Gray who was appointed by the former Governor. www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-cour...

Supreme Court - Wyoming Judicial Branch

Learn about the Wyoming Supreme Court, its role, and current justices. Access court information and resources.

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The Associated Press@apnews.com · 8mo ago

BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

Important publication (by @ginnybraun.bsky.social and co-authors) to add to any critical AI reading list. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025

Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...

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New pub out from the Medical Behavioral Unit at Rady Children’s found: presence of NSSI and a lower BMI at initial admission in addition to Black race were associated with higher risk of multiple hospitalizations. In general 20% of pts had multiple admissions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Demographic and Clinical Predictors of Multiple Admissions in Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment

Objective Despite advances in treatment, up to 20% of cases of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa (AN) persist chronically, with about 25% of individuals with AN being re-hospitalized. This study ...

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Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms. 3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers. 4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against. It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power. Story to come.

1/n Out today in @jamapsychiatry.com: Interpretation Issues With the Patient Health Questionnaire Instructions. We find troubling variability in whether people think they should respond based on the frequency of the Sx or the frequency of being bothered by the Sx. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Interpretation Issues With the Patient Health Questionnaire Instructions

This survey study assesses whether responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire reflect symptom frequency and severity.

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Successfully passed my comprehensive exams so I am officially a PhD ✨Candidate✨!!

At the @abctnow.bsky.social conference, PhD student Jenessa Shaw's poster shared findings from a #qualitative study of feared food exposure experiences in adults with #EatingDisorders undergoing #CBT. Thanks to everyone at #ABCT2025 who came to check it out!

I had a lovely time at #ABCT2025 presenting my posters, eating amazing food, and frolicking around New Orleans with some of my favorite people! @ashlinnpeters.bsky.social @drmartinwagar.bsky.social @sambedard.bsky.social @julianic.bsky.social @abctnow.bsky.social

Had so much fun at #ABCT25 with my amazing colleagues and some folks from our lab 🫶🏻 @drmartinwagar.bsky.social @taylorepenwell.bsky.social

Will you be at #abct2025? If so, we'd love to see you!

My department clinic is accepting applications our 2026-2027 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship! This is a collaborative training experience based at UM's Clinical Psychology Center (CPC) and Garden City Professionals (GPC). Check it out here:

#HRRC is hiring a Health Equity Researcher for a 2 yr project on systemic health reform. Virtual | $29–$34/hr | 15 hrs/week | Grant-funded www.humanrightsresearch.org/contributors #HumanRights #SocialJustice #HealthEquity #Research #HealthEquityResearch #Healthcare #Job #Hiring