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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 26d

I'll be reviewing applications for developmental and biobehavioral psychology PhD students this cycle (not clinical). More info and FAQs here! www.fernlab-uvm.com

Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment Lab | UVM

The Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment (FERN) Lab is a research team at the University of Vermont (UVM) committed to studying how and why stress and adversity affect brain developme...

www.fernlab-uvm.com

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Max Herzberg, Ph.D. @herzberg-mp.bsky.social · 20h

📣 I am excited to be recruiting PhD students to my lab in Psychology and Neuroscience at UGA! If you are applying for Fall 2026 and passionate about environmental effects on brain function, plasticity, and behavior development, consider joining me in Athens!

psychology.uga.edu/how-apply-ou...

How to Apply to Our Graduate Programs

The department offers two graduate degrees: the Ph.D.

psychology.uga.edu

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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 23h

Led by lab manager extraordinaire, Emma Renwick, and co-authored by two fantastic undergraduate research assistants, Emily Tan and Jenna Gonzalez 🙌

Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 23h

New lab paper in DCN! 🧠 We conducted interviews with adolescents to better understand their perceptions of neuroscience research and barriers to participation, w/qualitative data that is shaping how we design lab studies & efforts to increase representation.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Understanding barriers to adolescent participation in developmental neuroscience research

Increasing representation of youth in developmental neuroscience research is essential to elucidating neurobiological mechanisms of cognition, behavio…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Calling 2nd-year grad students and their mentors:

You just abruptly lost the ability to apply for the NSF grad research fellowship.

Join ~900 others (and growing!) in signing @omfishient.bsky.social's petition to reverse that.

[Or reshare this petition if you're not directly impacted]

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14d

You cannot keep your head down and expect to sneak through the next three years unaffected.

We MUST come together and say “NO!”

Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.

You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 24d

bb's first podcast.

Here's my conversation w/ Heather McSherry abt @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, science, power, organizing, & the existential threats to public health in this precipice moment.

www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...

@pathogenscribe.bsky.social @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social

From Evidence to Power: Organizing for Public Health with Jon Shaffer, PhD

Sociologist–organizer Jon Shaffer, PhD, joins Infectious Dose to explain why organizing—not just evidence—wins public-health protections, how DPH is building state teams, and what you can do next.

www.infectiousdose.com

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Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social · 25d

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo

Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States

The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....

phxc1b.rfer.us

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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · 26d

I'll be reviewing applications for developmental and biobehavioral psychology PhD students this cycle (not clinical). More info and FAQs here! www.fernlab-uvm.com

Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment Lab | UVM

www.fernlab-uvm.com

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Maddy Frumkin (she/her) @maddyfrumkin.bsky.social · 29d

Anyone offering a course on digital mental health these days? Would love a peek at your syllabus 👀

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David Baranger @davidbaranger.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you're looking at pre-6.0 ABCD results with subcortical rs-fMRI correlations, the labels are all wrong! We reported a result as Auditory - L Putamen, but it it was actually Default Mode - L Cerebellum. docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...

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Meriah DeJoseph @meriahdejoseph.bsky.social · Sep 9

Shameless plug that I'm on the job market! As a postdoc at Stanford's Center on Early Childhood, I study how children navigate growing up in poverty, w/ attention to both the challenges they face & the adaptive strengths they develop. To learn more & download my CV, see www.meriahdejoseph.com

Meriah L. DeJoseph, PhD

www.meriahdejoseph.com

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Mark Shuquan Chen @markschen.bsky.social · Sep 9

My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...

Mark Chen | Department of Psychology

psychology.fas.harvard.edu

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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · Sep 6

Really enjoyed speaking about adversity and the developing brain today at the final symposium session of #flux2025

So grateful to everyone that turned up. And of course to my fellow speakers and brilliant chair @abrieant.bsky.social

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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · Sep 6

OMG I can't believe Taylor Swift and Beyonce are coming to our symposium at 3pm!!!

Higgins Suite!! That's up the stairs from where all the other talks have been.

Join us.

Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to be in Dublin for #Flux2025! Stick around for the final symposium session on Saturday 3-4:15 with this all-star lineup 🤩 @danibeck.bsky.social @herzberg-mp.bsky.social

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Dylan Gee, PhD @dylanggee.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge congrats to Dr. Lucinda Sisk on receiving the Flux Dissertation Award! 🎉 @fluxsociety.bsky.social #Flux2025

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ISSBD @issbd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Climate change is reshaping human development. ISSBD members, especially those from LMICs, are invited to share work on risks, resilience, and policy. Abstracts due Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/3VhXUOh
#ClimateChange #HumanDevelopment

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Shari Steinman 🧜🏻‍♀️ @sharialaina.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi all! It looks like I *will* be able to take a new student this year! If you are interested in perinatal mental health, cognitive bias, and/or cats, apply to work with me at UVM! :)

a pusheen cat with the words let me join my dude below it

Alt: a pusheen cat with the words let me join my dude below it

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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to be in Dublin for #Flux2025! Stick around for the final symposium session on Saturday 3-4:15 with this all-star lineup 🤩 @danibeck.bsky.social @herzberg-mp.bsky.social

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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're hiring in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont-- spread the word!

Shari Steinman 🧜🏻‍♀️ @sharialaina.bsky.social · Aug 27

University of Vermont is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Clinical Psych! Come work with me! I love it here so far :)

www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602

Assistant Professor of Psychological Science: Clinical Psychologist

Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track

www.uvmjobs.com

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Shari Steinman 🧜🏻‍♀️ @sharialaina.bsky.social · Aug 27

University of Vermont is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Clinical Psych! Come work with me! I love it here so far :)

www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602

Assistant Professor of Psychological Science: Clinical Psychologist

Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track

www.uvmjobs.com

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Alexis Brieant @abrieant.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats, Niamh!!

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Niamh MacSweeney @niamhmacsweeney.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our paper - Neuroimaging Insights into Adolescent Depression and Development - is now out in Nature Mental Health! 🧠 Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors @yaratoenders.bsky.social and @cktamnes.bsky.social. I loved bringing these ideas together with you! rdcu.be/eugUM

Neuroimaging insights into adolescent depression risk and development

Nature Mental Health - Adolescence marks a critical period for the onset of depression, yet the neurobiological mechanisms remain unclear. Here the authors review literature linking adolescent...

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · Jun 26

The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available!

•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org

@theabcdstudy.bsky.social

NBDC Data Hub

NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Sharing Platform: Unifying ABCD and HBCD data management in one powerful platform.

www.nbdc-datahub.org

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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨Publicly available brain-age prediction code🚨

I have adapted my code used in a recently published paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...) and decided to share on GitHub for any that would like to use it.

#ABCD #neurodevelopment

GitHub - dani-beck/brain-age-prediction: Brain age prediction code for training and testing using the ABCD Study release 5.1 data.

Brain age prediction code for training and testing using the ABCD Study release 5.1 data. - dani-beck/brain-age-prediction

github.com

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JK Lifespan Development Lab @jklifespan.bsky.social · Jun 17

A new paper coming out of our lab uses six years of longitudinal data to examine links between the chronicity and timing of maltreatment and risk-related functional connectivity across adolescence. Read it here! (Open-access in DCN)
doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

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