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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · 14d

Incredibly unfair to all the 2nd year students and clinical psychology students who have spent months preparing their applications - changes to this year’s NSF GRFP don’t allow Y2 or clinical psychology students to apply… www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · 20d

We’re recruiting a Director for @uarizona.bsky.social's newly renovated Behavioral Health Clinic, a core member of our clinical faculty who will help lead grad clinical training. Review starts soon and will continue until we fill the position. Please share widely! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 22d

Postdoc with us in Columbus! 🌰

I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg

With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences

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Post Doctoral Scholar

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finished WARN-D data collection, all cohorts/waves. Cleaning & deidentifying data now so we can share w research community.

First look at compliance rates: left 3mo EMA data, right baseline + follow-ups. Super happy with this.

Thx to @rayyantutunji.bsky.social for quick graphs.

3 months EMA data (4 timer per day), in 4 cohorts of students in the Netherlands that started November 2021 and then half a year later each.

24 months of data, baseline + follow ups every 3 months, in 4 cohorts of students in the Netherlands that started November 2021 and then half a year later each.

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · Sep 3

The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar plot showing the number of psychology jobs posted each year by area. There are major dips in 2020 due to covid, and in 2025 (now).

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

I prefer to tackle nuanced debates over a pint in a pub ;) Hopefully you’ll let me visit you next summer when I come to Japan for SPR and I can buy you one (a pint, not a pub)

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Now that we're done with that... Toshi my friend... help a tired parent out! I've got 2 classes to teach, grants to submit, papers to write, and 999 other things I'm late on. Stop trying to drag me into academic social media drama 😂. I'm just here to lurk 👻, celebrate people, & avoid the "real news"

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

2/2 ... work in this space. Although I have my opinion, I don't know which approach(es) will ultimately move the needle, so as long as funders & the field don't ONLY pursue imaging & genetics research, I'll be happy no matter which line of work moves the field forward & improves patient outcomes

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

1/2 Imaging & genetics are not my area of expertise so I wouldn't be the right person to weigh in. As you know, my lab's work (@personalizedtx.bsky.social) focuses on behavioral interventions / psychological + digital therapeutics space. That said, I have colleagues & collaborators doing exciting...

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

New article written by Heather Stringer about precision treatment work in the mental health space by Kate Bentley, Ellen Driessen, @jorsmo.bsky.social, Leanne Williams, Conor Liston, and others www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Amazing opportunity to be a colleague with one my favorite people who is doing some of the coolest clinical science @shirleybwang.bsky.social ! Encourage everyone to apply!

Sam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣 🚨 Yale Psychology has 3 searches this year!

Links below:

Quantitative link: apply.interfolio.com/171903
Social link: apply.interfolio.com/171989
Clinical link: apply.interfolio.com/171970

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Sep 2

The psych job market isn’t dead! Join us at UIC!!! We are looking for a clinical psychologist (assistant or associate level)!! Chicago is simply the best, and the department is incredibly lovely! I’m not on search committee, but as the “newest” hire, I’m happy to talk about my experience thus far!

Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs

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Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)

Position SummaryTeach at the undergraduate and graduate level, advise students, conduct research in area of expertise, participate in the intellectual...

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Julian Burger @julianburger.bsky.social · Sep 2

I will be reviewing applications for Stony Brook’s Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. The research streams of my lab are summarized on the department website: www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psyc...

Julian Burger | Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 31

A sampling of the slides… I’ll say this though - I’ll never teach a class on evidence based psychotherapies without praising Dianne and Steve for that original 1992 paper. We can respect our history while also teaching students about the present (and future)!

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 31

Don’t worry Toshi - I had lots of other slides on ways we build evidence, including two from your IPDs. It’s important to teach the history though too.

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 31

Taught this in my undergrad class Thursday too… apologized to the students ahead of time for all the name dropping…

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 30

PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!

Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)

#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky

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Pete Hitchcock @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'll be reviewing computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory 💭🔬

Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄

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Information for prospective graduate students

The Translational Lab will be reviewing applications this cycle! Prospective students can apply through Clinical Science or Cognitive and Computational Sciences in the Emory Psychology Department to ...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students

Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

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Whitney Ringwald @whitneyringwald.bsky.social · Aug 29

✨✨ I will be reviewing applications for the University of Minnesota psychology PhD program this fall!

Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab

Please spread the word!

Join the Lab | Ringwald Lab

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Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s been a long time coming.

To commemorate August 2024, we celebrate one era at a time, each with a wonderstruck study and a sparkling canine mind.

Welcome to The Mind Tour, Dogs’ Version! 🎉

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Toshi Furukawa @toshi-frkw.bsky.social · Aug 21

Evidence-based personalized & optimized CBT skills for depression, based on a trial of 4469 adults. The Resilience Training App will augment the efficacy by 35% overall over the group average best, and by 64% for those whose best option wasn’t this group average best!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Personalised & optimised therapy (POT) algorithm using five cognitive and behavioural skills for subthreshold depression

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wait - NIH won’t allow article charges at all (or limited to $2K or something like that)?

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · Aug 9

@pci-regreports.bsky.social -- look at us go!

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Aug 8

APS's journal AMPPS has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review. @dsbarra.bsky.social

AMPPS Accepts First Manuscript From Innovative Peer Review System

The APS journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review.

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Aug 9

Definitely hoping I get to join for @ambulatory-assessment.org #SAA2026 in Vienna!

Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you enjoyed #ICBM2025 and use Ambulatory Assessment/ Ecological Momentary Assessment methods, consider planning another trip to Vienna next year: @ambulatory-assessment.org will meet here on 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026. More info soon on univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/

Home - Society for Ambulatory Assessment conference (SAA 2026) - OMP, University of Vienna

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