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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 19h

Those are the BEST emails to receive.

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Nature @nature.com · 6d

Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

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Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 5d

What do you know, when science funding is interrupted, you get less science

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5d

PubMed Update (no pun intended)

Publications with Pub Date

8/1//24 62209
9/1/24 64765
10/1/24 68211

8/1/25 61610
9/1/25 63719

10/1/25 35936 (as of 10/2/25)
10/1/25 38673 (as of 10/6/25, 8:00 AM)

It appears that ~40% of the expected number of publications are missing for 10/1/25

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a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

ALT: a man in a black vest says no bueno in front of mountains

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Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 15d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.

And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 12d

We are still recruiting for a postdoc for my lab! This person will play a key role in a new R01 optimizing a self-guided digital intervention for #eatingdisorders. There will be ample opportunities for publishing, contributing to grants, mentoring, etc. Apply by 10/31 for priority consideration.

Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on a newly-funded R01 aiming to optimize a digital intervention for #eatingdisorders and contribute to other research in this space! Remote candidates may be considered. Start spring/sum 26 (or sooner!). Pls share!

wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences

Position Summary This position will primarily support the implementation of a newly funded National Institute of Mental Health R01 grant focused on optimizing a digital chatbot intervention for eating...

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 12d

🦊 REDS lab will be accepting a grad student for Fall 2026. Folks interested in eating disorders and/or suicide are encouraged to apply! See here for more details: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab

Join the Lab | REDSLab

www.redslab.org

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Rachel Andrade-Frietchen (she/her) @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social · 12d

Very exciting news! 🎉 If you are looking for a kind, collaborative, and passionate environment to do suicide and eating disorder research, I highly recommend applying! I love that I get to pursue research and clinical work with so many amazing people! 💕

Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 12d

🦊 Exciting news! The REDS Lab is looking to accept a new graduate student in Fall 2026. If you’re passionate about studying or treating eating disorders and suicide, check out how to join us: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab

Join the Lab | REDSLab

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Stephanie Manasse, PhD @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social · 19d

My lab is hiring a research coordinator! Fantastic for a post-bac with interests in just-in-time adaptive interventions and/or eating disorders! epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Clinical Research Coordinator

The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware is seeking a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). The CHDS is a research center across the Nemours ...

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 16d

And more.

"In a response to requests for comment, an NIH press officer wrote, the 'NIH is committed to restoring the agency to its tradition of upholding gold-standard, evidence-based science.'"

Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 16d

"Without that grant [establishing clinical and translational research], 'we would not be able to identify what is still today the largest single way of reducing deaths from lung cancer.'"

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 16d

"...highly cited studies that might not have existed if their grant had been cancelled include a seminal paper showcasing the results of the Human Microbiome Project2, the result of a $10-million package over five years to increase the understanding of the human microbiome."

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 16d

"The algorithm found 1,287 grants — worth $1.9 billion — that it considered likely to be cancelled, of a total of around 48,000. Around 53,000 publications are related to those flagged grants."

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 16d

A creative and insightful thought experiment (run by AI) -- what if similar grant cancellations happened in 2014? What current scientific advances would never have happened?

Nature @nature.com · 16d

We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences

go.nature.com/4pBArFH

What research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find out

We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US National Institutes of Health grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences of such action.

go.nature.com

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 18d

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 18d

NEW from me and Amie Rapaport at @futureedgu.bsky.social: New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis // www.future-ed.org/new-parent-r...

New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis

Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too many students are still missing too much school. Research shows that absent students fall behind academically and are more likely…

www.future-ed.org

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Jean Forney @jeanforney.bsky.social · 25d

Come join us in Athens! We are hiring a TT assistant professor in our APA accredited clinical psychology program at Ohio University.

Jenny Grant Weinandy @jgrantweinandy.bsky.social · Sep 12

We are hiring a TT Assistant Professor (clinical area) at Ohio University!!

Research programs related to child/adolescent clinical psychology, health psychology, transdiagnostic factors related to addiction and disordered eating, and assessment encouraged.

www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/55193

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)

The Department of Psychology at Ohio University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level within our American Psychological Association-accredited clinica...

www.ohiouniversityjobs.com

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations! For anyone in AED, the binge eating SIG is doing a journal club on this article in October 🧠

Elizabeth W. Lampe, Ph.D. @elizabethwlampe.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 New pub alert 🚨

We show that higher #NegativeAffect relative to one's usual level explains the relationship between poor #Sleep and next-day #BingeEating

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

Negative affect mediates the association between nightly sleep disturbance and next-day binge eating

Sleep disturbance has been linked with both increased negative affect and engagement in binge-eating (BE; i.e., eating episodes accompanied by a subje…

www.sciencedirect.com

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

Mark your calendars! Tiger Giving Day is happening on 9/10/25!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PHh...
alumni.auburn.edu/tiger-giving...

Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment and Training

YouTube video by Auburn Alumni Association

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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Bee taking a nap.. 😅

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also important this week: A trustworthy guide to childhood vaccine schedules, from actual pediatricians (many of whom saw these diseases before they could be vaccinated against).

* pin it & share it *

Ps: no, pediatricians are not pharma shills, don’t @ me
www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...

All About the AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule

Here's what to know about the recommended immunization schedule for children and teens. The schedule is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and based on ongoing review of the most recent sc...

www.healthychildren.org

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 19

It is only when we give up hope, that we lose.

Or to quote Victor Frankl: “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”

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The Society of Behavioral Medicine @handle.invalid · Aug 19

📢 Postdoc Opening!
UIC is seeking applicants for the Cancer Health Equity & Career Development Program (CECDP) fellowship.

✔ NIH-level stipend
✔ Hybrid work option
✔ Mentorship & training in cancer disparities research

Apply now: www.sbm.org/membership/i...

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity @ UT Austin!

I’m recruiting a clinical psychologist or neuroscientist to join us in 2025/2026.

Our work: fear/threat + fMRI + EMA + HiTOP + anxiety/trauma/OC psychopathology in adults & adolescents + fancy stats!

📄 Description: tinyurl.com/2jfk8d8m
🌐 Lab: www.scoop-lab.com

cooper_postdoc_description_2025.pdf

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Janet Lydecker @jalydecker.bsky.social · Aug 12

comment by September 15 👇

Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · Aug 12

Pls comment on this NIH RFI on limiting allowable publishing costs by 9/15. osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form... This is completely in conflict w/ the other new mandate that we must have our research be OA immediately (and publishers like Wiley not allowing submission to PMC immediately if we don't pay)..

Comment Form: Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs

osp.od.nih.gov

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