Dr. Cheri A Levinson
@cherilev.bsky.social
Professor/Director @uofleatlab; #EatingDisorder Researcher & Therapist, creating new treatments for eating disorders, mom of 3 girls, fighting back against #weightstigma to save lives
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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
@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social
@cherilev.bsky.social
@laurenharris.bsky.social
Congratulations to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for receiving the student poster award for the self-injury SIG at #abct2025!
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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
@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social
@cherilev.bsky.social
@laurenharris.bsky.social
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Next, we have a clinical round table on inhibitory learning in exposure for eating disorders including our own @cherilev.bsky.social and Jamal Essayli (Imperial 12, Level 4).
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Next, we have a clinical round table on inhibitory learning in exposure for eating disorders including our own @cherilev.bsky.social and Jamal Essayli (Imperial 12, Level 4).
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THANK YOU to our amazing TRAC study participants! They have completed 77% of ecological momentary assessment surveys. This impressive completion rate will significantly enhance our ability to answer questions about suicidality and eating disorders!
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THANK YOU to our amazing TRAC study participants! They have completed 77% of ecological momentary assessment surveys. This impressive completion rate will significantly enhance our ability to answer questions about suicidality and eating disorders!
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
@redslabauburn.bsky.social
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Join us in helping decrease food insecurity!
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us in helping decrease food insecurity!
Come see us at ABCT! Say hi!
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
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
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Come see us at ABCT! Say hi!
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials. "The termination of clinical trial grants for reasons other than safety or efficacy is wasteful in terms of time and energy, scientific opportunity, and federal tax dollars."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials
In March 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would be terminating $1.8 billion in grant funding unaligned with the agency’s priorities.1 The proportion of grant funding tha...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials. "The termination of clinical trial grants for reasons other than safety or efficacy is wasteful in terms of time and energy, scientific opportunity, and federal tax dollars."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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A reminder that for every dollar invested in NIH research, ~$1.47 was returned.
Investors who aren’t gluttonous pigs would do that deal every day, all day long.
Cutting grants is like someone looting one’s stock portfolio (if privileged enough to have one).
Investors who aren’t gluttonous pigs would do that deal every day, all day long.
Cutting grants is like someone looting one’s stock portfolio (if privileged enough to have one).
Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials. "The termination of clinical trial grants for reasons other than safety or efficacy is wasteful in terms of time and energy, scientific opportunity, and federal tax dollars."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials
In March 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would be terminating $1.8 billion in grant funding unaligned with the agency’s priorities.1 The proportion of grant funding tha...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A reminder that for every dollar invested in NIH research, ~$1.47 was returned.
Investors who aren’t gluttonous pigs would do that deal every day, all day long.
Cutting grants is like someone looting one’s stock portfolio (if privileged enough to have one).
Investors who aren’t gluttonous pigs would do that deal every day, all day long.
Cutting grants is like someone looting one’s stock portfolio (if privileged enough to have one).
When one ruler holds too much power — king or dictator — people’s needs often come second.
Bad decisions, corruption, and silence about problems can lead to hunger or even starvation.
Places where leaders are accountable and people can speak up are far less likely to have food insecurity.
Bad decisions, corruption, and silence about problems can lead to hunger or even starvation.
Places where leaders are accountable and people can speak up are far less likely to have food insecurity.
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When one ruler holds too much power — king or dictator — people’s needs often come second.
Bad decisions, corruption, and silence about problems can lead to hunger or even starvation.
Places where leaders are accountable and people can speak up are far less likely to have food insecurity.
Bad decisions, corruption, and silence about problems can lead to hunger or even starvation.
Places where leaders are accountable and people can speak up are far less likely to have food insecurity.
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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Hey. Fat people also deserve food. Fat people using snap benefits deserve to eat guiltfree. Going without will not make them instantly skinny, and in some cases, like those with diabetes, not eating on a set schedule can exacerbate health problems. Being fat does not equal laziness or weak morality.
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hey. Fat people also deserve food. Fat people using snap benefits deserve to eat guiltfree. Going without will not make them instantly skinny, and in some cases, like those with diabetes, not eating on a set schedule can exacerbate health problems. Being fat does not equal laziness or weak morality.
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Mental health is so important for virtually every avenue in life and this includes nutrition. Suffering from mental health disorders will also greatly impact the way one eats. Not supporting this is very upsetting.
#beh353 @beh353.bsky.social
#beh353 @beh353.bsky.social
The @nsf has also decided that clinical psychology is not eligible for NSF.
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mental health is so important for virtually every avenue in life and this includes nutrition. Suffering from mental health disorders will also greatly impact the way one eats. Not supporting this is very upsetting.
#beh353 @beh353.bsky.social
#beh353 @beh353.bsky.social
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🦊 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
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🦊 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
400 million dollars
To destroy the White House
I’m over here thinking about how that amount of money could fund over 200 million scientists to cure diseases
To destroy the White House
I’m over here thinking about how that amount of money could fund over 200 million scientists to cure diseases
a naked woman is sitting in a bathtub wearing a black necklace and smiling .
ALT: a naked woman is sitting in a bathtub wearing a black necklace and smiling .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
400 million dollars
To destroy the White House
I’m over here thinking about how that amount of money could fund over 200 million scientists to cure diseases
To destroy the White House
I’m over here thinking about how that amount of money could fund over 200 million scientists to cure diseases
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Happy "No Kings" Day!
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya regarding the recently appointment of a new NIEHS Director.
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya regarding the recently appointment of a new NIEHS Director.
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Happy "No Kings" Day!
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya regarding the recently appointment of a new NIEHS Director.
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya regarding the recently appointment of a new NIEHS Director.
Once again it’s looking like my grant won’t get reviewed next week. It is impossible to do science in this environment.
NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...
NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.
The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Once again it’s looking like my grant won’t get reviewed next week. It is impossible to do science in this environment.
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The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
Scripps Research-led team receives $14.2M NIH award to map the body’s “hidden sixth sense”
www.scripps.edu
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
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I am reading a reviewing a grant that is 278 pages long. People who think scientists and universities are getting "easy money" from the #NIH clearly know nothing about science.
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I am reading a reviewing a grant that is 278 pages long. People who think scientists and universities are getting "easy money" from the #NIH clearly know nothing about science.
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The drain this hostile political propaganda is putting on our mental health must not be underestimated. We're constantly bombarded with division & hatred headlines. We're supposed to keep calm & carry on but we're only human & it's so hurtful. We've got to up the kindness & solidarity. No other way.
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The drain this hostile political propaganda is putting on our mental health must not be underestimated. We're constantly bombarded with division & hatred headlines. We're supposed to keep calm & carry on but we're only human & it's so hurtful. We've got to up the kindness & solidarity. No other way.
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My family & I are still processing the events of the past 24hrs. There is so much to say; for now I will keep it brief:
Juan was observing the situation at the ICE detention facility alongside other elected officials. He was in a designated protesting area & was standing peacefully when video shows
Juan was observing the situation at the ICE detention facility alongside other elected officials. He was in a designated protesting area & was standing peacefully when video shows
October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My family & I are still processing the events of the past 24hrs. There is so much to say; for now I will keep it brief:
Juan was observing the situation at the ICE detention facility alongside other elected officials. He was in a designated protesting area & was standing peacefully when video shows
Juan was observing the situation at the ICE detention facility alongside other elected officials. He was in a designated protesting area & was standing peacefully when video shows
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These are all horrible, but this is just disgusting.
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
These are all horrible, but this is just disgusting.
Sometimes you have to celebrate the good news, despite all the bad. 🍾🥂
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sometimes you have to celebrate the good news, despite all the bad. 🍾🥂
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SO excited to be able to get exposure therapy into the hands of more therapists who work with clients with eating disorders!
@rachelbutler.bsky.social and I just submitted final versions of our books- Facing Eating Disorder Fears in the Treatments that Work series
Step by step exposure manual coming soon!!!
15 years in the making and I am SO excited to get this out there.
@uofleatlab.bsky.social
Step by step exposure manual coming soon!!!
15 years in the making and I am SO excited to get this out there.
@uofleatlab.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
SO excited to be able to get exposure therapy into the hands of more therapists who work with clients with eating disorders!
The @nsf has also decided that clinical psychology is not eligible for NSF.
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The @nsf has also decided that clinical psychology is not eligible for NSF.
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision
This is a crock of 💩
Clinical psych (actually clinical science) is a RESEARCH degree. Let’s just completely not support research training in mental health then.
Bad bad bad bad decision