Our new paper in JG:PS is out!

In a sample of over 3100 older adults assessed each year for 12 years, loneliness & sense of purpose were unique predictors of cognitive decline, though past research has underestimated the reciprocal nature of this relationship.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Welp

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.

At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.

—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.

Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?

All of this

same here! I just emailed my PO and they responded to say that it's currently down for everyone but will be back up soon.

If you have data that might fit our inclusion criteria, please reach out! We would love to include you in this timely and important CDA project, led by rising superstar @kvanbogart.bsky.social !

Stopped by the @wbez.org studies today to chat about addressing loneliness during the holidays! Great conversation!

Out today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association! Our collaborative meta-analysis led by Emorie Beck & Eileen Graham on personality and dementia: people w/ high #neuroticism and low #conscientiousness more likely to develop #dementia t.co/Dtr9OKkdwW