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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · 7d

me sowing (submitting four manuscripts over the summer): haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!!

me reaping (getting back R&Rs during the fifth week of the semester): well this fucking sucks. what the fuck.

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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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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hi folks, we're still recruiting participants for this study! Please share this post WIDELY with anyone you know who may be eligible to participate!

If you'd like to distribute off Bluesky, feel free to DM me and I can get you a blurb and flyer for email or other distribution!

Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm new here! And I'm going to kick it off with recruitment for a research study:

If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!

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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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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 14

a fun thing about having family and friends who are clinicians is the predictable uptick in texts received in the last 10 minutes of any given weekday hour

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Suicide Research Symposium @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨The Call for Proposals for #SRS26, cohosted with @afspnational.bsky.social, is live! We look forward to seeing your groundbreaking science again this year. Abstract deadline is October 30. Visit our website at suicideresearchsymposium.com to learn more/submit!

suicideresearchsymposium.com

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YR² Lab @yr2lab.bsky.social · Aug 12

@yr2lab.bsky.social, focused on youth suicide prevention research, is hiring a full-time research coordinator to join our team this fall! Interested applicants can find additional details on our website here: sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/join-...

Join Us – Project Coordinator – Youth Risk and Resilience Lab

sites.wp.odu.edu

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Amanda Makara @amakara.bsky.social · Aug 12

@repeatlab.bsky.social is looking to hire 2-3 Part-time Clinical Interventionists to start this Fall! Interventionalists will conduct remote therapy sessions for a clinical trial comparing 2 therapies (CBT & Positive Affect Treatment) to support adults in the process of recovery from AN and AAN 🧵1/6

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 12

@shrutikinkelram.bsky.social any chance you'd like to zoom in to class and be a guest speaker/facilitator? I'd LOVE to have you share your expertise with my students!!!

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?

Cover page for the manuscript: Morey, R. D., & Davis-Stober, C. P. (2025). On the poor statistical properties of the P-curve meta-analytic procedure. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2025.2544397

Abstract for the paper: The P-curve (Simonsohn, Nelson, & Simmons, 2014; Simonsohn, Simmons, & Nelson, 2015) is a widely-used suite of meta-analytic tests advertised for detecting problems in sets of studies. They are based on nonparametric combinations of p values (e.g., Marden, 1985) across significant (p < .05) studies and are variously claimed to detect “evidential value”, “lack of evidential value”, and “left skew” in p values. We show that these tests do not have the properties ascribed to them. Moreover, they fail basic desiderata for tests, including admissibility and monotonicity. In light of these serious problems, we recommend against the use of the P-curve tests.

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 8

Oh I LOVE LOVE @andrealamarre.bsky.social 's work!!!

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Samantha Jade Withnell, MSc @sjwithnell.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣Please share this opportunity to participate in my PhD research!📣
Adults across the US & Canada experiencing eating/body image problems are invited to participate in a zoom session where you'll complete an interview and a survey. For more info, check out the QR code or contact the lab!

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 8

Amazing recommendations. Would love to have you come be a guest! It'll be a very small class (like <5!) so very discussion based - I'll DM you!

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

I know a lot of Ph.D.-level experts.

Until GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question, it's not at that level.

Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · Aug 7

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year Wait

CEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic.

www.wsj.com

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm teaching an advanced undergrad course on eating disorders this fall , and working on the reading list (all primary peer-reviewed journal articles).

What are your favorite readings to assign on eating disorders, body image, or weight stigma? What topics don't get enough coverage? Drop a link!

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

I know a lot of Ph.D.-level experts.

Until GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question, it's not at that level.

Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · Aug 7

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year Wait

CEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic.

www.wsj.com

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Aug 7

I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle.

Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.

share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...

Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

thinking about doing something wild and crazy

thinking about putting an exclamation point in a journal article

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 6

*Academics in early August

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 5

omg and I would get to boost labmate @shrutikinkelram.bsky.social too, one of my favorite things to do!

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 5

...body image/media influences, theoretical models of EDs, weight stigma (including in treatment), recovery/outcome, prevention.

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is why I'm asking for help - it's so challenging! I have SO MUCH flexibility in developing this course which is a blessing. I'd love to include some interdisciplinary readings! My big-picture plan is to cover topics like cultural influences on eating/EDs, biological/affect/cognitive factors,

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm teaching an advanced undergrad course on eating disorders this fall , and working on the reading list (all primary peer-reviewed journal articles).

What are your favorite readings to assign on eating disorders, body image, or weight stigma? What topics don't get enough coverage? Drop a link!

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Lisa Velkoff, Ph.D. (she/her) @lisavelkoff.bsky.social · Aug 4

Trainees/students are welcome to participate!

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ABCT Suicide and Self-Injury Special Interest Group (SSI SIG) @abct-ssi-sig.bsky.social · Aug 2

Another job posting! Please see below for details and instructions on how to apply for the Research Assistant position at the Butler Hospital Psychosocial Research Program (affiliated with Brown University)!

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