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Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · 20d

@qmmmmliu.bsky.social and I just gave a presentation for the UChicago internship program on writing faculty job statements.

We talked through what makes them compelling (and what to avoid).

Slides are here if interested 👉 osf.io/3skx4/?view_...

Thanks to Dr. Shona Vas inviting us!!

Faculty Jobs

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 New publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior! ❤️

Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu — we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.

@psychillinois.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Disentangling the Heterogeneity in Minority Stress: A Data Mining Approach - Archives of Sexual Behavior

Minority stress theory posits that discrimination contributes to increased distress among individuals with minoritized identities, including individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual. The...

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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! 🔄

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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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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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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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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

A critical song that I put on repeat in my marathon of a day writing up my entire dissertation.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · Aug 5

40 years ago today, Kate Bush released “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).”

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Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 HIRING!

The Health Equity and Action Lab (@ UIUC) is looking for a Coordinator to support an NIH-funded study on parents.

💼 Start by 9/1
📍 Champaign, IL
✍️ Apply: [email protected] (CV + cover letter)

RT to help us find someone great! 💜

#AcademicJobs #PsychologyJobs #HealthEquity

Health Equity and Action Lab – A publish.illinois.edu site

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Jamie Reilly 🦜 @reilly-coglab.com · May 25

How to read data into R from the OSF without losing your mind. reilly-lab.github.io/Jamie_HowOSF...

Read File into R from OSF without Losing your Mind

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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · May 7

Looking forward to an invited talk at APS this month. I'll be discussing estimands, linear models, and set theory, debuting a new R package (w/ @nicolasleenaerts.bsky.social), and sharing some data from an ongoing emotion regulation study that identifies sufficient conditions for emotional distress.

Title slide for an invited talk at APS in D.C. on 5/24 entitled "Let's be discrete: The utility of episodic and categorical perspectives".

README page from the GitHub page for a new package called 'mitools', which generates sets from categorical data and evaluates those sets for conditional probability and entropy.

Example model depicting different sets and the conditional probability of emotional distress on each set.

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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · May 6

Despite the well-polished workflow of this package, I tried to analyze the “useless data set” that comes with it using {mediation}. Treatment and mediator were (strongly) confounded, so we need to pay close attention to the sensitivity analysis!

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Feb 15

A visualization I created to share with family and friends about how the NIH indirect rate costs will hurt science AND our economy.

To understand the devastation for U.S. science right now. Here is how NIH grants work:
somebody comes up with a research idea, like a tree sapling
NIH invests in the “direct cost” of that idea, aka buys the sapling
Let’s say that sapling is $100

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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · Apr 23

news.arizona.edu/news/new-pre... Out today - our protocol paper describing an ENORMOUS effort led by Ellen Driessen leveraging all available RCT data from depression trials comparing ADM/CT/BA/IPT/PDT (>60 studies, nearing 10K patients) to develop precision treatment selection decision support tools

New precision mental health care approach for depression addresses unique patient needs | University of Arizona News

U of A psychologists teamed up with Radboud University in the Netherlands to develop a precision treatment approach for depression that gives patients individualized recommendations based on multiple ...

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · Apr 23

I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!

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UIUC Psychology Department @psychillinois.bsky.social · Apr 15

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, the team of @vjrp.bsky.social & @qmmmmliu.bsky.social shows how the stigma parents in sexual and gender families encounter is associated with their children's mental health.

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Violeta Rodriguez Teams up to Examine Effects of Parental Stigma | Department of Psychology | Illinois

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open investigates how stigma experienced by parents in sexual and gender minority (SGM) families relates to their children's emotional and behavioral health. T...

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Apr 10

Check out our new (and timely) publication co first with @mingcong.bsky.social!

Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · Apr 10

New in JAMA Network Open with @qmmmmliu.bsky.social

Stigma faced by SGM parents is associated with child mental health symptoms — after controlling for parental psych symptoms.

Stigma is a family burden!

Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Stigma Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Parents and Offspring Mental Health

This survey study examined the associations of sexual and gender minority parental stigma experiences and psychiatric symptoms with their children’s mental health and emotional and behavioral well-bei...

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congratulations! So well deserved!

Antonia Yuxin Hua @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thrilled to have my work being recognized as one of the RISE (Researching Injustice and Social Equality) Award recipients! Huge thanks to my incredible mentors @vjrp.bsky.social and Dr. Qimin Liu from Boston U. I look forward to presenting and connecting with fellow researchers in Washington DC!

Antonia Yuxin Hua @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social · Mar 7

Excited to present my poster “Psychometric Evaluation of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS) in Sexual and Gender Minority Parents” at #aps25dc. My first time attending APS, and my presentation happens to be scheduled on my birthday, which makes it extra special!🤓

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Hudson Golino @hudsongolino.bsky.social · Mar 27

New paper alert: Revised Network Loadings, by Alexsander P. Christensen, Hudson Golino, Francisco Abad, and Luis Garrido (2025). Link: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Ariel Beccia @albeccia.bsky.social · Mar 23

good piece on last week's devastating cuts to queer health research: "This termination has broader implications ... It sets a concerning precedent where scientific inquiry is stifled by political rhetoric, potentially erasing entire communities from research agendas" - @britshmit.bsky.social

Scientist speaks out after NIH terminates grants including study of LGBTQ+ teens' mental health

Dr. Brittany Charlton is speaking out after the NIH terminated all of her grants studying how discriminatory laws impact mental health among LGBTQ+ teens.

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Feb 17

Hello friends! New week new publication from me led by the hardworking and talented superstar Tiffany Tran. Who knew perceived parental warmth and control in adolescence could have this long lasting of an impact on adult daily life?! Check it out at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Feb 5

Honestly soul crushing. Hundreds of hours of work from so many dedicated people.🙃
Does anyone have any grant that is being reviewed as usual… or is our grant (related to SGM) special… trying to figure out if this is NIH wide or content specific or grant specific… many thanks.

Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd @vjrp.bsky.social · Feb 5

Was anyone else’s NIH application up for review today and now showing blank after this email?

Trying to figure out if this is just a review delay or yet another case of casual viewpoint suppression!

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Feb 2

Hello Friends, new month new pub! Check out “Practical Problems Estimating and Reporting Power When Hypotheses Are Embedded in Complex Statistical Models” by David A. Cole, George Abitante, Hoi Kan, me, Kristopher J. Preacher, and Scott E. Maxwell

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Practical Problems Estimating and Reporting Power When Hypotheses Are Embedded in Complex Statistical Models - David A. Cole, George Abitante, Hoi Kan, Qimin Liu, Kristopher J. Preacher, Scott E. Maxw...

In both grant proposals and published studies, many research hypotheses (represented by primary parameters) are tested in the context of complex statistical mod...

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Mark Shuquan Chen @markschen.bsky.social · Jan 15

I am thrilled to announce that, starting in July 2026, I will join the Department of Psychology at Harvard University as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Clinical area! It really feels like a dream come true. I can’t wait to build my lab in such an incredible department.

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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · Jan 3

Hello friends, new pub for the new year with pretty new figures w/ Shannon Shaughnessy, @tiffaaanytran.bsky.social, and me, on tonic and phasic irritability in adults experiencing symptoms of depression! Free access till March: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kNHM_3m9t...

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