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Shiba Esfand

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Clinical Psychology PhD @UCLA. NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She/her. Studying the impact of gut-brain axis on mental health in youth 🧠

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 9d

🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Aug 18

Everyone deserves to have a @levelsof.bsky.social in their corner. That’s it, that’s all 🥹

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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Brain & Body Lab at UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate to work on a productive and dedicated team under the NIMH funded Teen Bugs study - investigating brain-gut communication in teens. Send your best and brightest! jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8072

Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California | The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus

UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks so much for your support Diego!!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks Bridget!! ❤️

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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · Jun 17

So proud of @shibaesfand.bsky.social for this amazing achievement. Very well deserved. What a 🪨 ⭐️

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

Very honored to have recieved the NSF GRFP
amidst all the current budget cuts toward research. Feeling immense gratitude to everyone who supported me, including current @drbcallaghan.bsky.social and past @levelsof.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social mentors! (1/3)

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

She's an icon and an advocate!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

🥹🥹 thanks Melissa ❤️

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

Without this community, I never would have discovered my love for research with @levelsof.bsky.social, my passion for neuroscience with @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social
and my dedication to researching the how the gut-brain axis supports youth mental health w/ @drbcallaghan.bsky.social (3/3).

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

I rarely talk about my personal life when discussing my research, but given the current climate I find it imperative to thank my parents who immigrated to the U.S. decades ago, resulting in me being a US citizen. I also want to thank the community of immigrants that raised me in S. Florida (2/3)

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 16

Very honored to have recieved the NSF GRFP
amidst all the current budget cuts toward research. Feeling immense gratitude to everyone who supported me, including current @drbcallaghan.bsky.social and past @levelsof.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social mentors! (1/3)

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Erin Morrow @erinmorrow.bsky.social · Jun 16

Early career folks, please consider taking *1 minute* to sign our open letter for the future of U.S. science ✍️

@snapcoalition.bsky.social

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Jun 16

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS - Sign on to the @snapcoalition.bsky.social open letter calling to preserve the future of the American scientific enterprise. Can sign anonymously: forms.gle/JD2iHyuyWndD...

#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thanks!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thanks so much Ben!!! I’m in shock 🥳🥳🥳

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks so much Nigel!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you!!

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Jun 13

And I’m one of them 🥹

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Mar 31

Please consider donating to Rumeysa Ozturk's legal defense, living costs and medical care fund #Academicsky chuffed.org/project/just...

Justice for Rumeysa Ozturk

Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,

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Alexis Smith-Flores @asmithflores.bsky.social · Apr 8

The last chapter of my dissertation is out now in Child Development! 🎉 OA: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KEAHK8...

Shiba Esfand @shibaesfand.bsky.social · Mar 13

Few things feel as rewarding as your mentee telling you they got into grad school :’) I feel more emotional about this than I did about my own acceptance lol