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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her)

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phd in clinical psychology | just hoping to increase treatment accessibility for pediatric eating disorders so more kids can enjoy pancakes!

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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
my entire career, papers and grants have started with "eating disorders are bad." today, I started a grant with "disorders of gut-brain interaction are bad" and then "and they are often comorbid with eating disorders which are also very bad." career growth.
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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Ever wonder what your cat or dog is thinking? I do. On a daily basis. Atlanta area folks, join me next week to chat about how our pets think and how we find out! 🐈🐕👩🏽‍🔬 actionnetwork.org/events/how-d... #MeetAScientist #StandUpForScience #FundScience #CatsOfBsky @standupforscience.bsky.social
Orange and White cat stands on a wooden table, in front of a laptop, looking straight at the camera.Flyer for event: How Do Pets Think? Gita Gnanadesikan, PhD. Photo of Gita, holding a black puppy. Wednesday June 25, 7 pm, in person. Decatur, GA (Oakhurst). Location: Sceptre Brewing. 630 East Lake Drive. Blurb: and how do we find out? Join scientist/educator Gita Gnanadesikan, PhD to learn about research on animal behavior and communication. A Stand Up For Science Teach In.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hi friends! I am officially licensed in NY and starting to see kiddos and adolescents with EDs virtually. I primarily use FBT and CBT, and I am super funny (my adolescents will back me up on this, begrudgingly). Feel free to refer any folks my way! care.headway.co/providers/co...
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Dr. Courtney Breiner - Psychologist | Headway
Dr. Courtney Breiner, Psychologist. PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), State University of New York, Albany. Accepts Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Anthem EAP - Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue S...
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Health Behaviors Lab @healthbehaviorslab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Huge congratulations to HBL grads Dr. Susana Cruz Garcia and Dr. Christina Sanzari, who will be moving on to postdoctoral fellowships at Emory University and Albany Medical Center in the fall!
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I'm literally happy to respond to an email in which I am addressed in almost any way - dude, hey, what's up, Breiner, Courtney, CB, prof, professor, *absolutely nothing* - but I truly hate when someone calls me Ms. If you're going to use a title, it IS Dr. Or dude! Just call me dude!
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
every time someone uses AI for emails, it makes me feel like we're on the verge of becoming the little people in the beginning of Wall-E
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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts...
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It was an honor to be commented on by Glenn Waller - our study on a brief intervention for ARFID was indeed mixed, but we remain hopeful that we can tweak some pieces, and this could be a really helpful way to support families. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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On the Road to Somewhere: Commentary on Breiner et al., Matheson et al., and Palmer et al.
This commentary considers the contribution of three papers (Breiner et al., Matheson et al., and Palmer et al.) that explore very different approaches to the treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food In....
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
These are the divisions eliminated in CDC. Apparently the man who claims he’s going to address chronic conditions does not want smoking or miner’s health addressed, or lead poisoning, to name just a few. Because he’s not really trying to address chronic illness. He just wants to remove vaccines.
List of cdc offices removed.
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"The FDA as we've known it is finished." “CDC clobbered. The agency will not be able to function."
wapo.st
Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Okay friends, we've got bot checks up the wazoo in our online study - anagram, attention checks, reCaptcha (I know, this doesn't do much, but still), short and long answer questions. How do you keep bots from infiltrating when your goal is accessibility/not adding to participant burden?
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/03/2025
Legal fund for Rümeysa Öztürk: chuffed.org/project/just...
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Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
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Lauren Forrest @laurenforrest.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The 2025 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In addition to researching psychology, I'm a big runner and a big running nerd. The Barkley Marathons started yesterday morning, and it's bringing me a lot of joy.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Kudos to everyone "working as usual" these days, but I'm staring into the void *a lot* and dropping just about every ball I've got in my arms at the moment.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."
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Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I was a T32 at Columbia last year; if I had stayed, I would have lost my job this week. After years of sacrifice for this career - putting off life milestones, moving for internships and fellowships, working for not enough money - this is so devastating. My outrage is indescribable.
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Chris Bennett @chrisbennettedu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work. Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
Mathematica
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To our clients, partners, and peers:
We want to let you know that we are reducing our workforce to align with the needs of our clients and ensure the continued, exceptional support we've offered for decades to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. The staff we are letting go are skilled, experienced, and passionate about their work. Any organization would be fortunate to have them. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance.Dan Gaylin • 2nd
President and CEO, NORC
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Like many of our peer organizations, this week NORC had to reduce our staff to ensure we are operating effectively and have the right mix of skills to align with client needs. The people departing NORC are highly talented and capable professionals, and they have made important contributions to our mission of delivering trustworthy and reliable data and analysis to inform society's most important decisions. They will be valuable employees and colleagues wherever their careers take them next.
To each of you who are leaving, and on behalf of everyone at NORC, I offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service and the lasting impact you've made on our organization.marc
MDRC
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To our collaborators: Like many of our peer organizations, MDRC has had to reduce our staff in recent days, letting go of many talented and highly skilled professionals. Each of these colleagues would be an asset to another organization, and we encourage you to consider them for any career opportunities you may have.
MDRC remains committed to our mission of learning what works to improve policy, practice, and people's well-being.// Westat
Westat
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In light of recent industry changes, Westat is making strategic reductions to our workforce to better align with our clients' needs. The talented professionals who are leaving Westat have made significant contributions to our mission and embody our values of uncompromising excellence, client commitment, and innovation. They are current and future leaders in their fields and will undoubtedly be an asset to any organization they join.
We remain committed to our mission to improve lives by delivering exceptional data-driven research and technical assistance, fostering insights and solutions to advance health, education, and social and economic opportunity.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I don't want to ask AI. I don't want to talk to a robot. I want to talk to a human!
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
AUBURN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDY
VIRTUAL EATING DISORDER
TREATMENT FOR LGBTQIA+
INDIVIDUALS
The ACCEPT Lab at Auburn University
is recruiting for a study evaluating a new virtual
(Zoom) treatment for eating disorders that is
specifically developed for members of the
LGBTQIA+ community. This study will occur over
the span of 9 months and is completely
voluntary and confidential.
YOU MAY QUALIFY IF YOU:
Are 18-65 years old
Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
intersex, queer and/or asexual
Are experiencing problems with eating or body
image
(619) 594-1785
PRIDE@AUBURN.EDU
Scan this QR code with your smartphone camera, Snapchat OR go to
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EARN UP TO $250
L G B T Q A +
IN E-GIFTCARDS
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Jonathan Maxerman Berman, PhD @jonathanberman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
It costs a lot of money to put something like this on. Costs you wouldn't even expect until you're like "oh, yeah it costs money to rent a sound system," or "it costs *what* to rent portable toilets?!"
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Got to work with the Rogers BH team on a particularly cool paper on clarifying ARFID diagnostic criteria! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Toward a Specific and Descriptive Definition of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Proposal for Updated Diagnostic Criteria
The diagnostic criteria for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) have been the source of confusion since its introduction to the DSM in 2013. In the current state, ARFID is diagnosed bas...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025
🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025
Photo of the United States with a color code for states that have rallies confirmed, in progress, needing a leader, or no leader.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/02/2025
📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣 On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️ #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
couldn't recommend enough
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Federal Judge Extends TRO Against NIH Cap On Indirect Cost Payments
Federal Judge Angel Kelly has extended her temporary hold on NIH's plan to cap its payment of indirect research grant costs to 15%.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In an email to my grandparents (all of whom voted for Trump) about the NIH freeze, I wrote: "Your granddaughter's job is to improve treatment for eating disorders, which have high mortality rates. That means that people regularly die from EDs, and my job is to work to help make that less likely."
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
UAlbany folk!
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
go to a grad school where you feel comfortable telling your advisor that your plan for the next year is to scream into the void.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/02/2025
In Massachusetts, researchers are working hard to develop lifesaving treatments for awful diseases. Donald Trump just slashed the federal funding that makes their work possible. @markey.senate.gov and I are pressing for answers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m...
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Markey, Warren demand clarity on NIH, NSF funding amid Trump administration cuts - The Boston Globe
Researchers in Massachusetts say the cuts could have a devastating impact on their work.
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org
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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It is ALL so devastating. For science, for inclusion, for medicine, for security, for higher education, for all of us.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Happy to see major journals (BMJ, Lancet) encouraging scientists to stand up for science. Absolutely disheartened to hear of universities/professors suggesting that we begin to comply with eliminating demographic variables from research. Giving in is not the answer - ever.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/02/2025
“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av
A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
ATTENTION: ALL JOURNAL EDITORS. Have the courage that Jocalyn Clark and Kamran Abbasi at the BMJ have displayed here. Call all this out for what it is. And then refuse to comply. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I know that it is the point, but the whiplash about federal funding has been an exhausting emotional roller coaster over the last 48 hours. It is extremely distressing to not know if you are going to have a job tomorrow.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Academic Skyers: I am compiling a list of policies and statements from various universities about how they are handling the "pause" in terms of stopping expenditures (or not). Please respond to this post with your institution and materials. THANK YOU!
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Watching this press briefing is infuriating, and it has made me really appreciate our reporters. They are asking great questions. They are calm. The press secretary is not answering their questions, at all, but man, are they trying to get answers for us.
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Courtney Breiner, PhD (she/her) @courtneybreiner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hiii, just checking innn, are the NIH grants that pay all of us part of the paused federal grants and loans disbursement situation? A girl is trying to read up on this, but the memos are simply so chaotic.
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Brandon Wolf @brandonwolf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I know there’s a lot right now. But folks need to understand what this means. A suspension this long would mean people living with HIV lose their medicine for months. People around the world lose their PrEP for months, putting millions at risk of getting HIV. Drug-resistant strains could emerge.
NYT headline about Trump pausing PEPFAR disbursements
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Amanda Makara @amakara.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
💫REPEAT lab hiring research coordinators💫 The Research on Excessive Persistent and Emotion-based Actions and Traits (REPEAT) Lab in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting to fill 2-3 Clinical Research Coordinator positions. 1/7🧵
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