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Arianna Gard

@arigard.bsky.social
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Developmental psychologist @UMaryland studying neighborhoods, adversity, the brain 🧠, and resilience. Trying to figure out what community-driven neuroscience looks like. gardlab.umd.edu (she/her)

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
📗 Part II of our new open textbook: Conceptualizing Social-Spatial Determinants of Health With contributions from @maryniakolak.bsky.social & @averyeverhart.bsky.social, these chapters address health inequities through place, space, and power. 👉 Read the full volume: go.illinois.edu/PlaceSSDOH
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be... fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef...
Data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Over 2/3 of SNAP recipients are children (42%), or elderly/disabled (26%).
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Meriah DeJoseph @meriahdejoseph.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75
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Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚨 New Paper Alert🚨 focused on #representation and #generaliability in #neuroscience. A real labor of love. Was rejected from [… checks list 🤔] SIX journals and originally presented in 2020 at FLUX to find a home at AMPPS #persistence
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
YES!!! IT IS A FEATURE OF BOTH SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY!!!! Particularly a representative democracy…where we ELECT EXPERTS TO REPRESENT OUR BEST INTERESTS!!! This man has to go. #impeachthequack
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I am reviewing applications for the Neuroscience (NACS), and Developmental programs this year at @umdscience.bsky.social . I will also review Clinical applications, but priority is to grow the Dev and NACS areas. Email me for info! arigard[at]umd[dot]edu & check out our website gardlab.umd.edu
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Gard Lab
We study how environments shape brain and behavioral development. We are dedicated to serving families in the DC Metro Area by advocating for environmental equity through research and championing community resilience.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🚨New publication alert!🚨The first paper from primary data collection in my lab 😀, led by grad student Joelle Fuchs. "Facilitators and Barriers to Neighborhood Social Integration" leverages qual interviews with teens, caregivers, and comm leaders in DC ... (1/8) doi.org/10.1002/ajcp...
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<em>American Journal of Community Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of ...
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Coming back from maternity leave is i-n-t-e-n-s-e ... but no surprise, the lab killed it over the summer while I was gone, and we are back baby! 🚨Stay tuned for some threads on new publications🚨
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
U.S. Census Bureau's decades long with falling public participation in surveys and trust in government is now compounded by DOGE's handling of data. Distrust in how government uses data is higher among people of color, which can lead to selection bias and skewed data. myumi.ch/jJVMG
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How DOGE's push to amass data could hurt the reliability of future U.S. statistics
DOGE's murky push to amass data at federal agencies could hurt the U.S. government's ability to produce reliable census results, economic indicators and other statistics in the future, experts warn.
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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This academic cycle was really challenging for those students that applied for PhD programs. Please help me share this special episode discussing what to do if you didn't get accepted into a PhD program. open.spotify.com/episode/5tsj...
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Didn't get into grad school, what now?
Stories of Women in Neuroscience · Episode
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/05/2025
Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Took me 5 min to draft and submit a comment. FLOOD THE ZONE 🧬🧫🧬🔬⚗️🔭🥼🧪
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"Americans who make less than $51,000 a year would see their after-tax income fall as a result of the Republican proposal beginning in 2026." "Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Trump’s White House accidentally admitted the truth about its tax plan
Earlier this week the White House published evidence that the president’s “big, beautiful bill” hikes taxes on the poor to cut taxes for the rich.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com
Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
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TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

 

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

 

 Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Too pregnant to go to @srcdorg.bsky.social but never too pregnant to shout out to the GARD Lab amazing students!! Deena Shariq and Joelle Fuchs! (1/4)
Schedule for GARD Lab paper talks at SRCD
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Too pregnant to go to @srcdorg.bsky.social but never too pregnant to shout out to the GARD Lab amazing students!! Deena Shariq and Joelle Fuchs! (1/4)
Schedule for GARD Lab paper talks at SRCD
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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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linda @lxyzxy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
last friday my nsf career award to study when and why different forms of racial discrimination are likely to occur was terminated. I’m incredibly crushed and sad and stressed out and also angry. what I don’t feel is any sense of resignation. we’ll find ways to get the research done.
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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 08/04/2025
Task-free functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging data from 33,250 individuals at 32 weeks of postmenstrual age to 80 years from 132 global sites 🧠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Human lifespan changes in the brain’s functional connectome - Nature Neuroscience
Sun et al. report human lifespan changes in the brain’s functional connectome in 33,250 individuals, which highlights critical growth milestones and distinct maturation patterns and offers a normative...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
In just four days, Dr. Khan Suri was transferred among five different ICE facilities across three states, despite the fact that ICE records indicate there were beds in Virginia facilities. Dr. Khan Suri was fasting in religious observance of Ramadan, but multiple ICE facilities refused him food or water to break his fast.

For almost two weeks, he was housed in a room without a bed and with a television blaring 21 hours a day. Dr. Khan Suri was issued used underwear, and a bright red uniform that is usually reserved for detained individuals who have been classified as ‘high security’ based on their criminal history or alleged affiliation with criminal organizations. He is not permitted to work or spend more than two hours per week outside of his dorm.
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Amanda Kay Montoya @akmontoya.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It's that time of year again: I'm teaching Linear Regression. As such I've updated my writing guide for linear regression. Tips and tricks for writing accurate and clear interpretations and inferences in regression. You can check it out on OSF osf.io/aeqn6
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Thomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
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A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present the Network Correspondence Toolbox, which enables researchers to examine and report spatial correspondence between their neuroimaging results and widely used brain atlases.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
French politician Raphaël Glucksmann suggested that the Statue of Liberty be returned, saying “It was our gift to you. But apparently you despise her.” Naomi Osaka, whose father, Leonard Francois is of Haitian descent, posted “Since we’re trying to repossess things, can Haiti get their money back?”
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Naomi Osaka Demands Reparations for Haiti From France
Osaka’s father, Leonard Francois, is of Haitian descent.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The University of Puerto Rico has built a strong neuroscience community via federally funded programs. Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar explains how funding cuts threaten minority-serving institutions’ progress toward becoming premier research institutions. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/the-...
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The future of neuroscience research at U.S. minority-serving institutions is in danger
Cuts to federally funded programs present an existential crisis for the University of Puerto Rico’s rich neuroscience community and for research at minority-serving institutions everywhere.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. 👇 I promise doing something--even this--feels better than raging silently. And maybe it'll show you that standing up is possible and open you up to more things you can do.
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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
👋 DC resident here. I’ve paid my taxes for (checks watch) 15 years, & my democratically elected council approved a budget to spend my taxes on schools, bike lanes, libraries, etc. Show me a population more devoted to the national Democratic Party than DC. 92% of us are registered democrats. 🧵 1/n
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Nick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This summer, I will be hosting a virtual workshop for computer programming in cognitive neuroscience, funded by NSF. It is designed to teach early-career students the basics of R to analyze data from cognitive tasks. More info, including a syllabus and how to apply: sites.google.com/view/r-progr...
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This 10-lecture virtual workshop aims to teach students the basic principles of computer programming for cognitive neuroscience. Specific emphasis is given on the skills needed to analyze data from co...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
“It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment...Therefore, the award is terminated.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake
The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 10/03/2025
The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA
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Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist." news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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More diverse investigators could help diversify clinical trials | Cornell Chronicle
Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds new research co-authored by a Cornell economist.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
When you inadvertently admit to @bobcoxauthor.bsky.social that the activation maps on your poster cape were made in SPM … 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣🤣 #science #nerdsonly #neuroscience at the march for @standupforscience.bsky.social
Person wearing a fabric scientific poster as a cape in front of the Lincoln memorial
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Lots of nerds down here @standupforscience.bsky.social in #washingtondc 🧠🧠🧠
Lincoln memorial crowd at the stand up for science marchWe all need brain science sign
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Increases in rates of childhood cancer? Environmental pollution at play? Sounds like you need #scientists to save you… @standupforscience.bsky.social If you’re in #DC on Friday or nationwide, come join us at the Lincoln Memorial for the Stand UP for SCIENCE standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The coding language behind the SSA “…implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.” YES, FALSE.
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Apropos of nothing, now is a good time to brush up on your rights as a protester or protest organizer. You are largely protected under the first amendment, thiugh there are limitations. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Although celebrating is hard right now, I was reminded this weekend to celebrate ALL wins, no matter how small. So, congrats to my fellow rising stars ⭐️ incl my new colleague UMD Nate Cheek! #sciencematters
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!
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Olu Ajilore, MD, PhD @pshrink.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
@nytimes.com horoscopes are all suspiciously positive today… the gods know we need some light
Leo horoscope from New York Times
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/02/2025
TWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
Stand up for science poster, with the stand up for science logo, a photo of the statue of liberty, and details of the event march 7th in Washington DC and nationwide. More information is available at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:
A Lady Professor with brown hair and glasses, wearing a scarf in red, green, yellow, & black, a gift from an incredible lactation  consultant, sitting in in front of cactus.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The 1980s are calling, they want their failed policies back.
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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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