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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#ICED2026 was such a fab time! Had an amazing time with my students and colleagues 💕

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We’re heading to The Hague! If you're there, please stop by and check out our research! We can't wait to present and learn more from ICED's extensive professional network!

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Meet our team! Welcome @natgullo.bsky.social -- we are sooo thrilled to have you! ✨⭐✨

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

An exciting EMBRACED + @auacceptlab.bsky.social Lab collaboration! We are thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social publication, a collaboration led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social and Dr. Tiffany Brown on intraminority stress and eating disorder symptoms in sexual minoritized men! (1)

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Neha J. Goel, PhD @nehajgoel28.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📣 NEW PUB ALERT! A few of my fellow researchers and I were frustrated by the term "Asian" in eating disorders/MH research. So we did something about it! Let's be specific about who we are talking about when trying to improve detection, prevention, and treatment for different Asian subgroups!

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Rethinking the “Asian” identity in eating disorders research: a call to action

Despite descending from the largest continent in the world, people with Asian heritage are under-researched and underrepresented within the eating disorders (EDs) literature. Moreover, when Asian g...

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spring has sprung, and so has our research! We are so pleased to share that an article led by Dr. @barnhart.135, in collaboration with Dr. Jinbo He, was awarded as one of the top 10 most cited articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders during the 2024 academic year!

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Please RT and share with your networks! We are recruiting teens with body image concerns for a study testing a self-guided digital tool. Reach out with any questions! @access-lab-washu.bsky.social

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yesterday, I gave my MEDA Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association keynote, WEIRD SWAG?: Elevating Minoritized Backgrounds in Research on Appearance Concerns and Eating Disorders. I shared my lived experiences with an eating disorder for the first time professionally. (1)

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Nathalie Gullo (she/they) @natgullo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I'm real stoked to announce that I will be starting at Suffolk University in Boston, MA as a Clinical Psychology PhD student come this autumn! Really excited to be on this journey and grateful to be joining such a lovely team with the @embraced-lab.bsky.social feat. @barnhartwr.bsky.social 🎉

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New EMBRACED Lab publication led by Dr. Barnhart! Within-community stress among sexual minoritized men (SMM), such as pressures to compete with each other and body stigma experiences, may clarify why more community involvement is connected to more disordered eating in SMM. (1)

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Congrats to EMBRACED Lab undergraduate student, Mya Lawrence, clinical psychology PhD candidate, Katy Pasquariello, and graduate student affiliate, @gepnowicki.bsky.social, for a successful poster presentation at the Massachusetts Psychology Association 2026 Annual Conference! (1)

EMBRACED Lab undergraduate student standing in front of poster presented at MPA 2026 Annual Conference.

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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Access to eating disorder care shouldn’t depend on ability to pay. We opened a low-cost clinic at Auburn to help close that gap. I'm grateful for this feature highlighting the work: www.theplainsman.com/article/2026... More to come with Giving Day on March 25.

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Making care accessible: Inside Auburn’s low-cost eating disorder clinic - The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC), the newest clinic at the Psychological Services Center, is expanding access to mental health care by providing empirically based, low-cost treatment for a d...

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Benjamin F. Shepherd, Ph.D. @stigmatologist.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

🚨New pub alert!🚨 Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ+ community involvement is nuanced. Led by Dr. @barnhartwr.bsky.social, our longitudinal study found… 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

So thrilled to share this @intjeatdisord.bsky.social paper and major thanks to Nina Michon, Souradeep Chakraborty, and Doria Wohler for creating this fab infographic!

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Time to announce the exciting news! I am so proud and excited to share that I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference! (1)

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Genevieve P. Nowicki, M.S. (she/her) @gepnowicki.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Do you study sleep, disordered eating, and/or social media? Ever wondered about the interrelationships among all three? Me too! In our new narrative review led by Dr. Sylvia Cerolini, we summarize what we know and what we don't: doi.org/10.1080/2832...

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EMBRACED Lab @embraced-lab.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Dr. Barnhart will be a speaker at the Men and Eating Disorders Workshop, hosted by Beat, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwuba of Club Majority, and Dr. Tahani Dahir, on 11/26/2025! See below for more information, as well as the Program link for the Workshop events! Program: lnkd.in/gYuPKbPU

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Well, looks like we’re watching the First Wives Club tonight 😢❤️‍🩹

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Jason Nagata, MD @jasonmnagata.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the Journal of Eating Disorders! Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later 🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social

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Dr. Kristin von Ranson @kvonranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

The University of Calgary is currently inviting applications for an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This position has a special focus on Social Justice and ideally on Indigenous Employment. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564... Please share widely.

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Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Friday I walked and was hooded for my PhD in clinical psychology, earning the title of Dr. Barnhart. I am truly blessed to have shared the day with the most important people in my life, my dear friends, family, and mentors. (1)

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Blair Burnette @bburnettephd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Proud of this commentary I wrote with Megan Mikhail where we argue the next 50 years of eating disorder research must center equity & impact to actually make meaningful progress towards reducing the prevalence & progression of eating disorders. Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Centering Impact and Equity in the Next 50 Years of Eating Disorder Research

Over the past 50 years, there has been a significant increase in research on eating disorders, which is encouraging and necessary given the substantial mortality, morbidity, and personal and societal...

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Resurfacing this in excitement for next week! See you all there!

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Matison W. McCool @matwmccool.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I’ll just let any psychologists considering this path know: Our generation will not be as kind to you as our elders were to the likes of Barlow and Hayes.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Here is my evergreen reminder (that I used to post on Twitter) about the NSF GRFP: Even if you didn’t get funded, there is SO much value in working through the process of developing a research idea and writing it up. Take your idea and DO IT! Funding doesn’t make a scientist. Xoxox

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Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ... silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists @silencedscience.bsky.social

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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/04/2025

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

At UNC CEED, we want to understand how genes & environment influence the development of ALL eating disorders. Help us include people with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) in our research. Donate here: www.unchf.org/aanr #eatingdisorders #atypicalanorexianervosa #genes #environment

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Atypical Anorexia Nervosa Research

Join me and make a gift today!

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 28/03/2025

writin’ my little papers while everything collapses

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Ariel Beccia @albeccia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org #episky #medsky

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NIH For America | Explore, Educate, Engage

Discover NIH For America, a hub for research, advocacy, and community support. Learn, connect, and get answers to your questions.

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I truly could not be happier to share that starting July 2025, I’ll be joining Suffolk University as a TT Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology! (1)

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Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D. @hagankephd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

📣🤩🎉 Some good news: I'm hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator to begin in my lab (the TREAT Lab) this summer (ideally in June 2025) to work on projects investigating the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms of eating pathology in young people! vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry

The VCU Department of Psychiatry is recruiting for a Clinical Research Coordinator position. This position is within the Translational Research ...

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Wesley R. Barnhart, PhD (they/he) @barnhartwr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

First post! #ICED2025 Will be BUSY! So excited to share work from my program and from my many amazing collaborations 🤩🤩🤩

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