Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026This article illustrates how problematic are publication venues like Qeios, which operate without editorial oversight. The author doesn’t cite Lynn at all; the source of “national IQ” data is given instead as this paper 👇 which appears to be “peer approved” but is in fact just Lynn’s data rehashed 13413
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieIan Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 25/01/2026The Iowa Gambling Task is an extreme example of Jingle Fallacy and schmeasurement. In 100 articles we found 244 different ways of scoring it, 177 were never reused. Correlations between them range -.99 to .99. At the same time, we show meta-analyses combine these results as if they’re equivalent. 417567
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 01/12/2025PhD position with Dr Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social exploring how chronic pain and analgesic use shape cognitive decline and #dementia using UK Biobank and other cohorts with advanced modelling. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-pain...dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukPhD: Pain, prescribing and cognitive declinePhD explores how chronic pain and analgesic use shape cognitive decline and dementia using UK Biobank and other cohorts with advanced modelling 011
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 07/11/2025I feel like psychometrics is uniquely bad at naming things. Parallel, congeneric, tau-equivalent, essentially tau-equivalent measures? Configural, metric, scalar, residual invariance? Item difficulty defined so that the higher the difficulty, the easier the item??? 16957
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieRené Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Submissions are now open for 22nd European Conference on Personality (Edinburgh, 2026); deadline 7/12/25. Keynote speakers and pre-conference workshops have also been confirmed. www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission 12313
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11/09/2025New paper out with @boryslaw.bsky.social 🥳 In which we sketch out how to rethink measurement invariance causally for applied researchers. And provide a causal definition of measurement invariance! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 311336
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSarah Harris @saraheharris99.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection Brain metabolomics in dementia and neurological disease I’m honoured to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor and eager to read your submission. #CallForPapers @natureportfolio.nature.com Learn more about the collection: go.nature.com/41S5bI3go.nature.comBrain metabolomics in dementia and neurological diseaseThis Collection invites original research using metabolomic platforms to explore the mechanisms of dementia and neurological disease or aid in its diagnosis ... 096
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Join us on Friday 5 December for the 15th Scottish Pain Research Community / NRS Pain Network Annual Scientific Meeting, being held in Dundee - Scotland's sunniest city! Registration and call for abstracts are open now! @nrs-pain.bsky.social www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/calendar/spa... 043
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Finishing your PhD & job hunting? Join our Salon on Aug 20, 12pm with Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social & Ishita Virmani for advice & experiences on finding your next role in dementia research. communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/adv...communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukAdvise for Job Hunting after your PhD - Dementia Researcher SalonAdvise for Job Hunting after your PhD - Dementia Researcher Salon 011
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025📣Lecturer post in differential psychology available in Edinburgh! 📣 Fixed-term, teaching-focused role. Ideal for someone post-PhD with expertise/interests in Personality or other differential topics. Closing 13th June. Get applying! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comLecturerThe School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a teaching focused lecturer in Psychology on a full time, fixed term contract until 31st of August 2026. 010
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieTed Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 515370
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Very cool! I had the pleasure of seeing the Chicago Archaeopteryx whilst visiting Chicago in December. Utterly mesmerised by the feathers! 010
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieRené Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025How do life satisfaction and job satisfaction vary among hundreds of jobs? (Doing a religion job looks good, if you are considering a career change.) New preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 151
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieJaanika Kronberg @jaanikakronberg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I am looking for a PhD student to study the role of exposome in the development of hypertension in over 200,000 individuals of the Estonian Biobank @estbiobank.bsky.social genomics.ut.ee/en/content/p... applications until May 15th!genomics.ut.eePhD position: The role of exposome in the development of hypertension and its interactions with genetic riskThe aim of the project is to understand the role of exposome, metabolites and genetic risk in the development of hypertension. 163
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieScottish Cognitive Ageing Network (SCAN) @scotcogageing.bsky.social · 02/05/2025And it's over already! A big thanks to everyone who came today, who presented their work, and to our fab organiser, Lizzie Bradford, for hosting us. If you'd like to join SCAN, send a message or sign up via the link in the bio. As you can see, we're a friendly bunch! 034
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieLizzie Bradford @lizziebradford.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The sun is shining in St Andrews ready for our @scotcogageing.bsky.social meeting this afternoon! 😄 162
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 24/04/2025New post by me: The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking. We shouldn't minimize the very real impact of many contributors — including improvements in diagnosis, medical and surgical innovation, vaccination against cancers, and more — to the reduction in cancer death rates.scientificdiscovery.devThe decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smokingI respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, because of the decline in smoking. 210233
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDavid Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Tenure-track Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in Organisational Psychology at The University of Manchester. Come work with us! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...jobs.manchester.ac.ukLecturer in Organisational Psychology/Organisational Behaviour (Teaching & Research):Oxford Road 013
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieEdinburgh Mental Health @edinburghmentalhealth.org · 25/04/2025Dr Aja Murray’s keynote explored how we can better understand and support young people’s mental health📱🧠🌍 She discussed how smartphone-based data and youth involvement can offer deeper insights into their daily experiences and guide more effective, relevant mental health support #EMH2025 011
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 25/04/202543% of participants didn't use the app *at all*. Only 22% even completed 4 of the 7 modules. This is also not new. Lots of other trials also show us, using quant and qual data, that adolescents don't much like universal interventions, and don't do the tasks/homework (I can share refs if helpful) 2605
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 21/04/2025You. It’s gonna be you 411318
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The Guardian really have it in for UK Biobank, don't they? This time because Chinese researchers can access de-identified health data, despite UK Biobank participants giving explicit consent for researchers worldwide to use their health data for health research! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comRevealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP recordsMedical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears 110
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieBlair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Published today in Lancet Neurology. Updated treatment guidelines from @iasp.bsky.social NeuPSIG. A major international project, of which I was privileged to be a part. doi.org/10.1016/S147...doi.orgRedirecting 252
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/04/2025It is one of the largest dinosaur tracksites in Scotland. Trackways of theropods and sauropods cross each other in the shallow sand of a Jurasssic lagoon. Dinosaurs going about their lives, loitering near the shore when Scotland was a subtropical island. 1385
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The newest dinosaur discovery from Scotland! Over 100 tracks made by theropods & sauropods. In the same spot where, 170 million years later, Bonnie Prince Charlie landed on Skye to escape the English. When the Prince was on the run, he sprinted in the footsteps of dinosaurs! 522641
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieAdam Smith @betterresearch.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Thrilled to share our latest publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: a global survey on experiences and perceptions of sexism in dementia research careers. Grateful to my incredible co-authors for their collaboration on this important topic. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comExperiences and perceptions of sexism in dementia research careers: A global cross‐sectional surveyINTRODUCTION Sexism is prevalent in academia and is a crucial factor driving women out of the academic workforce. However, sexism in dementia research remains underexplored. This study aimed to unde..... 13910
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieInstitute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The largest ever genome-wide association study on osteoarthritis has advanced understanding of the disease and laid the groundwork for developing more effective and personalised therapies that could transform osteoarthritis care: edin.ac/43HK39g @genscot.bsky.social @www.helmholtz-munich.deedin.acNew study identifies drug targets for osteoarthritisCombining functional genomics with the largest ever genome-wide association study of osteoarthritis has identified disease-linked variants and new drug targets. 075
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Call for collaborators! We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science. Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies. Details: www.cos.io/rphbcos.ioReplicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ... 36047
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 10/04/2025A particularly fun differential journal club today with Prof Ian Deary presenting on lessons learned from over 25 years of the Lothian Birth Cohorts @edinunilbc.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieWellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 09/04/2025There’s so much we can learn from health data. Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it. By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health. Read more ⤵️ wellcome.org/news/nationa...wellcome.orgNational data service will simplify access to health data for research | News | WellcomeWellcome is partnering with the UK Government to establish a £600 million health data research service. It will simplify secure access to health data for research. 0165
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieBryan D. James, PhD @bryandjames.bsky.social · 09/04/2025🚨 Our new @alzdemjournals.bsky.social paper on neighborhood disadvantage and dementia in in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). Honored to be part of this collaboration @bostonu.bsky.social @rushalzheimers.bsky.social & more @beyoung40.bsky.social @zinzinator.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/alz....doi.orgNeighborhood disadvantage and the incidence of dementia in US Black womenINTRODUCTION We investigated the association of neighborhood disadvantage with the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the longitudinal Black Women's Health Study (BWHS)..... 14112
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieScottish Cognitive Ageing Network (SCAN) @scotcogageing.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Just a wee reminder of this great event at the University of St Andrews next month! The deadline for presenters has passed but those interested in/studying cognitive ageing are welcome to attend, as always. Get in touch with us via our website (see below/profile) or PM to register your interest! 021
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieNHS Research Scotland Pain Network @nrs-pain.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Join us on the 5th of December in Dundee to learn about the latest Scottish pain research and hear from our keynote speakers Prof Brona Fullen and Prof David Bennett #painresearch #pain 055
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSchool of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh @schoolofppls.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Congratulations to @renemottus.bsky.social on receiving the National Science Prize in Social Sciences for his research on personality psychology. Well-deserved recognition for impactful research! Read more here: edin.ac/3E0xN9s #psychology #research #impact #researchimpact #personalitypsychologyedin.acPsychology Professor ‘Honoured’ to Receive Prestigious AwardCongratulations to Professor of Personality and Social Psychology René Mõttus who was awarded the National Science Prize in the Field of Social Sciences by the Government of Estonia. 0126
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDr. S. Duke Han @sdukehan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Honor to present our work on financial decision making in older age to the ACRC of The University of Edinburgh and catch up with old friends and colleagues. Lots of great science happening in Scotland! @sarahemacpherson.bsky.social @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social @simonrcox.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieKira Shaw @kirasha.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Dementia devastates the lives of everyone it touches, but this #internationalwomensday let’s highlight the impact it has on women: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/about-us/our... 166
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Dr @aramblingrosie.bsky.social at University of Dundee is seeking x2 #PhD Students to Investigate the effects of Rare ApoE variants on protein function & structure + the Impact of ApoE source and isoform on Neuroinflammation - Closing date: 31 March www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/find/jobs/?f...dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukJobs in Dementia ResearchFind all the latest jobs in dementia research, in the UK and across the world. Working in all areas of discovery from fundamental science, clinical research, care and social sciences. 053
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSarah Harris @saraheharris99.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Closing date to apply for the post-doc position to work on my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset" is this coming Monday, January 13th. 042
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Just deleted the X app. What a bin fire that place is. But sad to lose my lovely science-related network that I took years to build. Any tips for quickly building a similar network here? 070
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 06/01/2025One week left to apply for this exciting PhD project examining the links between pain prescribing and cognitive decline. Application deadline: 13th January. Get in touch if you have any questions! 💊🧠 021
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieJoanna Moodie @joannamoodie.bsky.social · 18/12/2024New preprint! Which regions of the human brain are most strongly related to individual differences in general cognitive functioning? And what are the underlying neurobiological properties of those areas? | bioRxiv | doi: 10.1101/2024.12.17.628670 🧠 194
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieSarah Harris @saraheharris99.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Exciting post-doc position available working on my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset". Based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh within @edinunilbc.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Research AssociateThe Lothian Birth Cohorts Group within the Psychology Department, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a PDRA on a full time, fixed term contract until 30th of June 2025 i... 086
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieDorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 25/11/2024New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...deevybee.blogspot.comWhy I have resigned from the Royal SocietyThe Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H... 1632444998
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieProf. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Did you need another reason to share your work as a preprint #AcademicSky? Turns out that open-access articles, but particularly green open-access articles, have higher citation diversity, not just higher citation counts. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 0266
Reposted by Chloe Fawns-RitchieNeuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024You know the "🔹AI Overview" you get on Google Search? I discovered today that it's repeating as fact something I made up 7 years ago as a joke. "Kyloren syndrome" is a fictional disease I invented as part of a sting operation to prove that you can publish any nonsense in predatory journals... 12145851728
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024🌟PhD Opportunity🌟 Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️ usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...usher.ed.ac.ukChronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive declinePrecision Medicine Project - Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline 099