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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Such a great time at the annual Healthy Start Symposium last month!

Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Haven't been here in a minute, but popping on to ask all you smart community engaged researchers: How do you list affiliations for community partners who are coauthors on a manuscript if they're not working at an organization relevant to the research (i.e., what PCORI refers to as patient partners).

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

So proud of our lab’s research specialist @abbyregal.bsky.social who won the Outstanding Trainee and Conference Theme Abstract Awards from the @sbm.org Women’s Health Sig for her poster on the relationship between domains of food insecurity and prenatal mental health!! 🤩🤩 She’s gonna do big things!

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The PHAB Lab took on The Society of Behavioral Medicine's (@sbm.org) annual conference last week in Chicago! Here is a thread of the accomplishments of our wonderful team members!

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Find our lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social at #SBM2026 in Chicago later this week! We’d love to connect with you about all things related to perinatal eating, food insecurity, and cardiovascular health! @sbm.org

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s me! 🥰 Thanks @psychiatry.pitt.edu for covering our group’s work!

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I am so beyond proud of our REACT team and their collaborative efforts on our project to develop a measure of community-engagement in research. Thank you @unm-ce.bsky.social for championing us!!!

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Congratulations to our Research Specialist, Abby Regal, whose abstract titled “Associations between the Four Domain Food Insecurity Scale Scores and Mental Health Outcomes in a Pregnant Sample” was selected by SBM's Women’s Health SIG as an Outstanding Abstract from a Student/Trainee!

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’ve been on a social media hiatus for…a while. But just logged back on and am so grateful to my lab for the support!!

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

So, like, how are people publishing articles now that the new NIH public access policy has gone into place if your institution doesn’t have an agreement with the journal? Where are we getting these thousands of dollars for open access fees?? And on a K budget??? 🙃🙃🙃

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our paper with guidance for mental health researchers, clinicians, and advocates in the current era of abortion restrictions is officially published online. This paper is for everyone, including folks who don’t actively study or treat reproductive mental health. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/NZWIK...

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Clinical Psychology in the Post-Dobbs Era: Navigating Clinical Practice, Research, and Advocacy in a Changing Sexual- and Reproductive-Health Landscape - Alexandra R. Tabachnick, Christine C. Call, Ir...

Since 2022, following the Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion restrictions have increased throughout the country. This represents the most recent...

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area, you may be eligible for this study! Scan the QR code or click the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener

You may be eligible for a research study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh! Are you less than 17 weeks pregnant? Have you ever worried that your food will run out? Participants will receive up to $225 for completing confidential surveys and interviews about food access, eating, and wellbeing in pregnancy and postpartum. Us the QR code to see if you are eligible, or reach out to sphere@upmc.edu or text 412-302-6684 for more details.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/06/2025

Are you pregnant or trying to become pregnant? The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline has clinicians available to talk no matter where you are. Keep their contact handy in case of need. BUT if you live in a red state, we recommend first downloading and using the StartPage browser.

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Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline

Find confidential support and essential resources for miscarriage and abortion at mahotline.org. Access medical advice, emotional support, and legal information. Call or text 1-833-246-2632 for help.

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Harvard STRIPED @harvardstriped.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

STRIPED’s Ariel Beccia speaks out in Theresa Gaffney’s new STAT piece on how eating disorder research is being gutted under the Trump admin. $2.7M in NIH grants already cut. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e... @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social @statnews.com

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Eating disorder research defunded despite MAHA focus on chronic conditions

Experts on eating disorders like anorexia worry that research funding cuts mean patients won't get the care they need.

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Pittsburgh friends! Want to watch some cool circus arts while also talking about mental health? Sign up for this FREE event happening this Saturday from 4-6:30pm at Iron City Circus Arts!! www.ticketleap.events/tickets/iron...

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Mental Health Matters

Iron City Circus Arts and the Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Collaborative present a performance art and mental health community event. During this event we will foster a positive space ...

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Cuts to research grants don’t just impact researchers, they impact whole communities. My sister-in-law’s Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focused on STEM programming for kids (Assemble) has taken a hit, as have many other afterschool programs 💔 www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...

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Pittsburgh after-school programs left scrambling as federal funding cuts hit the region

Pittsburgh-area programs reel with recent federal grant terminations from the National Science Foundation.

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Really proud of this paper and so grateful for the amazing team that wrote it! We discuss principles and guidelines for navigating clinical practice, research, and advocacy in the post-Dobbs sexual and reproductive health landscape for behavioral health disciplines. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

New op-ed out in the Albuquerque Journal. I share about the importance of federal substance use and addiction funding for families like mine. www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti... and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

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OPINION: Federal cuts put addiction treatment and recovery at risk

I vividly remember growing up and my grandmother warning me to be careful with alcohol — because addiction “runs in our family.” She wasn’t wrong. For generations, both sides of

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

SNAP-Ed, the nutrition education arm of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) is at risk of being cut. This would have devastating effects for food insecurity, nutrition, and health. Call your reps today. Here's a script: thefoodtrust.org/wp-content/u...

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Stephanie Manasse, PhD @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Please pass along the word to anyone looking for an research coordinator position! This is a perfect post-bac position for someone interested in adolescent eating behaviors and/or acceptance-based interventions! epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Clinical Research Coordinator

The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware is seeking a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). The CHDS is a research center across the Nemours ...

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today, many more NIH grants were terminated including many focused on HIV prevention -such as the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program focused on adolescents & young adults living with or placed at risk for HIV. This is necropolitics.

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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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Ariel Beccia @albeccia.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

my NIH grant was terminated today - the grant that pays my rent and my bills and my loans and my health insurance - because I study how to improve the lives and wellbeing of queer people #episky #medsky

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Want to assess eating & weight attitudes in pregnancy? Check out the @phablab-pitt.bsky.social’s PEA-Q! Big shoutout to my amazing co-first author @rileyjouppi.bsky.social and our mentor @michelevine.bsky.social who led the initial development of this measure! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you are less than 37 weeks pregnant, this study may be right for you! Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/amplifyround2

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area this study might be right for you! Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener

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PHAB Lab @phablab-pitt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Interested? Follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey and see if you're eligible to participate! redcap.link/ephectstudy

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Christine Call, PhD @christinecall.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Our lab, the Perinatal Health and Behaviors (PHAB) Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, just joined Bluesky! Follow us - info about our current work coming soon 🥰 @phablab-pitt.bsky.social

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