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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD

@fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof, Psych & Brain Sciences and Psychiatry, WashU | Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Science Program | Director, ACCESS Lab & mHealth Research Core | #eatingdisorders #digitalmentalhealth | accesslab.wustl.edu @access-lab-washu.bsky.social

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar is TODAY at 12:30 pm CT! Greg Hart, WashU's Chief Technology Officer, will be sharing about all of the AI tools available for research at WashU and best practices. Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar/
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📣 We’re hiring at WashU! Our university-wide +AI cluster search includes tenure-track opportunities in Psychological & Brain Sciences for researchers advancing AI-enabled digital mental health, assessment, prediction, and more. Learn more and apply by Oct. 1: insideartsci.washu.edu/rules-of-life
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Rules of Life
Recruiting interdisciplinary expertise to explore fundamental questions regarding living systems and the physical world
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar is Sept. 16! Greg Hart will cover how AskWashU, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot can streamline research workflows while keeping sensitive data protected. Join us Sept. 16 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. CT! Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/calendar_eve...
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mHRC Research Seminar – “Your Research Workflow Called. AI Can Help!”
Register here!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Let the shit show begin (actually continue)... www.nih.gov/news-events/... No NIH experience at all as far as I can tell. No significant management experience. Vaccine injury trial expert witness.
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Pediatric neurologist Dr. John Gaitanis to lead NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Dr. Gaitanis is set to begin his role on August 23, 2026.
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NIH wants to replace grant scores and percentiles with three broad categories, and withhold scores from applicants, staff, and Advisory Councils. Some discretion makes sense, but no scores makes a vague process even more of a black box. Pls comment by October 13: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I talked to @engadget.com about why ChatGPT for Teens needs to take disordered eating seriously. The new safeguards and parent notifications are a step in the right direction, but they’ll need careful testing to know whether they actually work for teens and families. www.engadget.com/2241179/chil...
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Child safety experts are skeptical of OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens - Engadget
They say the company must prove it can be trusted before products like these get a pass.
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Excited to see Big Ideas in Eating Disorders: Accelerating Research to Transform Policy and Practice out in the world—and grateful to have contributed alongside such a wonderful group. There’s also a new podcast featuring the authors! Book: a.co/d/072jYdoR Podcast: bigideasineatingdisorders.com
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Big Ideas in Eating Disorders: Accelerating Research to Transform Policy and Practice
Big Ideas in Eating Disorders: Accelerating Research to Transform Policy and Practice - Kindle edition by Weissman, Ruth Striegel, Pike, Kathleen M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Big Ideas in Eating Disorders: Accelerating Research to Transform Policy and Practice.
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
An amazing resource for guidance on a career in psychology! Check it out for FREE!
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Help bring #eatingdisorders into the conversation at #SXSW 2027! Vote for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)'s panel, “Addressing the Algorithm’s Role in Eating Disorders,” exploring social media’s impact and accountability. Voting ends Aug. 23: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We've expanded eligibility for the EMBody Study! We are now recruiting individuals up to age 19 (rather than age 17) who have concerns about their body image or eating to participate in a study evaluating a brief, self-guided digital tool. Please share with your networks!
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thank you to The Hague/AED for having us at ICED 2026, and amazing work to our presenters @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social, @carlihowe.bsky.social, @jannahmoussaoui.bsky.social, and our Top 10 posters by @mariannamohr.bsky.social and @natgullo.bsky.social! We look forward to the next one 😊
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Great time in The Hague at #ICED2026! Excited to share results from our trial of a digital aftercare intervention for anorexia nervosa and proud of the fantastic work presented by @access-lab-washu.bsky.social trainees. Always great to connect with colleagues and friends. See you in Phoenix!
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Off to The Hague! Excited for all of the @access-lab-washu.bsky.social presentations at #ICED2026 and especially proud of @natgullo.bsky.social and @mariannamohr.bsky.social on both of their Top 10 posters! Excited to see many of my eating disorders colleagues and friends in the Netherlands soon! 🇳🇱
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Looking forward to Dr. Hannah Szlyk's talk TOMORROW at 12 pm CT! Please join us! Link to register below!
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ACCESS Lab at WashU in St. Louis @access-lab-washu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New pub just dropped 📣🎉 Huge congrats to our own @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social, and Dr. Patty Cavazos-Rehg over at the Department of Psychiatry's Health Behavior Center!
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to share our new paper published today in Nature Human Behaviour! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... We ran a large population-based RCT testing a coached digital program for anxiety, depression, & eating disorders in college students. Honored to be co-first author, alongside a super team 1/n
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Population-based RCT of a digital cognitive-behavioural guided self-help intervention for anxiety, depression and eating disorders in college students - Nature Human Behaviour
A brief digital CBT self-help programme paired with screening improved mental health and service use among college students, offering a scalable way to support diverse populations and reduce symptoms ...
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join us for the next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core Seminar featuring Dr. Hannah Szlyk discussing digital health, behavioral health equity, and community-engaged intervention development. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 ⏰ 12-1 PM CDT Register here! mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar/
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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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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The @access-lab-washu.bsky.social is proud to stand with the @edcoalition + 131 partners to strengthen the federal response to #eatingdisorders— expanding provider training, improving early identification, and advancing life-saving research. Read our letter to Congress: bit.ly/48AzCpk
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Excited to share a new paper I co–first authored in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social 🎉 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We ran a 3-arm pilot RCT (N=148) testing a mobile app for teens w/ or at high risk for eating disorders, comparing self-help to guided self-help (GSH) and GSH+social networking
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Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Teens With or at High Risk for Eating Disorders: A Three‐Arm Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Self‐Help, Guided Self‐Help, and Guided Self‐Help With a Social Networking Component
Objective Given the wide treatment gap for eating disorders (EDs) and that these problems often emerge in adolescence, novel tools, such as app-based interventions, are needed to prevent and treat E...
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Marita Cooper PhD @maritacooperphd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We will be recruiting 1-2 research coordinators to join the Eating Disorders team at CHOP. Projects will include clinical trials and mechanistic studies to improve access to care and precision approaches to treating AN and ARFID in youth. Job ads are coming 🥳
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ALT: a group of men are sitting around a table with one of them saying one of us !
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy
figure showing the trends I detail in the tweet text
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Join 3 free upcoming trainings from the Missouri Eating Disorders Council: 🌍 Eating Disorders in Child Welfare Context (Apr 17) 💉 GLP-1s & Eating disorders (Apr 21) 🧠 CBT-E Essentials (Apr 23–24) Questions: 360EDtraining@wustl.edu #EatingDisorders #MentalHealth #ClinicalTraining
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📣 Hiring a research coordinator to work on a foundation grant testing a self-guided digital intervention for teens at high risk #eatingdisorders, as well as on a variety of other projects in the lab! Ideal start date in June! Apply by 4/1 for consideration wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Research Technician II - Social Science - Psychological & Brain Sciences
Scheduled Hours 37.5 Position Summary This is a full-time research technician position to work on research developing and evaluating digital innovations for increasing access to evidence-based interve...
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📣 Hiring a research coordinator to work on a foundation-funded grant testing a self-guided digital intervention for teens at high risk #eatingdisorders, as well as on a variety of other projects in the lab! Ideal start date in June! Application link to come ASAP but email with interest in meantime!
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Emily Willroth @emily-willroth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Postdoctoral Job Opportunity #2: The NIA-funded Aging & Development T32 training program at WashU in St. Louis is now accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow. psychaging.wustl.edu
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Home | NIH (T32) Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Grant Program in Aging | Washington University in St. Louis
Welcome to the NIH Aging and Development Training Grant program. Job postings POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN AGING The Aging and Developm...
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Emily Willroth @emily-willroth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Postdoctoral Job Opportunity: Join me and the WELLab at WashU in St. Louis to study well-being in daily life and across the lifespan. This position is perfect for folks interested in ESM and longitudinal data analysis and well-being and affective science. wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences
Position Summary Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at WashU in St. Louis, to work on department-funded res...
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Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D. @hagankephd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📣 Please help me in spreading the word that my lab is hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator to work on projects investigating the mechanisms of eating pathology in adolescents and young adults (AYAs)! Priority review will begin Friday, 1/30. vcujobs.com/jobs/clinica...
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Clinical Research Coordinator 608800 - MCV Main Campus, Virginia, United States
Advertising Summary: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCU’s sponsored rese...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/5
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Committee Releases Conferenced Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bi...
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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New paper out in Psychiatric Clinics of North America by @carlihowe.bsky.social @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social and myself on the state of the literature on using technology to improve eating disorder treatment outcomes! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Leveraging Technology to Enhance Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Sara Lopez is a 2-year old who is paralyzed due to a rare complication from the flu. Her mother then did something very brave. She said she had not to gotten Sara vaccinated against flu, and is imploring parents not to skip the shot. RFK Jr. removed the flu vaccine for recommendation for kids.
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Toddler left paralyzed from flu-related disorder
Sara Lopez developed transverse myelitis, which disrupts the messages sent from the spinal cord to the rest of the body
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Delighted to have @skhalsa.bsky.social speak on Thurs 1/22 at 10 am CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar! Dr. Khalsa will be speaking about a very timely issue--how researchers can ethically harness AI to advance their science. Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
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Blair Wisco @bwisco.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
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Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor
The Department of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor level), to begin August 1, 2026. The Department of Psycholog...
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
EATING DISORDERS RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS: APA is proposing changes to the eating disorder severity indicators. Now is the time to have YOUR VOICE heard about the continued use of BMI in assessing AN severity and more. www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/pr…
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Proposed Changes
View proposals approved by DSM Steering Committee. The proposed changes are posted for a 30- to 45-day public comment period.
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Dr. Britny Hildebrandt @drbritnyh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
📣 Exciting news - the lab is growing! I'm hiring a Research Assistant to join the lab to work on translational research examining neural mechanisms underlying binge eating and eating disorders! If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass along! 🐀🧠 careers.upmc.com/job/22707636...
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Research Assistant, UPMC
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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Check out our spotlight paper in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social with great coauthors @jannahmoussaoui.bsky.social @shirisharvit.bsky.social @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social @kristinalerman.bsky.social @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social and others not on bsky! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Detecting Eating Disorders From Social Media Content: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go Next?
Objective Less than 20% of individuals with eating disorders (EDs) ever receive treatment, highlighting a need for scalable, innovative methods of identifying and providing support to individuals wi...
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Michele Hornish @hornish.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Missourian here. Can confirm - voters passed paid sick leave with 58% and the GOP state legislature overturned it as soon as they could.
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Tiffany A. Brown @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📣Super excited for #ICED2026 in The Hague, the Netherlands 🇳🇱! 🌷Our Scientific Planning Committee is putting on amazing #eating #disorder content! Abstracts due 10/22! www.aedweb.org/aed-events/i...
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ICED 2026 - Academy for Eating Disorders
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Maddy Frumkin (she/her) @maddyfrumkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Interested in a career in digital mental health, but not set on a clinical psych degree? Check out Dartmouth's PhD programs in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences and Health Policy and Clinical Practice. geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/ geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...
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Graduate Program in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
Dartmouth’s Quantitative Biomedical Sciences master’s and doctoral degrees prepare students to innovatively solve complex biomedical challenges.
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ABCT Eating Disorders and Eating Behaviors SIG @abct-edeb-sig.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The @abctnow.bsky.social EDEB SIG is hosting a webinar on single session interventions TOMORROW! Check it out and register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
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Events | ABCT EDEB SIG
Find upcoming SIG-sponsored events here, including virtual webinars and panels and in-person events at the annual conference.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Several scientists have received letters from the NIH director disinviting them from their positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding, I'm told. In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We are still recruiting for a postdoc for my lab! This person will play a key role in a new R01 optimizing a self-guided digital intervention for #eatingdisorders. There will be ample opportunities for publishing, contributing to grants, mentoring, etc. Apply by 10/31 for priority consideration.
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Giovanni Ramos @gramos.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓. And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Looking forward to speaking at the Eating Disorders Research Summit on October 2nd and my second visit to the wonderful folks in Fargo at Sanford Health! Register to join us online (or in person)!
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Proud of @natgullo.bsky.social & my grad student Carli Howe on great posters at #EDRS2025 in Newport Beach! Really inspiring mtg centered on harnessing machine learning, algorithms, & AI to improve EDs outcomes. Can’t wait to see all my EDs colleagues & friends in the Netherlands next for #ICED2026!
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Rebecca Cox @rebecca-cox.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I will be recruiting at least 1 PhD student for the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Psychopathology (SCRAP) Lab at WashU in STL this application cycle! ☀️⏰😴 Read more about our current projects here: sites.wustl.edu/scraplab/
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Jean Forney @handle.invalid · 16/09/2025
Come join us in Athens! We are hiring a TT assistant professor in our APA accredited clinical psychology program at Ohio University.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Four years after Medicaid was expanded in Missouri: what do we know? 1. Enrollment has met expectations 2. Uninsured dropped significantly 3. Financially not a burden to state budget 4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients 5. Improved financing for hospitals 6. Some implementation challenges
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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Delighted to have @mcpoliti.bsky.social speak on Mon 9/15 at 12 pm CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar series! Dr. Politi will be speaking about her work creating visual key information pages for informed consent and the impact. Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2025
WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't know how many died W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that W: How can you be that ignorant?
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