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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!”

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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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Request For Information

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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 · 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 · 24/05/2026

Thank you so much for sharing this article. Yes, this is a very big problem.

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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

Huge gratitude to this amazing collaborative team, including Michelle Newman, Denise Wilfley, Daniel Eisenberg, and the late Barr Taylor, our partners at SilverCloud Health, and to all of the students and colleges who participated in the study. 8/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Digital interventions are not the full solution, but they can be an important part of a comprehensive public mental health strategy. 7/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

These findings suggest that scalable, evidence-based digital interventions can play an important role in reducing unmet need and reaching students earlier, before symptoms reach crisis level. 6/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One thing I’m especially excited about is that the intervention addressed anxiety, depression, and eating disorders together. Eating disorders are often left out of broader digital mental health efforts despite their severity and prevalence. 5/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Students receiving the digital program were more likely to engage in treatment and experienced significantly better mental health outcomes compared to referral to campus care. The intervention led to meaningful reductions in overall prevalence of mental health disorders through 2-year follow-up. 4/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This was a large-scale trial involving more than 6,000 students (of almost 40K screened!)— one of the largest studies of its kind in college mental health. And this was not a tightly controlled lab study, but a real-world population-based trial examining implementation and impact at scale. 3/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

College students face massive barriers to accessing evidence-based mental health care, including long waitlists, limited campus resources, stigma, & cost. We wanted to test whether a scalable digital intervention approach, offered following population-based screening, could help close this gap. 2/n

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sooo happy for you!!! You did a fantastic job!! 🥳

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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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Seminar Series

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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

Next step: larger trials to understand who benefits most from coaching (e.g., higher symptom severity, comorbidity, SGM youth).

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Grateful for a fantastic team with whom this work was conducted including Patty Cavazos-Rehg, Erin Kasson, Hannah Szlyk, @ariellesmith.bsky.social, @lauradadamo.bsky.social, Daphne Lew, Denise Wilfley, and the late Barr Taylor.

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Takeaway: Even low-intensity, scalable digital interventions can meaningfully reduce ED symptoms in teens. Coaching may add benefit—especially for certain behaviors (e.g., binge eating) or for certain subgroups.

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Teens reported positive experiences using the app. There were no sig. differences b/t groups in global ED psychopathology. BUT, importantly, there were significant improvements over time across all conditions. For binge eating, all groups showed reductions, but the fastest improvements were in GSH.

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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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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

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Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Links to register shown in this graphic! Please join us!

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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 · 01/04/2026

Good luck! You got this! I never forgot the Super's Rainbow term but have no idea what it is 😂

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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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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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