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Sarah C Vogel, PhD @sarahcvogel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I am thrilled to share a new manuscript, out in Scientific Reports: Examining associations among maternal stress, social support, and the infant gut microbiota. In collaboration with @fquerdasi.bsky.social, @drbcallaghan.bsky.social, and @nataliebrito.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Fran Querdasi @fquerdasi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Just out! ✨ Using a novel machine learning approach, we identify a developmental pathway by which the early life gut microbiome may shape mental health at school age via effects on functional brain development. This work can help identify microbial biomarkers of later health issues. 👉 rdcu.be/eNsUK

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Childhood gut microbiome is linked to internalizing symptoms at school age via the functional connectome

Nature Communications - Here, the authors find that relative abundances of stress-sensitive gastrointestinal microbes at age 2 years predicts internalizing symptoms in middle childhood through...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/03/2025

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works on two of the most urgent U.S. health problems and has generally received bipartisan support. By the end of this week, the staff of the agency could be cut by 50%, according to senior staff members.

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Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/02/2025

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

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Fran Querdasi @fquerdasi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Horrible. We all need to act together to stop this. So many people, present and future, depend on work that NIH funds.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 28/02/2025

I’ll be there too!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n

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Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’ve now posted the National YRBS data, 2015-2023, here. I’ll add the state and district data soon. www.datalumos.org/datalumos/pr...

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CDC National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2015-2023

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Janet Tomiyama, Ph.D. @janettphd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Our newest paper, in JAMA Open - randomized high stress employees at UCSF to Headspace or control and Headspace worked to reduce stress! Useful: the effect seems to happen as long as you hit 5 mins per day. Great leadership from @aricprather.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Digital Meditation to Target Employee Stress

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a digital mindfulness meditation application reduces perceptions of global and job-related stress among adults employed at a large academic medical ...

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

For Thanksgiving I want to spend the week highlighting some work that I’m really proud of from 2024. In doing so I’m going to highlight the wonderful research of students I am so thankful and lucky to work with! 🦃

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Interoception in pregnancy: Implications for peripartum depression

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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Continuing our theme of giving thanks to the graduate students who make the research happen, next up for Black Friday we have a Shiba Shoutout @shibaesfand.bsky.social. Shiba joined the lab last year and has been a delight to have on our team.

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Fran Querdasi @fquerdasi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Very happy to see this change 👏🏼

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Fran Querdasi @fquerdasi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🚨preprint alert🚨 So excited to share new work on developmental links between the microbiome-gut-brain axis and internalizing symptoms with @drbcallaghan.bsky.social, Jessica Uy, Jen Labus, and the GUSTO study team 🥳 (1/n) osf.io/preprints/ps... 🚧 note: this work has NOT yet been peer-reviewed 🚧

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A relatively simple & impactful way to advocate for science is at the local level: check if your community has hearings & is considering legislation you can offer specialized insight into. Also can see if local boards have spots you might be of particular service to.

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Lesley Norris, PhD @lesleynorris.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Now that I understand starter packs, I've (re)started one for people interested in all things psychotherapy personalization and optimizing treatments to the individual 😊 Anyone welcome! And consider joining our Person-Centered Treatment and Prevention Collaborative group! go.bsky.app/FXmURQf

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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Does anyone know of starter packs for brain-gut-microbiome axis?

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist. This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...

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Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist

Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.

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