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Jen Forsyth, PhD

@jenforsyth.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Studying serious mental illness, genetics, & the 🧠 | She/her 🇨🇦🇺🇸 sites.uw.edu/forsythlab

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Aaron Besterman @abesterman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Excited for our new study to come out that suggest that clinical genetic testing should perhaps be considered as part of the standard diagnostic evaluation for schizophrenia.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Circulate this widely! We need to know which NIH grants have been terminated. It goes beyond the list that HHS has released. Send to every scientist you know. @scott-delaney.bsky.social @noamross.net
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Marino Pagan @marinopagan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
1/7 Our paper on individual variability in decision-making is finally out in @nature.com! Inspired by the classic work by Mante and Sussillo, we trained many rats to solve context-dependent decision-making, and we found that different brains use different neural mechanisms to solve the same task!
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Individual variability of neural computations underlying flexible decisions - Nature
Behavioural experiments to study decision-making in response to context-dependent accumulation of evidence provide testable models that are consistent with the heterogeneity in neural signatures among...
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I was happy to #standupforscience2025 yesterday. And of course, I have been thinking about things I didn't have a chance to say. Like because of the chaos at NIH (and the freezing of funding), how my team has been waiting for NOAs for two non-competing renewals since mid-January. 1/
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Carrie Bearden (she/her) @carriebearden.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What an incredible turnout to #standupforscience in Los Angeles today!! So proud 💪🌎🧬 @katiekarlsgodt.bsky.social @yuenhuo.bsky.social @darbysaxbe.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Seattle showed up to #standupforscience today. It has been really lonely in science lately. We've been facing flurries of changes, cuts, censorship, and all kinds of bad news and rumors of worse. And no clue what to do with all of it. 1/2
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Jen Forsyth, PhD @jenforsyth.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Amazing to see so many scientists AND citizens #StandupforScience in Seattle!!
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Will you be standing up for science tomorrow? If there isn’t an official rally near you, join the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th. Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-... @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Dr. Francis Collins will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Image of Francis Collins, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social. “This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/02/2025
It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.
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Jamie Hanson @jamielarsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🏠📉 New research in @jama.com (JAMA Network Open) highlights the impact of housing instability on children's mental health. We explored how stress about eviction or housing loss affects child depression, anxiety, ADHD, & behavioral problems. #HousingInstability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... /1
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Stress About Eviction or Loss of Housing and Child Mental Health
This cross-sectional study examines the association of stress about eviction or the loss of housing with caregiver-reported depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and behaviora...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
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It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day.
Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.
Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few.
But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong.
It is also contrary to the rule of law.
The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair.
We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
If you are on a study section that will not be reviewing diversity fellowships but will be reviewing "regular" fellowships, your next move is clear. Do not participate in the review unless all submissions can be reviewed together. Reclassify diversity grants as "regular" grants & review them all
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Can’t believe I’m typing this but… FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC. If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This leads to the very troubling question. Did the acting NIH director approve this to be sent out? (Bad) or Was this sent out without his knowledge or against his recommendation? (Worse) /fin
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a man says who 's in charge here
ALT: a man says who 's in charge here
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 08/02/2025
"Indirect costs" just means paying the full cost of the research. That's it. Some costs are for one project, like lab equipment. Some are shared by many, like buildings and utilities. Grants that don't pay shared costs are a net negative. The fact that Harvard used to turn them down drives that home
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Aaron Besterman @abesterman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
📖 Full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Some folks who might be interested: @jacobvorstman.bsky.social @quantpsychiatry.bsky.social @bogglerapture.bsky.social @cpschaaf.bsky.social @prismarg.bsky.social @danielmorenodeluca.bsky.social @drkkendall.bsky.social @jenforsyth.bsky.social
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Genomics-informed neuropsychiatric care for neurodevelopmental disorders: Results from a multidisciplinary clinic
Patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) have high rates of neuropsychiatric comorbidities. Genomic medicine may help guide care because path…
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Armin Raznahan @bogglerapture.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨WE'RE HIRING !!! 🚨 Do you fancy tackling big questions wt unique combinations of clinical, neuroimaging & genomic data ? We're for a passionate, dynamic & collaborative Data Scientist to join our team ! Job posting: www.nimh.nih.gov/about/career... Lab info: www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
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Job Vacancy Announcement – Data Scientist (Contractor)
The National Institute of Mental Health is seeking exceptional candidates for a Data Scientist position within the NIMH Section on Developmental Neurogenomics.
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Jen Forsyth, PhD @jenforsyth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Thrilled and honored to be joining the ranks at ACNP!! Would not be possible without the support of so many incredible mentors and collaborators over the years, thank you @acnporg.bsky.social! 🎉
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Now out in @science.org: misinformation exploits outrage to spread online. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Doing this work was way harder than it had to be, thanks to Big Tech. I want to highlight our lead analyst @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social for his heroic perseverance to bring you this paper 🧵
We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is highly engaging and need not be accurate to achieve its communicative goals, making it an attractive signal to embed in misinformation. In eight studies that used US data from Facebook (1,063,298 links) and Twitter (44,529 tweets, 24,007 users) and two behavioral experiments (1475 participants), we show that (i) misinformation sources evoke more outrage than do trustworthy sources; (ii) outrage facilitates the sharing of misinformation at least as strongly as sharing of trustworthy news; and (iii) users are more willing to share outrage-evoking misinformation without reading it first. Consequently, outrage-evoking misinformation may be difficult to mitigate with interventions that assume users want to share accurate information.
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Jen Forsyth, PhD @jenforsyth.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
This was so cool to read, we're so lucky to have you at UW @arokem.org! Such a well-deserved deserved award! 🎉
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Michael Ward @michael-e-ward.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Common genetic variants contribute more to rare diseases than previously thought
Assessing the influence of common mutations on rare disease risk.
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣 Our Clinical Program at the University of Washington is hiring a new Clinic Director! If you're passionate about shaping the clinical training of the next generation, please consider applying! For more info: apply.interfolio.com/159126 Please share broadly!
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Jen Forsyth, PhD @jenforsyth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣 Our Clinical Program @UWPsychology is hiring a new Clinic Director! If you're passionate about shaping the clinical training of the next generation, please consider applying! For more info: apply.interfolio.com/159126 Please share!
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Arielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Starting a Human Neuroimaging pack, let me know if you’d like to be added! 🧠 go.bsky.app/8xs6oWw
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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My first starter pack! Adolescence is all about exploration and learning, right? 😅 For researchers studying #adolescence from all angles (biology, brain, mental/physical/global health, cognitive/social/identity development, YPAR, PYD, education, etc.)! Reply if you want to join! go.bsky.app/HzkrXH8
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SJo @sjo09.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
xcited to share our new results! We (huge team effort led by post-doc extraordinaire Sylvie Lesuis) examined the effects of acute stress on threat memory generalization and engram ensemble architecture. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Stress disrupts engram ensembles in lateral amygdala to generalize threat memory in mice
Stress induces aversive memory overgeneralization, a hallmark of many psychiatric disorders. Memories are encoded by a sparse ensemble of neurons acti…
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I wrote about psychiatric diagnosis for Psyche magazine — what it means & what it doesn’t mean. If you are looking for a no-nonsense general intro to diagnosis in mental healthcare or you are grappling with your own diagnosis, this is the piece for you. psyche.co/ideas/what-a...
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What a psychiatric diagnosis means – and what it doesn’t mean | Psyche Ideas
With stigma and misunderstanding surrounding mental health, it’s vital to know the benefits and limits of a formal diagnosis
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
A starter pack! Some of my favorite women in neuroscience (sorry if I forgot you, I will add!) go.bsky.app/SCFmKoC
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Putting a starter pack together for Black In Neuro! Let us know if you would like to be included 🤗 #Neuroscience 🧪
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Nora Skjerdingstad @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Created this child and adolescent mental health starter pack!! Please let me know who else (yourself or others) should be included🥰 go.bsky.app/mJXZrD
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Lots of new arrivals in the psychiatric and statistical genetics starterpack, time to browse it again to find your old friends go.bsky.app/9643dwo
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Jen Forsyth, PhD @jenforsyth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello bluesky! I'm an Assistant Prof at the University of Washington. My lab studies how serious mental illnesses develop, including the role of genetics, the environment, and brain development! More here: sites.uw.edu/forsythlab/
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