Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ve always thought every time I see an RFA with an extremely close deadline, who are these absurd humans who can pull that off. Today the answer is me, I am that ridiculous person who heard about a thing Monday and submitted an entirely new (and imo very cool) proposal today. Time to go fall over… 190
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:nature.comNIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policyUS biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo. 19526385
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just got asked to review a grant I’m a co-I on. 🤣 Totally legit confusion, because the coordinator was working off of prelim info that didn’t list me, but accidental self peer-review request seems like it could be an item on some kind of academia bingo card. 190
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Quoted in this article. TL;DR: may help some #PMDD patients, but not much solid evidence either way (more research needed!). If it works, prob only for some. Given its low-risk, can be worth trying, in consultation w docs and symptom tracking to assess effects. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...theguardian.comCan antihistamines really help with PMDD and menopausal symptoms?Debilitating symptoms lead some to try over-the-counter medications Allegra and Pepcid due to a social media trend 160
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 18/06/2026All I know is, my lizard brain was so excited to see this episode drop, and it did not disappoint! For real tho, this critique is 💯🎯, covering the many problems with The Body Keeps The Score, including its basis in fabricated/misrepresented “findings”, blatant misogyny, and deeply damaging advice. 160
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDSarah Fineberg @sarahfineberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I'm excited to invite applications for a post-grad position in my lab @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social. Great opportunity for pre-med or pre-psychology (or clinical-curious humanists) to learn clinical and data skills as part of our dynamic team! campuspress.yale.edu/fineberglab/...campuspress.yale.eduJoin Us – Fineberg Lab 152
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/05/2026BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdfpublic-inspection.federalregister.gov 44808528
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is disastrous AND almost exactly one year ago, we warned it would happen: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @michaelemann.bsky.social @vambros.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @briannosek.bsky.socialtheguardian.comTrump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette DelawallaThe new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science 613872
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Most psychologists never received training in premenstrual disorders, despite 5% PMDD prevalence plus ~50% of menstruating people w/mood disorders also having significant impact of the cycle on symptoms. Join me tomorrow for a practical intro to assessment and treatment of #PMDD and other PMDs! 064
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Had a great time providing a workshop on PMDs and integrating the menstrual cycle in clinical assessment and treatment with @clearlab.bsky.social at @abctnow.bsky.social! If you missed it, stay tuned, we will be launching additional opportunities to learn about this content from us very soon! 3203
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I feel both called out and seen by this ribbon! #ABCT2025 @abctnow.bsky.social 0240
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.hollywoodreporter.comAs Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the PlanThe union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics. 288117725938
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 04/11/2025It was amazing that Teen Vogue has been one of the best sources for thoughtful, engaged political coverage over many years now. It’s absolutely shameful that Condé Nast just caved to fascist pressure and functionally killed it. 041
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDNorth American Society for Study of Personality Disorders @nasspd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Reminder, only a few days left to submit talks, symposia, workshops—deadline is 11/1! Posters due 12/1. 012
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Happy to have been interviewed for this @undark.org article on the struggles getting medical care for #PMDD. Thoughtful coverage of a complex topic that warrants so much more research, clinical training, and general awareness! 010
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Yes!!! So excited that we are having clinical workshops this year, which is new for @nasspd.bsky.social I'm going to submit a talk on menstrual cycle effects on BPD symptom expression. Currently submitting as a solo talk, but if you need another one for a symposium and think it could fit, lmk! 051
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDShannon Sauer-Zavala @shannonsauerzavala.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I just submitted my abstract to (hopefully) give an intro workshop on #BPDCompass at @nasspd.bsky.social's conference in Toronto this coming April. You should submit something too: nasspd.org/abstract_sub... Let me know in th comments what you're (hoping to) present!! 182
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDNorth American Society for Study of Personality Disorders @nasspd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025NASSPD is accepting submissions for our 2026 conference in Toronto, April 24-25th! See nasspd.org/conference for conference information and submission portal. Talks (individual, symposia, data blitz) and clinical workshops due Nov 1st. Posters due Dec 1st. Hope to see you there! 1128
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Estimated 32k protesting in Providence!! #nokings 1100
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Proud that Brown declined the federal compact, naming restrictions on academic freedom and important merit-based grant processes as key reasons: www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...brown.eduBrown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal CompactIn a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m... 061
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025“Fuck them kids.” That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi... 35777724317
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDLeslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025🚨 Position Alert! 🚨 I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5) 22429
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDTory Eisenlohr-Moul (CLEAR Lab) @clearlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Please consider joining us for the ticketed Menstrual Cycle / PMDD workshop at ABCT 2025!!! 192
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025This episode covers why acetaminophen use in pregnancy does *NOT* increase likelihood of autism when studied rigorously, despite some articles claiming that a small association suggested a link. Nice epidemiology example of why correlation != causation. Pass along to anyone needing that breakdown! 051
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Excited for an upcoming work trip to the Netherlands (more on that later)—tacking on extra days for a vacation w/my wife to celebrate our anniversary. Spending time in Amsterdam, Leiden, Brussels, and Rotterdam. Any recs, esp for the last 3 which are new to us? 🇳🇱🇧🇪 We will come back. (Probably.)media.tenor.coma black and white photo of a woman standing in a living room holding a bag and a dog .ALT: a black and white photo of a woman standing in a living room holding a bag and a dog . 040
Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I drew this 10 years ago, when modeling a lot of zero-inflated poisson models (common for behaviors where a chunk of the sample are total abstainers), to explain it to non stats-y folks. Technically I think this is a hurdle model, since the distributions should overlap slightly, but close enough. 3323
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDNature @nature.com · 25/09/2025We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences go.nature.com/4pBArFHgo.nature.comWhat research might be lost after the NIH’s cuts? Nature trained a bot to find outWe used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US National Institutes of Health grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences of such action. 15132
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Multiple peer reviewed studies done by medical researchers indicate that Tylenol does not seem to be a cause of autism. But one heroin-addicted nepo baby says that it is. For pregnant mothers it can be hard to know who to trust. 381701359
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDACOG @acog.org · 22/09/2025ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. bit.ly/47Wxc59 2220011133
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025If you can do so, please consider getting your COVID19 vaccine before ACIP meets on September 18-19. I don’t think it’s out of bounds to guess that, since they are going to manipulate data to falsely claim that the vaccine killed children, they will also recommend pulling FDA approval. 45427155
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award. 3/4 12345144
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDChrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"What I can tell you is that in a case where the only way to get the vaccine is to lie, you ought to lie." I cosign this. Get out there and get that COVID booster if you can, and lie if you have to. It's the ethical thing to do religiondispatches.org/lying-to-sav...religiondispatches.orgLying to Save Our Lives: Why You Should Say Whatever It Takes to Get the COVID VaccineHello again from our current public health clusterfuck, in which COVID infections continue to rise domestically and globally while the FDA makes it harder and more confusing for Americans to get vacci... 12290121
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/09/2025Two more Republicans. That’s all we need to force a vote in the House on releasing the Epstein files. If you live in a GOP district, your representative needs to hear from you: indivisible.org/resource/cal...theguardian.comOnly two more Republicans needed to force vote on Epstein files release, bill co-sponsor says – liveDonald Trump calls clamor over Jeffrey Epstein files a ‘Democrat hoax that never ends’ as bipartisan group of lawmakers try to force vote on legislation 491470621
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be 7176623236
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDErynn Christensen (she/her) @drerynnchristensen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The beginning of the irregular cycles movement!! Get round it!☺️🧠💪🏼 073
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDSacramento Radical Education @sac-rad-edu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Clean up your links before you share them with others. It's a small and simple piece of operational security that anyone can integrate into their practice. 3025261614
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/08/2025We have been following the rumors of the COVID vax being entirely banned. We think this rumor is very likely true.thedailybeast.comTrump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market. 3421085
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDQuantitude the Podcast @quantitude.bsky.social · 19/08/2025For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper: Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods. yifengquant.github.io/Publications... 46324
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 16/08/2025Trump thugs trying to throw their weight around in Little Rhody may find out it doesn't go so well.wpri.com 24547127
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDTom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes. 22621
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDVera Vine @veravine.bsky.social · 15/08/2025‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...queensu.caEmployment Opportunities | Department of PsychologyAvailable Positions Position Title Position Details Posting Date Closing Date Assistant Professor - Tenure-Track Appointment in Psychology 04339
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDChris Kahler @chriskahlerphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025A formal effort to outlaw asking and to censor reporting on specific information in NIH grants is under consideration, according to the Chronicle. It reads that NIH researchers “shall not use NIH funds to request, collect, or disseminate information related to gender.”chronicle.comGender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH PolicyA draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics. 102
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDEllen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Pls comment on this NIH RFI on limiting allowable publishing costs by 9/15. osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form... This is completely in conflict w/ the other new mandate that we must have our research be OA immediately (and publishers like Wiley not allowing submission to PMC immediately if we don't pay)..osp.od.nih.govComment Form: Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing CostsNational Institutes of Health (NIH): Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs 274
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/08/2025RFK Jr. says he wants to “make America healthy again”. Yet the administration he serves has cut SNAP, and he ignores the fact that 13 million kids in the U.S. don’t know where their next meal is coming from. No wonder he’s afraid to release his report today.theguardian.comTrump law will cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as work rules widenParents of teens, adults up to 64 years old and veterans must work, volunteer or train to keep benefits, CBO finds 510539
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDJack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Exciting new data to be presented at the upcoming AACAP annual meeting: mental health *four years* after adolescents start gender-affirming hormones (N=277) TLDR: Most had either improving mental health or stable mental health over the study period #trans #transgender #mentalhealth 1488
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB. 17509288
Reposted by Jess Peters, PhDAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/08/2025🔴 THREAD: RFK Jr. just canceled 22 mRNA vaccine projects. TL;DR: mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives. Ending these projects puts us at risk and leaves us unprepared for the next big outbreak. Here’s what RFK Jr. did — and why everyone should care. 🧵 (1/12) 23544221