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Kefan Cathy Wu

@kefancathywu.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychology PhD Student @UMass Amherst | Suicide, Self-Injury, Digital Phenotyping, EMA

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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Thank you April and everyone who came! Excited to attend the rest of #SRS2026!
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my Clinical Psychology PhD this fall at UMass Amherst under @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social’s mentorship, studying the progression of suicidality! I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and for the support of my mentors at the EAT, REDS, and Tad Lab!
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Come see us at SRS!
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New publication alert!! Congrats to Dr. Lauren Harris, Rylee Lusich, Kefan Cathy Wu, Jayson Stancil, Jannah Moussaoui, Dr. Elizabeth Cash, Dr. Cheri Levinson, and Dr. April Smith on their new publication in Behavior Therapy! Such an important topic in the eating disorder and suicide fields! #stopEDs
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
So excited for SRS2026!
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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Yay for open science! Check out our recently published protocol paper for REDS Lab and @uofleatlab.bsky.social's R01, which is investigating predictors of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in anorexia spectrum disorders.
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I’m so honored to be awarded and to present our findings at the @abct-ssi-sig.bsky.social meeting!! So grateful for all of my mentors!! @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ABCT 2025 The EAT Lab's full schedule of presentations this year - covering new findings in eating disorder symptoms, interoception, suicidality, and treatment development across the ED spectrum. #EatingDisorderResearch #EatingDisorders #EDScience #ABCT2025 #EDtreatment
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Come see the amazing work of the REDS Lab at #abct2025!!
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Thank you for having us 🤩
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Kefan Cathy Wu @kefancathywu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon! Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!! @redslabauburn.bsky.social
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Congrats @kefancathywu.bsky.social for receiving the Suicide & Self-Injury SIG Student Poster Award at #ABCT2025! Poster: Heart Rate Variability in Relation to Suicidality and Fear of Death Among Individuals on the Anorexia Nervosa Spectrum. 💙
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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
@kefancathywu.bsky.social and @claireecusack.bsky.social are representing the EAT Lab at #APS2025! Make sure to stop by and say "hi" on Thursday and Saturday!
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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Going to APS? If so, come check out these fantastic REDS Labers' work! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social @laurenpictor.bsky.social c
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
#newprofilepic 😎 We got together for a group photo just in time to present our work at upcoming conferences! Shoutout to our fantastic executive assistant, Christina, for helping us include our remote team members! Grateful for this crew and the work we do!! #LsUp #GoCards
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 We're so proud of postdoc Dr. Rachel Torres for her new first author publication: How and Why to Add Autonomic Phenotyping and Autonomic Balancing Interventions Into Eating Disorder Treatment (Torres, R. Cash, E. Levinson, CA) doi.org/10.1002/eat....
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We will not stand down. We will continue to fight so that people do not die and lose their joy because of eating disorders. Can you help us fight back in the face of tyranny so we can continue our forward momentum? Please give & share - any little bit helps www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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Donate to Stand with EAT Lab: Save Critical Eating Disorder Research, organized by Christina Barragan
In the past week the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) lab has r… Christina Barragan needs your support for Stand with EAT Lab: Save Critical Eating Disorder Research
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today we received the 2nd NIH grant termination for life saving work on #eatingdisorders This one impacts a postdoc who has devoted his life to improving treatments for EDs for EVERYONE. He no longer has funding for his salary or work As of yesterday (we received notice this morning).
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Loved getting to see @kefancathywu.bsky.social's work at #SRS2025, which finds that people with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa have similarly elevated levels of suicidal ideation. @cherilev.bsky.social @ryleelusich.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Join us TODAY at the 2025 Suicide Research Symposium for presentations by the TRAC study coordinators and the incredible Dr. April Smith ✨✨ @redslabauburn.bsky.social @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social #SRS25 #suicideresearch #suicideresearchsymposium
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I ❤️ my team #abct2024 #eatingdisorders @uofleatlab.bsky.social
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We 💙 our extraordinary Study Coordinators!! So proud!!
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