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Lauren Harris, Ph.D.

@laurenharris.bsky.social
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she/her. postdoctoral research fellow in clinical psychology at Auburn University. interested in uncovering and targeting the mechanisms that maintain eating disorders and suicidality. views my own.

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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New paper, led by @laurenharris.bsky.social, finds that greater fluctuations in interoceptive attention were associated with increased risk for several forms of self-injury and disordered eating. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1002/eat....
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the incredible @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students this cycle; come join us at Auburn!
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Exciting work from @laurenharris.bsky.social, in collab with @uofleatlab.bsky.social, finds that within Anorexia Nervosa Spectrum Disorders, alterations in HRV are accompanied by differences in interoceptive sensibility at the trait, but not state, level" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Relationship Between Heart Rate Variability and Interoception in Anorexia Nervosa Spectrum Disorders
Objective Restrictive eating disorders are characterized by abnormalities in both HRV and interoception, yet the extent to which transient physiological changes are related to interoceptive sensibil...
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
feeling very grateful to everyone who has read and shared my work over the last ~10 years 🥹
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Research on Eating Disorders & Suicidality Lab @redslabauburn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excited to share this invited commentary from @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social on a new meta-analysis examining interoception and self-harm!
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
the Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides life-saving eating disorder treatment to children, teens, and adults in the Auburn-Opelika area. this Tiger Giving Day, we are hoping to raise $10,000 to fund a clinician-in-training who will provide these essential services: aub.ie/26TGDAEDC
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Improve Eating Disorder Care Access - Tiger Giving Day
This Tiger Giving Day, the Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC) is raising $10,000 to fund a graduate student clinician-in-training who will provide life-changing care to children and families who mi...
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Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We are hiring one to two full-time post-doctoral fellows to work on two NIMH supported studies! For more information, please see louisvilleeatlab.com/now-hiring.h.... To apply please send your CV, a cover letter, and three names of references to Dr. Levinson at cheri.levinson@louisville.edu.
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are getting excited for #SRS2026! Come check us out!
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Our lab group is discussing the role of AI in writing and research tomorrow, with the hope of creating lab specific guidance. If any folks have already created something like this already and would be willing to share, we'd love to see what you've come up with!
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If risk is similar across ‘typical’ and ‘atypical’ anorexia, then language matters. Time to shift away from labels that imply lesser severity. Congrats @laurenharris.bsky.social on this impactful paper! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Transdiagnostic Prevalence and Characteristics of Suicidality across the Spectrum of Restrictive Eating Pathology
Limited research has evaluated variability in the prevalence and characteristics of suicidality across the spectrum of restrictive eating disorders, i…
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
new publication alert ⚠️ now available online! doi.org/10.1016/j.be... big thanks to my mentors and team: @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social @ryleelusich.bsky.social @kefancathywu.bsky.social
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Redirecting
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
exciting science in the works! rdcu.be/eRVT0
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Personalized models of eating disorder symptoms and suicide risk in anorexia nervosa spectrum disorders: protocol for a longitudinal, passive-sensing study
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Come join us at Auburn! @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social is an incredible mentor - if I could go to grad school again, this is where I’d want to end up ☺️
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨 Last day to give! 🚨 At Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic, we provide affordable, evidence-based care and train the next generation of therapists. Help fund our 2nd clinician & client scholarships so more people get care 💙 Donate: tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
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Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day
Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention @afspnational.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay! 🌎💙 Whether you've lost a loved one or experienced your own personal struggles, we're sending love today to everyone who has been touched by suicide. Remember, together, we can fight for a world without suicide. #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙 We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships: 📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
today's mood
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
new pub alert ⚠️ did you know that there are currently no evidence-based eating disorder interventions that provide explicit guidelines for treating co-occurring AN/AAN and suicidality? in this new (open access) article, we demonstrate how idiographic networks could be used to address this gap.
jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com
Using network analysis to personalize treatment for individuals with co-occurring restrictive eating disorders and suicidality: a proof-of-concept study - Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Nomothetic (i.e., on average) eating disorder interventions generally provide insufficient guidance for managing suicidality. The present proof-of-concept study demonstrates how idiographic...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2025
(5/5) 🚨 It’s time to flood the zone. NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn. 📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration ✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support 👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/06/2025
Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental health conditions & they often become chronic. Yet Trump’s HHS is cutting eating disorder research & the MAHA report doesn’t mention them. This isn’t just suppressing science - it’s a decision that will cost lives. www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e...
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Eating disorder research defunded despite MAHA focus on chronic conditions
Experts on eating disorders like anorexia worry that research funding cuts mean patients won't get the care they need.
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
had such an awesome time at #ICED2025! truly inspiring to be a part of this conference with so many incredible researchers, clinicians, and educators.
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I'm so excited to be co-chairing the Scientific Program Committee of #ICED2025 with Dr. Luz Scapaturra in just a few short days! The conference line-up is incredibly exciting, and includes some great work from our @redslabauburn.bsky.social. Please come say "hi" if you'll be in San Antonio!
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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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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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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Statement from APA re/autism and what the science really says: updates.apaservices.org/autism
updates.apaservices.org
Addressing Recent Misinformation About Autism
Recent statements from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contradict scientific consensus and potentially threaten essential research, services, and supports for autistic people.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/04/2025
If you and your colleagues are wishing there was something you could DO to call on your university leadership to stand up against Trump's attacks on higher ed...look no further! 📣 REGISTER YOUR CAMPUS ACTION HERE: actionnetwork.org/event_campai... FILL THE MAP! #standupwithus #standupforscience
It's time for a summer send-off. Nationwide campus action. Stand up, fight back--together! STAND UP WITH US. Because science, higher ed, and democracy are for everyone. Where: you college campus. When: your last day of classes! Standupforscience2025.org
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
the picture doesn’t do it justice, but what an awesome turnout today for #HandsOff in Alabama. we’re here in the red states, too!! ✊🏻
protestors at a government building, with a blue sky and American flag in the background
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/04/2025
It's Hands Off Day! Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe... Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s... And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials! #HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Hands off our science protests today across the country
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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Just received word that our post-bacc RA position at the UPenn Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab should go live this week. Will post the link when it does but, for now, here' s a link with the description. Please repost + share with your team! tinyurl.com/ycyzmmdx
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
finally, some good news (the cinnamon rolls are ready)
8 cinnamon rolls in a glass dish, before baking 8 very large cinnamon rolls, not yet frosted
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
AUBURN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDY
VIRTUAL EATING DISORDER
TREATMENT FOR LGBTQIA+
INDIVIDUALS
The ACCEPT Lab at Auburn University
is recruiting for a study evaluating a new virtual
(Zoom) treatment for eating disorders that is
specifically developed for members of the
LGBTQIA+ community. This study will occur over
the span of 9 months and is completely
voluntary and confidential.
YOU MAY QUALIFY IF YOU:
Are 18-65 years old
Identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
intersex, queer and/or asexual
Are experiencing problems with eating or body
image
(619) 594-1785
PRIDE@AUBURN.EDU
Scan this QR code with your smartphone camera, Snapchat OR go to
https://aub.ie/pridestudy
EARN UP TO $250
L G B T Q A +
IN E-GIFTCARDS
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Bean is very upset that I am studying for the EPPP on her birthday
An angry (or yawning) cat sits behind a notebook, pen, and keyboard
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Huge thanks to our participants. We couldn't do this work without you!
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
come join @redslabauburn.bsky.social!
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Claire Cusack @claireecusack.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Women comprise up to 80% of psychology graduate students, yet women represent 65.1% of assistant professorships, 56.5% of associate professorships, and 42.8% of full professorships. These numbers are a lot worse at the intersection of gender x race. 1/4
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
holding myself accountable to call my reps today! this site makes it so easy, even my social anxiety and I can do it 💪https://5calls.org/
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
today I emailed my (Republican) senators asking them to take action to protect our scientific institutions. this week I plan to call. you can use this link to find your representatives and figure out how much NIH funding your state has received: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Sending all the good vibes to everyone interviewing/ranking internship sites this year...in this climate...at this particular moment in time...
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April Smith, PhD @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨👀We would LOVE for you to submit to the upcoming collection "Moving the Needle on Eating Disorder Treatment: Precision Psychiatry and Personalized Treatment Advances" by April 29. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute: bit.ly/3UHPCyj
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
as happy as I am when other authors cite me, I get even more excited when I get to cite my friends. like, my friend has written a paper with the exact information I want to include in my paper... what a gift... 🥹
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
do people know about "written kitten"? you get rewarded with a new picture of a kitten (or puppy, or bunny) for every 100 words you write! you can also set a different goal for yourself if you're ambitious. it's great, but I would love to know if folks are aware of any other similar writing tools 📝
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
the targeted ads are starting to feel a little *too* targeted
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We are hiring summer interns! Come work with my team and I and learn a lot about #eatingdisorders Please resky (is that what we call it? 😂)
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
new paper out in IJED 📣 I'm very excited about this project, which marks my first time publishing in an eating disorders journal (take that, imposter syndrome)! we set out to test a novel online intervention designed to enhance motivation to reduce restrictive eating, with some promising results...
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
just finished importing all my old tweets via Porto! I hope that you all enjoy the memes I crafted in grad school, back when I used to be funny
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a woman says that was a different life
ALT: a woman says that was a different life
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
5 years ago, I began working on the project that would eventually become my dissertation. today, I finally submitted my manuscript for review. the journey is far from over, but I am so excited to be one step closer to getting this out into the world! 🎉
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
applying for licensure feels like going on a scavenger hunt, except it costs hundreds of dollars and your prize is getting to take the EPPP
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
the doctors are IN! 🎓 (I'm slightly delayed on this announcement, but what's a few days compared to 6 years?) #PhDone
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
proud to be a member of the graduating VAAAHS internship class of 2024 🥳
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Lauren Harris, Ph.D. @laurenharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
participate in my friend's awesome dissertation research!
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