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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD

@leb112358.bsky.social
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assistant professor @d3center.bsky.social @UMich | EMA & intensive longitudinal methods | personalized #mHealth #DigitalHealth interventions | data viz | #BehavioralScience | she/her/rescue dog mom🦮🐕‍🦺 lizbethbenson.com, d3c.isr.umich.edu

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 06/03/2026
I've just made live the updated website that accompanies my R book (www.discovr.rocks) - it's mostly finished: almost all of the chapter solutions/task solutions are done, data are live, updated info about the `discovr` package of interactive tutorials, and it's had a face lift.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
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WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Join us Friday for PDHP's hybrid half-day workshop on Adaptive Interventions with @d3center.bsky.social experts Shiyu Zhang, Walter Dempsey, and @leb112358.bsky.social. Details and registration at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/
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d3center @d3center.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Today, 1–5 pm ET: d3center faculty @leb112358.bsky.social, Shiyu Zhang, and Walter Dempsey present on Adaptive Interventions in the PDHP Workshop Series at ISR. Topics include adaptive intervention & JITAI foundations, SMARTs, MRTs, and Q&A. 📍 6050 ISR-Thompson + Zoom 🔗 pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops
Promotional graphic for a PDHP workshop titled “Adaptive Interventions,” featuring d3center faculty Walter Dempsey, Shiyu Zhang, and Lizbeth Benson, December 12, 1–5 pm ET, ISR/Zoom.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🧪@d3center.bsky.social researchers discuss the sources and impact of missing data in microrandomized trials. They provide a conceptual framework to guide future investigators in anticipating missing data and making informed decisions to manage them myumi.ch/61MWn @leb112358.bsky.social
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Missing data in microrandomized trials: Challenges and opportunities - Behavior Research Methods
The vision of leveraging digital technologies to deliver real-time psychological interventions in everyday settings is realized via just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI) – an intervention design...
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Mark your calendar for the next, hybrid half-day PDHP Workshop with @d3center.bsky.social experts, covering Adaptive Interventions: Dec. 12! Register at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/ @leb112358.bsky.social
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d3center @d3center.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📢 Call for poster abstracts! The d3center invites submissions for the Conference on Intervention Optimization, May 18-20 in Bethesda, MD. Share your research in intervention optimization across health, education, engineering & more. Deadline: Oct 9. bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
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d3center @d3center.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The d3center is thrilled to co-host the first-ever Conference on Intervention Optimization! We're bringing together brilliant minds from health, education, engineering & beyond. May 18-20 in the DC area. Registration opens soon: bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Grateful to be launching this project soon with a great team of collaborators and students 🤩
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar! Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 16/07/2025
At this point, I might as well -- Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!
Infographic illustrating different ways to model age.
First panel shows two "extreme" cases; including age as a linear numerical predictor (df = 1) or including age as a categorical predictor (df = number of years of age minus 1).
Second panel shows an intermediate solution in which age is categorized into broader bins (df = number of categories minus 1, here 5 - 1 = 4).
Third panel shows an intermediate solution in which age is included with a polynomial (df = degrees of freedom of the polynomial, here 4).
Fourth panel shows an intermediate solution in which age is modeled with the help of splines (df = degrees of freedom of the splines, here 4).
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Quansight @quansight.com · 23/05/2025
Making accessible data viz isn't just about compliance - it's about inclusion. Small changes, huge impact for 1.3 billion people with disabilities. @pavithraes.me‬ & @frank.computer‬ show you how in their recent talk at PyCon US. Watch the full session: → www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMo...
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Inclusive Data for 1.3 Billion: Designing Accessible Visualizations
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people (1 in 6 individuals) experience a disability, and nearly 2.2 billion people...
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Looking forward to marching tomorrow in Lansing, Michigan! #standupforscience
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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Rep. Debbie Dingell @debbiedingell.house.gov · 20/02/2025
NIH funding slashes aren’t ‘cutting waste’ - they're cutting progress, innovation, and the livelihoods of hardworking Americans. www.freep.com/story/news/h...
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Federal research cuts would rock Michigan economy, halt clinical trials, those affected say
A Trump administration plan to cap reimbursement of federal research overhead costs could lead to job losses, stifle medical innovation in Michigan.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Looks like Michigan science supporters can plan to head to Lansing on Friday, March 7 from 12-4! #standupforscience standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
INDIANA WE NEED A LEAD!!!! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
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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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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/02/2025
📣 DC friends - please consider supporting this rally on Wednesday, February 19th!
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
My partner just tried to comfort me regarding my NIH K01 summary statement by sending a text saying he thinks I’m a 9 😅
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
To be balanced though, one of the more constructive reviewers called me "an R trailblazer" which is perhaps one of the nicest things anyone has every said to me 🥰
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
As a side - listing things as weaknesses w/o indicating why is ZERO helpful for career dev. candidates trying to improve a resubmission... e.g., if my Aim 2 findings don't show feasibility/acceptability, why is proposing to submit a R21 (to do intervention refinement) instead of an R01 a weakness?
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Got a 1, 4, 1 for Candidate scores on my K01. Across the board reviewer 2 was nasty & clearly did not spend more than the bare minimum reading my proposal. I know it's common, but it's still so frustrating a person like this can totally tank an application 🙄
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a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
ALT: a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
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John Felt @jfeltphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This is a great write up of some really cool work that some of my colleagues in the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State (and beyond) recently published including @leb112358.bsky.social!
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Interested in participating in the 2025 ICPSR summer program? Then this webinar on Dec 4 at 2pm ET is for you! Such an amazing opportunity to disseminate quantitative methods 🤩 Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PsychSky #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth #BehavioralScience
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I've begun a statistical graphics starter pack at go.bsky.app/EMb8xWf . Please help me find more people or feeds to add to this pack. #rstats #visualisation #statistics 📈
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🔥opportunity, posted for David Conroy who isn't on Bluesky: "Seeking a manager at UMich Kinesiology to keep us organized, increase our efficiency, and optimize our productivity. See link+comments for +details careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... #BehavioralScience #EMA #DigitalHealth #PhysicalActivity
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Center and Laboratory Manager | U-M Careers
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Starter pack for EMA, ESM, and Intensive Longitudinal Researchers. Feel free to share, follow, and nominate. Suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/LzqJoUX #ESM #EMA #AA #IntensiveLongitudinalResearch
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP Here is the Starter pack!!! We have over 100 spots available (and if we hit the limit of 150, I'll make a part two). PLEASE share, ask to be added, and let me know if you'd like to see anyone added.
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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If this exists already.. I feel you can never have too many pet packs. Please let me know if you'de like to join. go.bsky.app/4TA4G8D
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The mDOT center is hosting a live webinar on Dec 5 at 2pm CT. The talk is on “Digital Health Technologies to Address Healthcare Delivery Challenges” More details here: mhealthhub.org/video/health... #BehavioralScience #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth
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Digital Health Technologies to Address Healthcare Delivery Challenges – mHealthHub
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Amy Cesal @amycesal.com · 18/11/2024
So many more people here now! Re-sharing the incomplete but useful data viz starter pack: go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hey BSKY, I'm building the Digital Health Starter Pack to stay up to date with the innovation and POVs. Who should I add? Please nominate/share, thank you! go.bsky.app/EoPCjso
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Hudson Golino @hudsongolino.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Created an Ambulatory Assessment starter pack! The add people function was being a bit funky so definitely missing many of you! Reach out if you’d like to be added go.bsky.app/NMJ1yCV
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
First snow of the year in Ann Arbor! ❄️
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
www.science.org/content/arti... great that many kids realise that both men and women can be a scientist!
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What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
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Constantin Yves Plessen @cyplessen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Are digital interventions for depression effective? We ran 3,638 meta-analyses on 125 RCTs (32,733 participants) to find out. Effect sizes ranged from small to medium (Hedges’ g = 0.16–0.74), with guided interventions & LMICs showing greater benefits. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Digital mental health interventions for the treatment of depression: A multiverse meta-analysis
The varying sizes of effects in published meta-analyses on digital interventions for depression prompt questions about their efficacy.A systematic sea…
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Hey everyone, i created an addiction starter pack and I am sure I am missing folks - please send me a note to get added. go.bsky.app/KVDa5PD
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Nathaniel Geiger @nathanielgeiger.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
New in J. of Enviro. Psych w/Kaitlin Raimi, Mel Sarge, Ash Gillis and Julia Cunningham. Climate change is displacing people inside and outside the US. We investigate how framing climate migration affects Americans' support for climate and migration policy authors.elsevier.com/a/1iJwy_6CY1...
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Ahnalee Brincks doing a beautiful job walking through complex mediation equations in the context of SMART designs. Way to go Ahnalee!
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
First trip as a @UMich assistant professor! Repping the @d3_center to teach part of a workshop on adaptive interventions 🤩 🤞🤞for smooth travel
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Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD @leb112358.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Spoiled alert! @nathanielgeiger.bsky.social made homemade egg nog as a treat for our last night of thanksgiving break!
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