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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW paper at intersection of behav sci & AI in @nathumbehav.nature.com: In 3 pragmatic RCTs implementing a ML model predicting flu-related complications we find: (1) telling patients they're at high risk caused more flu shots compared to an active control arm reminding them to get a flu shot (1/4)

Nature Portfolio, Nature Human Behavior, and Springer Nature logos surrounding the title of a journal article: Algorithm-assisted personalized risk communication to encourage flu vaccination in the USA: three randomized field trials

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨POSTDOC HIRING: Our lab in the Dept. of Bioethics & Decision Sciences in Geisinger's College of Health Sciences is hiring a Postdoct in the Behavioral Science of Health-Related Beliefs, Judgment & Decision-Making. Start date is asap. Can be remote from anywhere in U.S. tinyurl.com/MeyerChabris...

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Today I'm thrilled to welcome Paul Han to the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences in the @geisingercollege.bsky.social at @geisinger.bsky.social. A recent Fulbright Scholar who studies medical decision-making, uncertainty, and risk communication, Dr. Han joins us from NCI/NIH.

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨New paper! eConsent can promote cost-effectiveness & equity in research, but how does it compare to traditional consent w/r/t informedness? In this RCT, we tested the Sage Bionetworks eConsent developed by @megdoerr.bsky.social & @wilbanks.bsky.social, used by, eg NIH All of Us & Apple ResearchKit.

Screenshots of the eConsent, showing different user design principles.

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I’m excited to participate in Mass General’s 5th annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry, which will be held virtually on Sept. 25–26. It’s free for trainees and learners and there is a discount code below for everyone else.

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Reviewer 2 used an LLM to generate their review of our manuscript—except for the part where they asked for several irrelevant papers, all mysteriously authored by the same person, to be cited. Thank you, Reviewer 1, whoever you are. Not all heroes wear capes.

I am unconvinced that the three additional citations, all to [redacted], add to the paper. Although I fully understand the authors’ decision to include them given the other reviewer’s suggestions, I would like to voice my firm support if they prefer not to include them in the final version.

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Thrilled to welcome 3 new faculty members to Geisinger's Department of Bioethics & Decision Sciences: Stephanie Kraft, @byrdnick.com & @katesaylor.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing them continue their great work. You can read more about the department here: www.geisinger.edu/gchs/researc....

Stephanie Kraft, JD, Assistant Professor
Geisinger Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences (as of July 15, 2024)

Education:
-- BA, Economics, Stanford
-- JD, University of California Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) (concentration in law & health sciences)
-- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University School of Medicine

Previously:
-- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Division of Bioethics & -- Palliative Care), U. Washington SOM
-- Director of Research, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics & Palliative Care, Seattle Children’s Research Inst.
-- NHGRI K01 awardee on respect and trust in research

Expertise and Research Focus:
-- Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics
-- Research ethics/ELSI of the Learning Health System
-- Ethics and equity in the implementation of emerging health technologies

Nick Byrd, PhD, Assistant Professor
Geisinger Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences (as of July 22, 2024)

Education:
-- B.A., Philosophy, Palm Beach Atlantic University
-- M.A., Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder
-- Ph.D., Philosophy, Florida State University (most coursework towards a second PhD in Psychology)
-- Intelligence Community Postdoc., Carnegie Mellon University & Stevens Institute of Technology

Previously, Stevens Institute of Technology:
-- Assistant Professor of Philosophy
-- Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Artificial Intelligence
-- Affiliate Faculty, Quantitative Social Science

Expertise and Research Focus:
-- Quantitatively tracing thoughts (transcripts or recordings)
-- Improving decisions (with interventions, nudges, AI)
-- How better decisions benefit education, health, medicine

Kate Saylor, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor
Geisinger Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences (as of September 2, 2024)

Education:
-- BA, Biology/Neurobiology, Macalester College
-- MS, Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Sciences University
-- PhD, Public Policy, UNC Chapel Hill
-- Postdoctoral Fellow in the ELSI of Genetics and Genomics, Penn Med. Dept. of Medical Ethics & Health Policy

Previously, NIH:
-- NIH Presidential Management Fellow
-- Health Policy Analyst, NHGRI
-- Special Assistant to the Associate Director for Science Policy, Office of the Director

Expertise and research focus:
-- Normative analysis of fairness and equity in cost-effectiveness analysis and healthcare allocation
-- Cost-effectiveness of medical interventions (e.g., BRCA1/2 genetic testing) using simulation modeling
-- Impact of biased data on the quality of evidence across patient populations

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Of course incomplete disclosure is a nebulous concept since one can never disclose all details of a study. I hope the premise isn’t that randomization fits (2). But IMO disclosure isn’t compelled by (1) either, & the fact that it’s called out by some IRBs might indeed reflect an AB effect of sorts.

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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

The Invisible Gorilla guys are back! Happy book birthday to “Nobody’s Fool,” by @profsimons.bsky.social and my better half, @cfchabris.bsky.social. Reviews, excerpts, podcasts, and trailers will accumulate at www.dansimons.com/NobodysFool.html

Book cover featuring a rendering of the Trojan horse.

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