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Emma J O’Brien

@obrienemj.bsky.social
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Third year Clinical Psychology PhD student at Louisiana State University studying suicide, SGM young adults, and military members using advanced data collection and analytic methods such as EMA, DSEM, and LPA. Minneapolis native, views are my own.

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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nick is a rockstar!!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Irene Xu @irenexu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The ASSIST Lab @ UW–Madison is hiring a full-time Research Specialist! This position is a great fit for someone interested in clinical psychology research, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods/EMA, and digital approaches to understand mental health. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Congratulations!!! Also shares a birthday with my momma. May 8 is a great day!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’ve officially finished my second year of my PhD program… 🤯 Third year here I come!
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Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Ph.D. 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We've employed measurement invariance and item response theory (IRT) analyses quite a bit in my lab's and colleagues' research over the years. I'll be teaching a 2-day workshop on these statistical approaches this June! smart-workshops.com/inv-irt-info
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Introduction to Measurement Invariance and Item Response Theory — SMaRT Workshops
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy #EarlhamDay! Earlham College, my alma mater, truly is a "college that changes lives". Every donation (even $1), is matched with an additional $200. Please consider joining me in donating today to this unique, diverse, and passionate little campus who needs us! Donate here: lnkd.in/e6w-4tqR
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Meet my long-distance partner’s newly adopted son, Brick. I can’t wait to meet this precious baby. 🥹🧱
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Nick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Last chance to apply for our virtual summer workshop on R Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience. Funded by NSF, this FREE workshop provides direct training in using R to analyze data from psychological experiments. Open to students from any university. Apps due May 15! rworkshop.missouri.edu
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This virtual workshop teaches basic principles of computer programming for psychology and neuroscience. Specific emphasis is given on the skills needed to analyze data from psychological tasks using R...
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today I had the honor of joining the 16th annual Circle of Support walk organized by the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center and the LSU School of Social Work! I walk to support those who have struggled with suicidal thoughts or attempts as well as for those who have lost someone to suicide. 💜
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Congratulations!!!!
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📣 The 2026 SMaRT Workshops schedule is officially LIVE — with workshops covering SEM, MLM, dyadic methods, time series, machine learning, clinical trials design, and more. STATS NERD SUMMER is HERE. Come learn something. 🧑‍🎓 smart-workshops.com/workshops Please share and RP🙏 More info 👇 1/n
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Workshops — SMaRT Workshops
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Congratulations!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
You mean to tell me if I had just started working on my thesis manuscript again it would start to get done? The procrastination made it that much worse? Who would’ve thought 😅
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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We're raising money (matched dollar for dollar!) to support paid research experiences for underrepresented students in our department at McGill. No amount too small to show support for science training these days.... crowdfunding.mcgill.ca/ui/main/p/pr...
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you so much for this comment! 😊
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🚨 Thrilled to share our new publication on primal world beliefs, suicide cognitions, and SI! Our findings show primals are correlated with suicide cognitions, and believing the world is unsafe moderated the relationship between cognitions and SI in college students.
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The moderating influence of primal world beliefs on the relationship between suicide cognitions and suicidal ideation
Negative, generalized beliefs about the self are strongly related to suicidal ideation (SI). However, no research has explicitly tested cognitive theo…
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I had a wonderful time tabling for the LSU Psychological Services Center at the Planting Seeds of Hope event organized by Rain Will Bring Flowers this evening! It’s heartwarming seeing so many student athletes learn more about suicide prevention and collect therapy resources!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thank you so much!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I am thrilled to share my new first author pub in JAD! 🥳 We found minority stress was associated with concurrent and future experiences of defeat, and defeat was associated with prospective minority stress in sexual minority college students reporting SI. authors.elsevier.com/a/1meFzbXYj0...
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Daniel Coppersmith @danielcoppersmith.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026. Share and apply! careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
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Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Psychology and Brain Sci Work L...
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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations. psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
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Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology
Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions ...
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YR² Lab @yr2lab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Our youth suicide prevention lab, @yr2lab.bsky.social, is hiring a full-time research coordinator to join our team this spring/summer! Interested applicants can find additional details here: sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/join-...
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Join Us – Research Associate – Youth Risk and Resilience Lab
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New paper accepted to JAD 🥳 I can’t wait to share!!
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Raymond Tucker @raymopt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Yes!! That’s an excellent confidence token! 🐱 Best of luck!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Congrats!! Are your interviews in person or virtual? If they were virtual then no one (but you) would ever know 🤔🤗
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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🚨My trainee Victoria Murphy, data architect Gabriel Mongefranco, and I are pleased to share 🌟EMA-CleanR: R code to pre-process, clean, and visualize ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data! Documentation: teamdynamix.umich.edu/TDClient/210... Code: github.com/DepressionCe...
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EMA-CleanR: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Processing in R
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Also had a lovely trip to Pittsburgh over break filled with friends, games, and running outside in the cold!
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 24/12/2025
The holidays can be a challenging time for many. You matter. You are not alone. You deserve care, compassion, and support. Help is available 24/7 by texting or calling 988, which remains confidential. Please check on those in your life this season.
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Some more pics for the soul ♥️♥️♥️
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
An amazing visit to Minneapolis ♥️♥️♥️ heart is full 🥺🥺🥺
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Would highly recommend applying for this!! It’s a wonderful day of learning, mentorship, and networking!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Wooohoo!!! 🥳
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thrilled to share I passed my thesis proposal today!! The first of four milestones checked off for my PhD! ✅
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Hello mental health/suicide researchers! Do any of you use the SBQ-R? I have a question about it. I have used the measure before and remain perplexed by the fourth question.
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
And that’s a wrap! 🥳 had such a great time at @abctnow.bsky.social this year!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Let’s go @abctnow.bsky.social!♥️
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Big wins!!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Yes! So excited to attend some of these presentations!
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Dr. Sam Cacace @scphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New paper out (free link) in Military Psychology led by our mentee and VA partners @docrobphd23.bsky.social Coping self-efficacy scale continues to show a 3-factor structure (now with dynamic fit indices) in LGBTQ+ U.S. military veterans. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQJBX...
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A psychometric evaluation of the coping self-efficacy scale among LGBTQ+ Veterans
Due to unique stressors faced by LGBTQ+ Veterans, it is important to understand how existing strengths, like coping self-efficacy, can be leveraged for health promotion efforts to improve outcomes ...
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Thank you!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My first awarded grant ever! 🥳 so grateful for my friends, family, and colleagues who supported me in this grant application and I cannot wait to disseminate our findings!!
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I’m pumped to be presenting at @abctnow.bsky.social next week in New Orleans! Come by my poster session Friday at 4:30 or reach out to say hi! Would love to connect and meet up with new and old friends/colleagues alike!
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mareike @mareike.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
delighted to see this published 🙌 using EMA, we (with @roryoc.bsky.social) investigated suicidal ideation in daily life. we found that it arises from an interaction of within-person increases in loneliness and an individual’s level of personality functioning psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S. They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support. The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
New publication alert! 🚨 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lyZY3o67z...
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Emma J O’Brien @obrienemj.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Finally got an up to date MOSB lab picture!! 🥳🥳🥳 love conducting research with these kids!
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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Duke University is holding virtual office hours for students to get feedback on their psychology PhD applications! Due October 31st! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Virtual Office Hours For Psychology PhD Applicants - Registration Form
To broaden the pool of applicants in psychology PhD programs across the country, Duke University's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience is holding our 6th Annual Virtual Office Hours Program. All a...
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New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center @njgvrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Just in! 📰 Check out the release on RutgersToday, about the new #NJGVRC research on firearm-related harm in the United States. #NJGVRC PI @daniel-semenza.bsky.social and colleagues Take some time to read the release ⬇️ 👉 www.rutgers.edu/news/why-col...
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Why the Collapse of Firearm Violence Prevention Is a Threat to U.S. Lives
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