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Paul Alexander Bloom

@paulbloom.bsky.social
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Assistant professor in the Columbia University Psychiatry Department studying adolescent depression and suicide using digital tools 📱📊 he/him

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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Attention early career methodologists and quantitative psychologists: Berkeley Psychology is hiring! This is an assistant teaching professor position with potential for security of employment (equivalent to tenure). Please share widely! Thank you! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05480
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Assistant Teaching Professor Quantitative Methods-Psychology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Paul Alexander Bloom @paulbloom.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Our case study takes a detailed look at language typed by 5 youth on their smartphones in the 30-day period before suicide-related hospitalization, combining both natural language processing (sentiment, suicide content, topics) and clinician qualitative review to identify potential risk factors.
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Regina Miranda, Ph.D. @mirandalabcuny.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The Youth Suicide Research Consortium will hold its first ever in-person/hybrid conference (and 6th overall conference) July 7-9, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY, at @nyutandon.bsky.social. Submit an abstract and/or register for free at www.youthsuicideresearch.org/conferences
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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New work from @paulbloom.bsky.social and our team @auerbachlab.bsky.social Momentary stress and social context among adolescents at risk for #suicide: An experience sampling study 📳 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Suicide Research Symposium @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The fourth annual Suicide Research Symposium (#SRS25) takes place THIS WEEK, Wednesday (April 23) through Friday (April 25)! Registration is still open for our free, virtual event. Links to register and see the conference platform are on our website: www.suicideresearchsymposium.com
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SRS 2025
We are delighted to announce that the fourth annual Suicide Research Symposium will be taking place April 23-25, 2025. Like previous years, this Symposium will be free and take place virtually. We ...
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Amy Brausch, Ph.D. @amybrausch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
@suicideresearchsym.bsky.social SRS 2025 is happening April 23-25! Our 4th annual virtual and free conference on suicide research. Get registered! www.suicideresearchsymposium.com
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Nick Allen @prof-nick-allen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Wanted to share news of the publication of this research paper with @auerbachlab.bsky.social and others. Using the EARS mobile sensing platform, we found that being homebound more than usual was associated with increased risk for suicidal behaviors in high-risk adolescents.
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Detecting Risk of Adolescent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors With Smartphone GPS Data
This case series study examines whether an app installed on adolescents’ personal smartphones could identify risk of next-week suicidal events and clinically meaningful suicidal ideation by using geol...
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Anna Vannucci @annavannucci.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
New paper out in #nature #mentalhealth from my work applying machine learning to identify which early adversities are most important for predicting mental health risk in children - results might surprise you! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Osiris Rankin @osirisrankin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I created a feed for people who are interested in suicidology, or research on suicide, self harm, and related topics. It also tends to pick up other public reports, like newspaper articles, and job postings, which feels like more of a feature than a bug. bsky.app/profile/did:... #suicideresearch
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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Reminder! We have a new Climate Survey for #LGBTQIA+ Academics in #Psychology and #Neuroskyence! This is a quick survey from @network_alba and will really help us out :) tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro #queerinstem
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Climate Survey - LGBTQIA+ in Neuroscience | Climate Survey - LGBTQIA+ in Neuroscience
Climate Survey - LGBTQIA+ in Neuroscience
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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What strategies can you use to provide effective peer reviews? Join us for a virtual workshop with @blackinneuro.bsky.social! We'll discuss the structure & content of peer reviews & provide advice about how to write your first review. Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
HEY ACADEMICS – I’ve been invited to review a paper for the first time! I’m excited and hope I can contribute meaningfully to the field. What are your tips/advice for reviewing (and avoiding becoming reviewer #2 😬), especially for newbies??? 📝📚
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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
with an uptick in #musicscience interest on here i thought i’d take the time to introduce myself w a few recent pubs! im a 4th yr phd candidate @ northeastern u interested in music, reward, and development. to start off is a recently in press paper at memory: tinyurl.com/2r6jed9r
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On the role of familiarity and developmental exposure in music-evoked autobiographical memories
Music-evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) are typically elicited by music that listeners have heard before. While studies that have directly manipulated music familiarity show that familiar mu...
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Regina Miranda, Ph.D. @mirandalabcuny.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
The Health Psychology and Clinical Science (HPCS) doctoral program at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is accepting applications until Dec 1st. See what some alumni and current students have to say about HPCS here: youtu.be/GQT2OuV5_kk?...
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Health Psychology and Clinical Science Training Area at the CUNY Graduate Center
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Paul Alexander Bloom @paulbloom.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
The Translational Research on Affective Disorders and Suicide Laboratory (www.auerbachlab.com) at Columbia (NYC) is hiring several research assistants! Please share widely & feel free to reach out with questions opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/researc... opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/researc...
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Translational Research on Affective Disorders and Suicide Laboratory
Randy Auerbach depression and suicide research at Columbia University in New York City.
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Stephanie Noble @sneuroble.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
1. Evidence from @bttyeo &al supports the idea that you need some reasonable amount of data per subject (e.g., 20 min) to all but maximize within-sub reliability— then you get much greater gains by increasing number of subjects Paper in card, thread here: x.com/bttyeo/statu... 2/3
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MRI economics: Balancing sample size and scan duration in brain wide association studies
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Are you a mentor interested in improving the culture of academia and supporting the next generation of psychologists? Check out this special issue of @natrevpsych.bsky.social, and @reviewerzero.bsky.social's paper on challenging biases in the peer review system! www.nature.com/collections/...
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Mentorship practices that improve the culture of peer review - Nature Reviews Psychology
The current system of peer review drives racial and gender disparities in publication and funding outcomes and can suppress the perspectives of marginalized scholars. Established researchers have an o...
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
1/4 FRED is online, our open source software to provide feedback to participants in EMA studies. We (led by @aljoscharimpler.bsky.social) programmed the software to provide feedback at scale to our ~2000 WARN-D participants. Hope it will be useful to researchers & clinicians alike! Details below.
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Are there studies that specifically talk about measuring the feasibility of specific measures designed for EMA? Working on a construct validation study and I could use some references for how you might think about whether a measure works in an EMA context.
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Dr. Jeremy G. Stewart (he/him) @querbylab.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Very pleased to share that our manuscript - entitled "Stress exposure in at-risk, depressed, and suicidal adolescents - is now published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 🙌 Check it out at the link below - piece is open access! acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Stress exposure in at‐risk, depressed, and suicidal adolescents
Background Stress exposure contributes to the onset, maintenance, and recurrence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents. However, the precise stress facets (e.g. chronicity, domain) most .....
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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 12/12/2023
Balance between solitude and socializing: everyday solitude time both benefits and harms well‐being | www.nature.com/articles/s41... I'm very proud to have contributed to this work by @nettaweinstein.bsky.social, Mark Adams, & @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social.
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Ethan McCormick @emccormick.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
New paper+package combination for linear estimation with nonlinear inference (LENI) - methods to obtain the results of a nonlinear model without the hassle of nonlinear estimation. Presented this at Flux this fall and really excited to see it out! osf.io/preprints/ps... github.com/E-M-McCormic...
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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
We’re excited to develop partnerships with @simine.com and the rest of the Psych Science team! Read more about our work here: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Claire Gillan @clairegillan.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
We are excited to announce the 2024 Computational Psychiatry Conference! Back one year later by popular demand - this time in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 16-18. www.cpconf.org
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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Interesting article discussing the impulsivity of suicide, and lay misperceptions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Passively Sensing Smartphone Use in Teens: Rates of Use by Sex and Across Operating Systems: osf.io/evkz9
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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Who are some experts on the default mode network?(important anti-DMN-ers also appreciated) #NeuroSkyEnce 🧠📈 #consciousness #CogSci #cogpsyc
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Hi bluesky! I'm looking for advice on cognitive tasks delivered via smartphone as part of an EMA study Please report for reach 🧠 #NeuroSkyEnce #PsychSciSky
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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
How large is science's fake-paper problem? Massive, finds a new ML text-analysis by Adam Day (Clear Skies). It suggests paper mills rise to 1.5-2% of all papers; 3% in biomed. That's 70,000 papers last year alone, >400,000 overall. As a 'conservative estimate'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Brenden Tervo-Clemmens @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Now available at Nature Communications! When do adolescents reach adult levels of executive function? We used FOUR independent datasets (N>10,000), behavioral data from 17 distinct EF tasks, and nonlinear modeling to address this and related questions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
The Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science is looking for 4 Editorial Fellows (EFs) for the 2024 calendar year. EFs are a PAID mentored position intended to give individuals from underrepresented backgrounds frontline editorial experience. Ad attached www.apa.org/pubs/journal... 1/3
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Mijke Rhemtulla @mijke.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Do you know any undergrads curious about quant methods training (what it is, what it's good for, where to do it, how to get in)? Online info session happening *this Friday* at 12 pacific / 3 eastern. Please share widely!
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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
My EMA primer on measuring emotion and behavior for @DepressionCntr DIGIT-MI is now live. DIGIT-MI brings together faculty and staff across @UMich to learn and share resources about digital and mobile tech. #ClinPsych #AffectSci #Psychiatry #Clinpsy www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE_2...
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Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior in Daily Life | DIGIT-MI
In this session, Dr. Sarah Sperry reviews the current state of the field in terms of methodological, implementation, and statistical approaches for ecologica...
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
I could not be less surprised by this. I am a data point. I've watched so many (and I mean TOO MANY) of my women colleagues experience the same. Women networks in academia are so fragile because there's never a sense of security or permanence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs
Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance. Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life...
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Is this thing on?
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Dr. Jeremy G. Stewart (he/him) @querbylab.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Check out our (@auerbachlab.bsky.social Diego Pizzagalli) updated preprint entitled "Stress exposure in at-risk, depressed, and suicidal adolescents", now accepted at the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/3
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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Excited to for our upcoming study of mindfulness-based real-time #MRI neurofeedback for adolescent #depression - wonderful protocol description from @paulbloom.bsky.social @auerbachlab.bsky.social and collaborators at Northeastern U. bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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simine vazire @simine.com · 09/10/2023
Here’s my vision statement from my application for Editor in Chief of Psychological Science. I wrote it before getting the position, my plans & goals are evolving now that I’m getting started. Look out for an opening editorial! sometimesimwrong.typepad.com/wrong/…
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my next chapter
i've been selected as the incoming editor in chief of Psychological Science. i am thrilled, humbled, and excited for this next chapter, and very grateful for all the people who invited, accompanied, a...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
“Before embarking on a journey into the multiverse, careful consideration needs to be given to which decision points are worth examining.” New review of the multiverse approach, focusing on psychophysiological research. Preprint: psyarxiv.com/5eawy/ #Metasci #Stats #Psychology
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David Pagliaccio @dpagliaccio.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Our collaborators at Northeastern U are hiring a full-time MSW for an @NIMH research study! If you are clinically licensed in MA and have an interest in #mindfulness, #depression, and a passion for working with adolescents, apply here! rb.gy/yfovj #Hiring #Clinicaltrials #Research #CBTworks
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Child Development the journal of SRCD has now made Registered Reports a permanent submission option. Moin Syed has a thread on the former bird app regarding it but info can also be found here #devpsych srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Registered Reports in Child Development: Introduction to the Special Section
Registered Reports (RRs) are an emerging format for publishing empirical journal articles in which the decision to publish an article is based on sound conceptualization, methods, and planned analyse....
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
- Refusing to engage in black-and-white thinking (right/wrong, with us/against us, etc., good science/bad science) about science and scientists - Treating everyone with respect and dignity - Not perpetuating personality cults and hero worship; being aware that everyone makes mistakes
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Kelly L. Green, PhD @kellylgreenphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
So I haven't seen a suicidology round-up post yet. I will try to tag folks I have found so far (apologies in advance to anyone I miss!). #SuicidePrevention people, check in here and share so we can find each other! ⬇️
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 27/09/2023
Sharing this R resources database with y'all! For the past 4 years, I have been accumulating resources (mainly free ones) for new & advanced #Rlearners in their programming journey. Feel free to share! resourcesdatabase.com #RStats #RResources #learningR #DataScience #Python #R
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resouRces - resouRces: Database of Resources to Learn & Teach R
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Q. Liu, Ph.D. @qmmmmliu.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
New preprint on dealing with zero-inflation in EMA data: psyarxiv.com/8fscd/. This is a regular occurrence in our data examining suicidal outcomes. As a result, Sijing developed a new model that allows the proper specification of autoregressive effects.
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Megan Rogers, PhD @meganlrogers.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Suicide Research Community: We are thrilled to announce that SRS24 will take place on April 17-19, 2024. This year, cohosted with AFSP! The conference will be free/virtual. See our website for the Call for Proposals - Abstracts are due November 3 suicideresearchsymposium.com #PsychSciSky #ClinPsy
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David Baranger @davidbaranger.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
The final version of our tutorial paper on power analyses for interactions is now live at Psych Science AMPPS journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Huge thanks to collaborators @drlynam.bsky.social Tom Olino, Colin Vize, Megan Finsaas, and Brandon Goldstein.
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Tutorial: Power Analyses for Interaction Effects in Cross-Sectional Regressions - David A. A. Barang...
Interaction analyses (also termed “moderation” analyses or “moderated multiple regression”) are a form of linear regression analysis designed to test whether th...
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