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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Recently, I have been getting ads for exercise routines for elderly women 😂

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle. Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit. share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...

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Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Something I've been feeling a lot lately, but haven't heard much about is the grief that comes with being an early career scientist in America in 2025. I think we all understand that, even if things turn out well, there is no going "back to normal" now. A (sad) thread /1

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Defunding SAMHSA won’t make mental health and substance use challenges magically disappear. This isn’t peekaboo. It’s real people with real problems and in a country without other social and health safety nets they are cutting it to provide tax cuts to billionaires.

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Sheila Crowell, PhD @sheilacrowell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My annual psych internship rant, now with even more 🔥. The pre-PhD internship is an outdated model that devalues the expertise psych students bring. Now, we may be requiring students to move to unsafe cities and unstable positions, during a stage when healthcare and reproductive rights are critical.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/03/2025

2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️ #standupforscience2025

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Don't be disheartened by the RFK confirmation- that is what they want. Please consider calling your representatives to oppose Bhattacharya.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/03/2025

"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH" apnews.com/article/nih-...

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Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Looking for a post-bac job? The BRAINS Lab at Auburn University is hiring to work on a NIDA-supported clinical trial for folks with Cannabis Use Disorder! Links to the job posting and lab website are below. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/02/2025

📣 Want to DONATE to help us Stand Up for Science on March 7th? Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/02/2025

🚨 10 Days Until Stand Up for Science, and some HUGE NEWS! - Take Action With Us! 🚨 We’re excited to announce 32 official Stand Up for Science events happening across the country on March 7th! 🧵⬇️

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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It is official! Stand Up For Science 2025 is in Alabama!

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Details for the AL Stand Up for Science rally are here! Join us at Railroad Park in Birmingham from 12-3pm on Friday, March 7. More info here: shorturl.at/al1KA #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...

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VA Research Funding Slashed

Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025

Photo of the United States with a color code for states that have rallies confirmed, in progress, needing a leader, or no leader.

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

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Science Homecoming

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/02/2025

☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Alabama! Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #alabama

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A visualization I created to share with family and friends about how the NIH indirect rate costs will hurt science AND our economy.

To understand the devastation for U.S. science right now. Here is how NIH grants work:
somebody comes up with a research idea, like a tree sapling
NIH invests in the “direct cost” of that idea, aka buys the sapling
Let’s say that sapling is $100

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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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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE

Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Can’t believe I’m typing this but… FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC. If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Just called my senators and representative to oppose the federal funding freeze. If you want help deciding what to say my colleagues created this template - customized for Tennessee concerns about research grants but easily modifiable for other states and issues. 1/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Research Grant Freeze - Ideas for Calls/Emails to TN Reps

Suggestions for Researchers Contacting TN State Representatives Regarding the OMB Order for a Federal Grant Freeze To find your representatives and their contact information: https://www.usa.gov/el...

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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Scientists have ~36 hours to mobilize intense pressure on 8 republican senators to oppose leadership of #RFK at HHS (which controls #NIH). This is a critical, direct way to say no to the chaos and reign in Trump admin. Each essential state below w/ journalists & senate contact. 1/many 🧵

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

contributing to substance use and may represent a stable predictor of cannabis-related problems. Check it out! doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 4/4

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

…were not associated with changes in the stress FAA response over the three-month period. Finally, the stress FAA response was remarkably stable over the three-month period. This stress FAA response may represent a tendency for decreased stress-related reductions in approach motivation,… 3/4

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

…not past-month cannabis use sessions. This blunted acute stress response predicted greater maintenance of cannabis-related problems at a three-month follow-up. Cannabis-related problems at baseline did not predict changes in the stress FAA response over three months, and changes in problems… 2/4

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m excited to share a recently published article that I’ve been working on for what seems like forever. In a sample of regular cannabis users, we found that a blunted frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) response to an acute laboratory stress task was associated with more cannabis-related problems but…1/4

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The GMS requested it. I’ve reached out to the PO but haven’t yet heard back. It has only been about 24 hours though, so hopefully I hear back from them tomorrow in time for the JIT deadline on Thursday.

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Got a JIT for my modestly scored A0 F31 application. The status says “Pending administrative review”. My PI says this means it will be funded, but I’m trying to keep my expectations low in case he’s wrong. Anyone have any insight on this? Any tips to control my urge to compulsively refresh Commons?

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Justin Matheson, PhD (he/they) @justinrmatheson.com · 11/11/2024

I've started a new cannabis research starter pack! It's a work in progress - please reply here or message me if you want to be added :) I know I'm missing a lot of folks here, just threw something together quickly go.bsky.app/FPKwE4w

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Yeah, to no avail! You would think we’d have some related courses, but we don’t have a medical school and are a fairly young R1, so I’m not terribly surprised

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Brandon Schermitzler @schermitzler.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I’m preparing a resubmission to my F31 application and am trying to address a weakness related to my plan for RCT training. I am struggling to find any kind of didactic training for RCTs aimed at grad students. Do you know of any workshops or seminars that might fit what I’m looking for?

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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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