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Sara Becker, Ph.D.

@sjbeckerphd.bsky.social
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Professor, Psychiatry | Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science| Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Officially left the dark place and excited to connect #ImpSci | #Addiction | #AcademicTwitter she/her. Views my own

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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Breaking: The Trump administration just canceled $400M in federal grants & contracts to Columbia University. This is a grave threat to the future of higher education in America and freedom of speech. US academics are being targeted, and we must speak up vociferously. #MedSky #research
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Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org
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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science
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Bianca Albers, PhD @balbers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
An interesting #ImpSci PostDoc position at Oslo Metropolitan University. Apply by January 31st. #knowledgetranslation www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 - NOW WHAT? Rethinking long term sick-leave in Europe
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students...
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Tina Studts, PhD, MSW, MSPH @tstudts.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#DIScience24 is over but still so much to talk about! Kudos to @monica-p-jolles.bsky.social for bringing it home in the closing plenary with @enolaproctor.bsky.social and Drs. Agulnik, Iwelunmor, & Helfrich. Another great discussion! @accordsresearch.bsky.social #impsci #AcademicSky
List of the speakers for the closing plenary addressing sustainment, adaptation, and de-implementation as topics for long-term decision making in implementation: moderator Dr Enola Proctor and speakers Dr Monica Perez Jolles, Dr Asya Agulnik, Dr Juliet Iwelunmor, and Dr Christian HelfrichDr Enola Proctor takes notes as Dr Monica Perez Jolles speaksAll five researchers in the closing plenary session: Drs Proctor, Perez Jolles, Agulnik, Iwelunmor, and Helfrich
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Shoba Ramanadhan @shobarama.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Wonderful debate at #DIScience24! Dr. Irie did an amazing job stressing the opportunities to build lasting, relationships/infrastructure when we play the long game. Loved Dr. @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social ‘s notes on hustling when we have solid evidence, low-risk opportunities, etc. #TeamItDepends
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Andria Eisman, PhD @andriaeisman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
@monica-p-jolles.bsky.social the final plenary- we have all the pieces in #impsci we just need to put them together! #DIScience24
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Matthew Lee, DrPH, MPH @dr-matthew-lee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
That’s a wrap on another wonderful D&I conference! Grateful for this opportunity every December to connect with colleagues near and far who are dedicated to thinking deeply about how to use #impsci to make meaningful and sustained impact. #DIScience24
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Feels fitting that while at #DIScience24 @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social did a feature story on our growing implementation science community! So proud to be part of this dream team! news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2024/12/09/a...
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Addressing the Growing Need for Implementation Science  - News Center
Translating medical research findings from the research laboratory into patient care, otherwise known as from “bench to bedside,” is far more complex than it sounds, but is imperative to improve human...
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So glad someone got a picture of this!! Our team has started contracting with a graphic designer to summarize our results for community partners. The feedback has been very positive!! #DIScience24
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ImpSci @ UW @impsciuw.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Day 1 of #DIScience24 is in the books 🎉 We love to see these 📸 from our Director @bjweiner.bsky.social of some of our @uofwa.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #impsci colleagues at #DIScience24! 📸: Bryan Weiner w/ Grace Umutesi, Bryan w/ Kristin Beima-Sofie, David Katz, Sarah Masyuko w/ Arianna Means 🌟💜💛
Bryan Weiner and PhD student Grace Umutesi stand in front of Grace's research poster at #DIScience24Bryan Weiner and Kristin Beima-Sofie stand in front of Kristin's research poster at #DIScience24David Katz stands in front of his research poster at #DIScience24Sarah Masyuko and Arianna Means in front of their research poster at #DIScience24
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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#DIScience24 #academyhealth one of the best sessions I could attend as a junior faculty member doing implementation science. IS requires flexibility, open communication, and DOCUMENTATION!
Screenshot of a PPT slide. “Oh $@/* My Study is Totally &%#’ What the &$:@ Do I Do Now?
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Strong endorse!! Loved the speakers’ candor about when #ImpSci trials go off the rails (which they do and they will) and how to get them back on track (and how to prevent that by piloting more than you think and having contingency plans and trial modification rules up front)
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Bryan J. Weiner @bjweiner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Look out #DIScience24! 28 UW researchers, including a big cohort of Ph.D. students, are coming to a poster, podium, or plenary session near you. Check out the details in the post below. See you there!
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Jay Ford, PhD @jhfordii.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
UW Madison School of Pharmacy faculty, staff, & graduate students have approximately 10 presentations and posters at the Academy Health #DIScience24 Conference! Look for our sessions on complex implementation strategies, OTC meds for older adults, a nationally recognized COPD EBP and FRAM modeling.
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Jim Lopez @jimlopezmd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I’m attending #AcademyHealth #discience24! There’s a talk on climate science & relating with D&I. As a citizen of a heavily-impacted LMIC, I wonder if it’s part of the convo to build skill and investment for D&I within LMICs to address health impacts.
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This is my first conference since leaving the dark place and searching for #DIScience24 and actually finding content brings me such joy!! Me following everyone posting about the conference rn
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two women are running down a path and one of them is saying let 's goooo !
Alt: two women are running down a path and one of them is saying let 's goooo !
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Day one of #DIScience is a wrap and Day 2 is off to a great start! Forgetting to pack a cell phone charger has limited my ability to post but thanks to kind colleagues, here are some pics of @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social faculty and staff in action! 🧵 Features @rsbeidas.bsky.social & Allison Carroll
Table of speakers giving a panel. Rinad beidas is speaking - title is optimizing implementation science methods and designsClose up look at title slide
Optimizing implementation science methods and design by Rinad Beidas Title slide by James Merle, featuring Allison Carroll from Northwestern Close up of hivimpsci.northwestern.edu page
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
CDIS, our #ImpSci center at Northwestern, recently marked our 2nd birthday and we are celebrating in full force at the Academy Health #DIScience24 Conference! We have 82 faculty and staff giving 52 distinct presentations from plenaries to award nominees to Best of D&I! 🥳🎉 More 👇
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Rinad Beidas, PhD @rsbeidas.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
👇 Beyond proud of all of the ways that our @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social #impsci community is representing at the 17th annual #DIScience24 Conference!!! 💜 Huge thanks to CDIS and Dr. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social for leadership!!
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
CDIS, our #ImpSci center at Northwestern, recently marked our 2nd birthday and we are celebrating in full force at the Academy Health #DIScience24 Conference! We have 82 faculty and staff giving 52 distinct presentations from plenaries to award nominees to Best of D&I! 🥳🎉 More 👇
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
So proud of my exceptional colleagues recognized as #ImpSci advice givers. We are especially fortunate to have @rsbeidas.bsky.social to advise social scientists as Chair of Medical Social Sciences at @nupress.bsky.social! implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks - Implementation Science
Background As dissemination and implementation (D&I) research increases, we must continue to expand training capacity and research networks. Documenting, understanding, and enhancing advice networks i...
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Dr. Rachel Shelton @drrachelshelton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
One of the best parts of #impsci is the generosity of mentors. A big part of my work now is mentoring & capacity-building in the field so I am so honored to be included in this list of D&I science advice givers nationally.Interesting SNA piece! implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks - Implementation Science
Background As dissemination and implementation (D&I) research increases, we must continue to expand training capacity and research networks. Documenting, understanding, and enhancing advice networks i...
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Stephen Schueller @stephenschueller.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If you're looking for a postdoc and interested in Implementation Science and Health Equity check out the PRISE-HL T32 program! opportunities.ucsf.edu/content/post... Mentors can be either at UCSF or UCI, I'm not on the list, but currently mentoring a fellow so I do count. Please share!!! #impsci
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Postdoc Opportunity with UCSF Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science (PRISE) Center
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Infectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It's not a good sign when there are so many infectious disease outbreaks happening at the same time that it's difficult to keep track of everything.
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Impact Institute at Northwestern University @impactinstitute.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative is now accepting applications for its Visiting Scholars Program, which aims to strengthen academic-community partnerships through implementation research to help end the #HIV epidemic. Learn more and apply by December 31: buff.ly/3P7YJ9q
HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative. Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation ScienceProgram. Program period: February 12 - July 31, 2025. Application deadline: December 31, 2024.
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Bethany Kwan, PhD @bmkwan.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Today I had the pleasure of leading a #dissemination planning session with @rwjf.bsky.social Systems 4 Action grantees @cuanschutz.bsky.social. Hearing the unique ideas about audiences, messaging, and communication channels for innovative products for improving health & equity was so inspiring.
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Sarah Helseth, PhD @sarahhelsethphd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Registration for Northwestern's inaugural #ImpSci Academy is now open! This event is hosted by @rsbeidas.bsky.social @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social and Allison Carroll, PhD. This unique training combines expertise in dissemination and imp sci, human-centered design, digital health, and health equity.
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My sister had this phone in her room when she was a senior (I was 13). Whenever she was out I would sneak into her room to make phone calls.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Times like these prompt me to reflect on how my views have been so warped being a reporter in America. When Yoon Suk Yeol became president by just 200,000 votes in 2022, I braced for a long recount fight cuz I’d covered the 2020 recount fights in U.S. swing states. I was so surprised when… 1/7
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Rinad Beidas, PhD @rsbeidas.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
New @implementsci.bsky.social reporting patient and clinician perspectives on FH care pathway. Work in partnership with Family Heart Foundation, @pennmedicine.bsky.social @pennchibe.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social #impsci implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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A qualitative study of perceptions of the care pathway for familial hypercholesterolemia: screening, diagnosis, treatment, and family cascade screening - Implementation Science Communications
Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant genetic condition that carries increased risk for premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular events, and de...
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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I’ve seen some posts recently, about the value of basic research, in light of funding cuts and demands that research have immediate economic justification. Let me collect some info here, in a thread, about why it’s a bad idea to attach those sorts of demands to funding. 🧵 🧪 ⚛️
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
If I saw this in a telescope, I would run screaming.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
“Bluesky is an echo chamber!” Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Submitted 42 PhD letters of rec this year! And was once again reminded how incredibly inefficient it is to have 42 *different* websites ask for ratings with splitting hair categories like “top 1% once in a decade,” “top 2% truly exceptional,” or “top 5% outstanding.” 🫠🫠🫠
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 29/11/2024
1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic. Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The holiday season is upon us, and for many people that means a lot of opportunities to drink and exposure to drinking. I talked to NPR Life Kit about myths and misinformation about alcohol and hangovers, and revealed all of my most advanced, secret toxicologist tricks to get rid of those hangovers.
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Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers
People have a lot of opinions about how to cure a hangover. Are any of them true? Medical experts dispel common misconceptions about the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#vaccineswork example 4578
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Sara Becker, Ph.D. @sjbeckerphd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#ImpSci job alert!
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !
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swoon ganz @swoonganz.medsky.social · 26/11/2024
I firmly believe that access to the “reply all” button in your work email should be a privilege and not a right.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
We have updated and expanded our database of fellowships for POSTDOCS in neuroscience/neurology/cog science. For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link, and eligibility criteria. Download our database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... pic.x.com/eEhXhlOzEj
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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Eli McCann @elimccann.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I'm going to start reposting shit that went viral when I tweeted it on the hellsite to feel alive again. So here are some of them below:
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American Association on Health & Disability @aahealthdisability.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We're officially off Twitter! To our friends across the disability and public health communities, here are some resources for building your work to a growing network on Bluesky: aahd.us/2024/11/from... #DisSky #CripSky #DisCo #DisabilityCommunity #PublicHealth
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Migrating from #DisabilityTwitter to #DisSky - AAHD
Access and Inclusion in the Twitterverse We’re leaving Twitter. Since 2022, accessibility on the platform has been dismantled as part of a broader set of cuts, turning the platform away from recent ga...
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Eliminate the barriers that have affected scholars of color in the tenure and promotion process! Here's a brief video with the info! www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
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Task Force Report on Tenure and Promotion for Faculty of Color
Recommendations for best practices for the promotion and tenure process for faculty of color that aspire to foster meaningful systemic change across the psychological sciences.
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Dr. Rachel Shelton @drrachelshelton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Proud of our Symposium on #ImpSci & Health Equity that Dr. Ross Brownson & I led as Associate Editors of ARPH, open access on Annual Reviews. Excellent pieces on System Sci & Imp Sci, Global Health Equity, Participatory Imp Sci, Adaptive Designs, Env Justice: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Brent Lee @brentlee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
To celebrate 10k followers, I decided I would seize the opportunity to use my platform for something good. Women VS Disinfo! A huge selection of expert researchers, fact checkers, journalists, debunkers, science communicators, academics, vloggers, etc. of all things Disinfo go.bsky.app/FFCjgks
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