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Dr. Laura Stroud PhD

@laurastroudphd.bsky.social

Professor @BrownPsychiatry | Director #BehMedRI @MiriamHospital | Director starcobre.org | Researcher: #pregnancy, #stress, #trauma, #resilience, #addiction, #tobacco, #depression | Mentor/Co-Director STAR T32 | Proud Mom of 2 | Views my own

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APA PsycNet

An alternative framework for nonexperimental cross-sectional mediation studies: Associational variable analysis.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

06.07.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative - Journal of Perinatology Journal of Perinatology - Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative

New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

08.05.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Health ROI Explore how your tax dollars fund lifeโ€‘saving medical research.

www.ourhealthroi.com

24.04.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงชโ€Paying taxes can feel like money lost. In truth, it is money shared. When we fund the NIH, we are betting on ourselves and on one another. We are saying that every American life is worth saving, whether that life sits next door or across the country.โ€

23.04.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman is crying and the words okay thank you are below her ALT: a woman is crying and the words okay thank you are below her

That moment in the midst of the current surreality when your long-time mentee gets a perfect 10 on her R01.... ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›

12.04.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our first Science Homecoming article for Mississippi ๐Ÿšข ๐Ÿพ

10.04.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards

Just celebrated the brilliant @debyee.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious Brown postdoctoral excellence award for community service!

Love how you have fostered such a positive & kind community that benefits so many! Grateful to work with you!

postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...

28.03.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Celebrating the rich contributions postdocs make to academic life at Brown.

28.03.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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28.03.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6585    ๐Ÿ” 3593    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 269
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How has Science Impacted your Life? Why do you personally stand up for science? Is it because a life-changing discovery sparked your passion, or perhaps because youโ€™ve seen how science can directly improve the lives of people in your co...

#standupforscience2025!

Do you have a story to share on how science, funding, and federal institutions impact people in your region?

Democratic representatives in congress are asking for your stories!

Please fill out this form to share!

@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social

22.03.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commentary: Federal science funding fuels education, STEM careers A science museum curator who grew up in Orlando talks about how federal science funding fueled her own life journey and so many others.

Entomologist Megan Barkdull curates a world-class insect collection but she got her start through federally-funded science programs โ€” like those that teach Floridaโ€™s kids about wildlife from the Everglades ๐ŸŠ to the coasts. Now, that funding is at risk. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ 

@meganbarkdull.bsky.social

17.03.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Oops @debyee.bsky.social !!

11.03.2025 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic opinion piece on the importance of #fundingforscience and particularly how cuts will hurt the next generationโ€ฆ.by the brilliant @debyeend.bsky.social.

10.03.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Silence is complicityโ€™ โ€” universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.

Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... ๐Ÿงช

05.03.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead

Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.

This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.

www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...

05.03.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Robyn St. Laurent: Why science funding matters more than you think Cutting funding to NIH and and NSF does more than take away career paths for our upcoming generations; it threatens the well-being of people.

From Newmarket, NH, ๐ŸซŽ to Stanford, neuroscientist Robyn St. Laurent researches OCD & addiction to develop new treatments. โ€˜The opportunities I had shouldnโ€™t be the exception; they should be the foundation for the next generation.โ€™ ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ 
@robynstlaurent.bsky.social
www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...

02.03.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Reporting by Science Magazine:

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

www.science.org/content/arti...

01.03.2025 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not โ€œReformedโ€ A strong and well-argued rebuttal to NIH criticism

This rebuttal to Vinay Prasadโ€™s point-of-view in Sensible Medicine has food for thought given the pace, nature, scope of cuts and impact on extramural science community throughout the US

The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not โ€œReformedโ€

open.substack.com/pub/sensible...

01.03.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump NIH funding cuts, policies threaten Pitt research A Trump administration decision to cap indirect cost rates in science and health grants, plus federal staff cuts, has Pitt researchers wondering if they can continue.

Good reporting out about Pittsburgh and the potential effects of indirect cost cuts.

www.publicsource.org/research-fun...

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27.02.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

26.02.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜A gut punch:โ€™ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

Programs focused on increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce are imperiled. Ten trainees funded by these programs spoke with The Transmitter about what the uncertainty of the past few weeks has meant for them, their research and their futures.

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...

25.02.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.

24.02.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1630    ๐Ÿ” 607    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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The Erasing of American Science How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?

How long until American research breaks?

I have thoughts, as shared with @katiewuwrites.bsky.social in her outstanding piece.

And I also know there is a blueprint for how we will rebuild (albeit slowly, sadly, after too much lost time & too many lost lives).

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

19.02.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 161    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.

Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ›Ÿ๐Ÿฉบ

22.02.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 502    ๐Ÿ” 274    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Iโ€™m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty โ€œIโ€™ll keep doing what I can to move my research forward. But I, and so many others, canโ€™t do this indefinitely,โ€ this assistant professor writes

In my latest article forย @science.org, I reflect on the current challenges faced by early-career researchers, including delays in grant reviews, uncertainty around NIH funding freezes and changes, and the critical need for continued support and advocacy.
www.science.org/content/arti...

21.02.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 134    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration's cap on NIH indirect costs Judge Angel Kelley kept in place an order blockingย the Trump administration from implementing a 15% cap on NIH indirect cost payments

www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/t...

21.02.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is what leadership looks like

21.02.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the worldโ€™s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.


https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4


20.02.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Developmental Plasticity in Early Human Development: Infancy Click on the title to browse this issue

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

18.02.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Poster board that says "Save our scientists" with symbols for 12 US federal agencies where scientists work

Poster board that says "Save our scientists" with symbols for 12 US federal agencies where scientists work

Found this sign I made in my office 8 years ago. Wish it didn't feel so relevant right now

14.02.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 171    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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