Sam Cooper PhD

Me: The NIH Data Archive has to be the worst interface I’ve ever worked with!

Clinicaltrials.gov: Hold my beer!

%notin% coming soon to an #rstats environment near you 🤩

developer.r-project.org/blosxom.cgi/...

I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.

Neuroscience PhD applications — Stories of WiN Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano chats with Dr. Ben Giasson, the director of the neuroscience PhD program at the University of Florida, to demystify the PhD application process.

It's PhD application season. If you are applying for a PhD in neuroscience or biomedical field or are mentoring someone who is applying, please check out our @storiesofwin.bsky.social episode with advice! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

A photo of me and statement I wrote about running for President/President-Elect of the new HiTOP Society: "I’m so excited to be nominated as President for our new HiTOP Society! I’ve been part of HiTOP for a decade now and have worked hard to advance both the science and the scientific organisation. My research has focused on strengthening the structural validity evidence at HiTOP’s foundations, and I’m committed to improving the model as much as we can. My leadership in HiTOP started with co-chairing the Revisions Workgroup in 2018, and leading the development of our revisions protocol. This role gave me a seat on the Executive Committee of the Consortium where I’ve worked to strengthen the organisation—for example, proposing and writing our monthly updates for six years, building and maintaining our new website, and using feedback from our members to develop a strategic plan to address the issues many of you raised. That work has also underpinned our shift to a society model, and I would be very proud to have the opportunity to lead us in this new chapter. I have some ideas of specific things we can work on—setting up awards and small grants for members, for example—but my main focus would be hearing from you all and working to build an organisation that reflects our shared values and ambitions in shaping the future of HiTOP."

If you're a member of the HiTOP Society, I hope you'll consider voting for me for President 💛

I'd be delighted to lead us in this new chapter

Ballots went out today so we can join the current deluge of exciting election results

And whether or not you vote for me - please do vote!

@samcooper.bsky.social @jfguassimoreira.bsky.social Target article for today's lab meeting...w/ help from ShackSlides & my Wisco buddy, Joao ... wishing Shmuel & Christian were in position to appreciate this

Pattern analysis of neuroimaging data reveals novel insights on threat learning and extinction in humans Several decades of rodent neurobiology research have identified a network of brain regions that support Pavlovian threat conditioning and extinction, …

pointing out*

also, shout out to @gushennings.bsky.social mini review from your NBR special issue that has teaching figures relevant to this www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

appreciate the shout out, also wish they could engage with this newer work. hope the lab enjoyed! also thanks for picking out Joao's figures!

When “OCD” is used as an adjective, it trivializes and invalidates the real suffering and courage of people living with this serious and debilitating condition.

Come do a postdoc at the Wu Tsai Institute!

WTI fellows have freedom to work with anyone at the institute, and preference is given to applicants who want to work on interdisciplinary projects with multiple faculty mentors.

If you’re interested to work with me, please reach out!

That's weird, your brother also designed my logo

✨ The Quant Family Collective (QFC) is a mentorship and community network aimed at providing resources and support to trainees and researchers in psychology learning advanced quantitative methods.

Leaning towards getting it, but the cure system is horrible. Biggest question: can you still change your console clock to beat the End? 😬

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.

[Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Says something about me that I saw the thumbnail and my gut reaction was "don't see error bars"

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

something I genuinely want to know bc I'm out of the loop and hopefully helpful for others: have many programs fully moved to zoom interviews, or still lots bringing people in person + requiring applicants to spend some money for travel?

Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.

Scientists’ role in defending democracy The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle!

There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.

u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...

or i just budget grant money very very very poorly

you are far too kind...and #TwoStreamDream is trademarked for lab shirts, you'll be hearing from my legal team

Mood, Emotion & Development Laboratory The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...

We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods).

See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.

📩 Interested or have questions?
Email: samuel.cooper@austin.utexas.edu

📍 I’ll be at SRP • SPR • ACNP — happy to chat in person about the position.

Please share widely with anyone currently/soon to be on the postdoc market, and best of luck to all looking for positions.

#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

UT is a rewarding place to work + Austin is an amazing place to live (heat aside).

The market is tough right now and folks are rightfully concerned. Due to UT’s resources + new lab grants (incl state funding), we expect a stable funding environment for postdocs + opportunities for your own funding.

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity @ UT Austin!

I’m recruiting a clinical psychologist or neuroscientist to join us in 2025/2026.

Our work: fear/threat + fMRI + EMA + HiTOP + anxiety/trauma/OC psychopathology in adults & adolescents + fancy stats!

📄 Description: tinyurl.com/2jfk8d8m
🌐 Lab: www.scoop-lab.com

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.

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The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat Abstract. Adapting behavior to environmental demands is a fundamental aspect of survival. In the face of unfamiliar potential dangers, organisms display a wide range of defensive mechanisms, such as u...

🚨Our latest paper is now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social: We show how aversive generalization and contexts interact at electrocortical levels, demonstrating modulations of cues and contexts into different frequencies of the ssVEP. With @gamerlab.bsky.social! Check it out: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Restoring Gold Standard Science By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

🚨Hiding under 6 sections of science sounding rhetoric is an edict to appoint officers at each agency that will be responsible for detecting research that isn't "Gold Standard Science" as defined by the White House🚨

Stay tuned for rapid response action!

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

If you’re open to acting as a local host for the 2026 HiTOP Conference, please get in touch with @miriforbes.bsky.social.

We’re looking for inexpensive options (e.g., university spaces, rather than hotels) so very open to ideas or suggestions if you’ve had experience organising this kind of event!