Cameron Pugach

Thank you, Anna! Hope all is well with you :)

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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Well, with the rejection of my BBRF Young Investigator Grant application and a local foundation grant application, I am now more than halfway towards my goal of 100 rejections (54/100 to be exact)!

I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below)

#rejection #grants

Side Effects of Experience-Sampling Protocols: A Systematic Analysis of How They Affect Data Quality, Data Quantity, and Bias in Study Results - Thomas Reiter, Sophia Sakel, Julian Scharbert, Julian t... In studies using the increasingly popular experience-sampling method (ESM), design decisions are often guided by theoretical or practical considerations. Yet li...

Interesting new paper investigating potential side effects of #ESM protocols👇🏻:

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Thanks so much, Vera! Yes, I’m so excited to get started. Had a great mentor who paved the way :)

Thanks, Philipp!

Thank you, Lisa!!

This was arguably a top 5 academic twitter thread of all time. “Bro made himself Figure 1” ☠️😭 iykyk

Where I’ll be starting an NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Traumatic Stress Disorders at VA Boston and Boston University! But first, time for a little R&R with family and friends in NY before the next move 😅

Last week I finished a deeply rewarding and undeniably fun year of clinical internship at the Charleston Consortium, which means…I am officially Dr. Cameron Pugach! Surreal to finally be here. And SO excited for what’s to come in Boston…1/2

Linguistic predictors of response to internet-based written CBT for PTSD symptoms of 9/11 world trade center recovery workers and survivors Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) are the mainstay of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, but treatment response is hete…

Linguistic predictors of response to internet-based written CBT for PTSD symptoms of 9/11 world trade center recovery workers and survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

HARD ❌

“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”

EASY ✅

📢 New paper alert!

Invited review led by Francis Tuerlinckx for BJMSP on the latest developments in #EMA / #ESM research 📱🔍

doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1111/bmsp...

A (very) short 🧵 below:

@saa2025leuven.bsky.social

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

Bethesda Declaration is live!

300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists.

Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

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University of California, Riverside - Jobs UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!

I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside.
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189

Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.

Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...

APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience

Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S. Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual trauma or mass disaster, and guide how we deal with the conseq...

World leaders in traumatic stress have written this editorial to express concerns about the global impact of what is happening in U.S., how decisions are impacting exposure to and consequences of trauma
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ejpt.bsky.social @istss.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social

Updated treatment guideline for PTSD from the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline

Improving the accuracy of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist (LEC-5) as diagnostic tools for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Assessment. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

🤣🤣

Thank you, Philipp!

Uncovering the Temporal Dynamics of Negative Thought in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Cognitive Therapy and Research Purpose Cognitive theory posits that negative posttraumatic thoughts play a critical role in the development, maintenance, and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Though negative though...

New research from our group investigating the temporal dynamics of negative posttraumatic thought in daily life and its associations with PTSD severity! @bwisco.bsky.social @shaenester.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

If you are a graduate student planning on preparing an NIH individual graduate (F31) or postdoctoral (F32) research fellowship proposal this summer, check out my FREE webinar on Succeeding at NIH Fellowship Grant Applications: smart-workshops.com/fellowships-...

Apologies, Tim. Thought I had already added you! Love your paper on tx heterogeneity

Very cool! Added :) Looking forward to learning more about your work

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New work in @clinpsychrev: "EMA in psychotherapy research"

EMA:
✅ most used in clin *research*
✅ often to predict symptom changes
✅ rarely implemented to impact therapeutic processes
✅ research needed on actual EMA benefits in *practice*

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Data‐informed selection of evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and co‐occurring symptoms Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) commonly co-occurs with other disorders. Although there are several evidence-based treatments available for PTSD and co-occurring disorders, including cognitive p...

Data-informed selection of evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and co-occurring symptoms

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

He speaks to my soul. I’ve seen him twice, too, in NC and SC!Colorado has gotta be top tier vibes though..wow, esp with the symphony!

GAI!! Awesome album 🤌🏼