Benjamin Katz

The quote, “May your desires for a more beautiful and loving world be met by your willingness to act on behalf of those desires,” in the center with a background picture of nature.

Such a moving quote by @lisaolivera.bsky.social 💛

Congratulations, Robyn!! So well deserved! I can’t wait to read the outcomes of this critically important and scalable work.

So proud of the persistence and growth each of you has demonstrated throughout this #APPIC interview season. It has been a privilege to witness your journeys and to mentor alongside @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @stresslab.bsky.social 💛

📣 Join our team

We are hiring 4 research assistants to support work across three grants: 1. EMA and biosensor to predict return to use, 2. Mobile app for co-occurring PTSD-OUD, 3. EMA and biosensor to understand timing and mechanisms underlying alcohol use and suicide.

Apply and share widely!

jobs.uri.edu/postings/16116

jobs.uri.edu/postings/16115

jobs.uri.edu/postings/16082 - 2 Positions

Questions can be directed to benjamin.katz@uri.edu

These opportunities are well-suited for individuals seeking applied research experience prior to doctoral training in clinical psychology or a related field.

The STRESS Lab is recruiting 4 full-time Research Assistant I positions across multiple research projects led by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social (Director and PI of the @stresslab.bsky.social).

Position details and application instructions are linked below.

A season for softening.

“Financial incentives may drive for-profit hospitals to turn away more complicated patients… hospitals can save on staffing and other costs if they admit healthier patients and avoid patients with the most severe psychiatric needs — a tactic [Dr. Zhu] called ‘cream-skimming.’”

@allysnblckbrn.bsky.social

Excited to share the publication of our book: “Addressing Minority Stress and Enhancing Resilience with Diverse LGBTQ+ Clients”

Filled with rich case examples, clinical dialogue, and strategies for supporting LGBTQ+ clients in therapy!

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Congratulations to you and Carmen!! The abstract reads as a breath of fresh air and I’m looking forward to digging into this paper.

Psychometric evaluation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 in daily surveys: An item response theory and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5) has demonstrated excellent psychometric qualities across cross-sectional stud…

Interested in using the PCL-5 to measure PTSD symptoms in your EMA study?

We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys

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

Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Daily-Level Trajectories of Opioid Use Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals in the Community Who Use Opioids Objective: Individuals who use opioids are at elevated risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The objective of this study was to examine the influence of PTSD diagnosis on opioid use outcome...

📣 New Pub 📣

Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma.

75% met criteria for current OUD

67% met criteria for current PTSD

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I appreciate your consideration and think the context is so critical. When “OCD” is casually used to describe quirks or traits like being meticulous etc. it can diminish the real distress and impairment associated with the disorder

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.

📣 New Pub 📣

We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.

Thank you to the welcoming graduate students in @stresslab.bsky.social (@hodiana.bsky.social + a few Blueskyless folks!) for curating this lovely waiting area outside my office.

Grateful to belong to @nicoleweiss.bsky.social’s phenomenal team 🤗

In addition to posting plants and puppies, I also mentor students interested in personality pathology. My lab is recruiting a graduate student in clinical or personality psychology for Fall 2026. So please send folks my way. Feel free to share! Thanks.

Strong Ground Check out this great listen on Audible.com. #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership. In a time when uncertaint...

This is good.

www.audible.com/pd/B0DVCZZTF...

Awesome series of EMA talks chaired by STRESS Lab postdoc @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social and lead by STRESS Lab alum (Emmanuel Thomas and Alexa Raudales) and current members (Noam Newberger)

So proud of Alexa Raudales for being the recipient of the @istss.bsky.social Outstanding Student Achievement Award

STRESS Lab is @istss.bsky.social Come meet us and see some of our current work!

Huge congratulations to @nicoleweiss.bsky.social and @heatherschatten.bsky.social, along with the whole team, on this new R01!!

Can’t wait to support and contribute to this important work ahead with @stresslab.bsky.social!

Congratulations, Reagan!! 🥳👏🏼 this is a big deal!

Proud to empower our community through naloxone distribution on IOAD. Community engagement is more than research; it's action. @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social @hodiana.bsky.social (and many others!)

URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award to launch transdisciplinary biomedical research training program KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 3, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has received its first-ever National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 Predoctoral Training Grant, marking a major milestone in URI’s growt...

Big news! @universityofri.bsky.social just secured its first-ever NIH T32 grant!

This T32 will bring together Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Life Sciences to train the next generation of scientists to tackle complex health challenges like addiction.

www.uri.edu/news/2025/09...

Lovely new neighborhood views ☺️

Special thanks to @nicoleweiss.bsky.social, @bfeinsteinphd.bsky.social, & @stresslab.bsky.social co-authors (Noam Newberger and Stephen Coutu) for collaborating on this paper!