Jessica Gall Myrick, PhD

Media versus meditation: A comparison of the stress-relieving benefits of multiple media experiences by Robin Nabi, Nathan Walter, @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social @minghuiw.bsky.social & Blake Ekeler
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Feeling stressed but too busy for meditation? A quick scroll through something uplifting might actually help. New research in Psychology of Popular Media shows that even a few minutes of hopeful content can ease #stress and boost optimism. www.apa.org/news/press/r... @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social

“It Is in the Air”: Seeking and Scanning for Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young-Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men in the US Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical intervention that dramatically lowers one’s risk of acquiring HIV. However, PrEP uptake has been slow among young-adult men who have sex with men (YM...

@chrisskurka.bsky.social, @clctroy.bsky.social, Yin Yang, & @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social are among the coauthors of "'It Is in the Air': Seeking & Scanning for Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young-Adult Men Who Have Sex w/ Men in the US." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Dr. Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, who passed her dissertation defense today! With chair/advisor @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social and committee members @chrisskurka.bsky.social, Fuyuan Shen, and S. Shyam Sundar.

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

Folks, @rpavelko.bsky.social & I need your help. If you or someone you know listens to NORMAL GOSSIP, we'd love you/them to take this survey. More info attached. @defector.com @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social @heyydnae.bsky.social

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A big congratulations to Dr. Megan Norman on successfully defending her dissertation today! With advisor @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social and committee members @chrisskurka.bsky.social, S. Shyam Sundar, and Stephanie Madden.

This "ruling" — 5 months after the 2024 election — would require 60,000+ NC voters who cast a ballot legally to somehow "cure" those ballots with ~2 weeks notice. It also tosses other eligible ballots completely.

Should it stand, it would be the end of free and fair elections as we know them.

Measles and tariffs, what century is this?

He’s running the country just like he ran his businesses…..

After cutting social security, we can’t imagine a more direct attack on senior citizens than this. Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges facing seniors (and their families) today.

YouTube video by Science Talk Work Life Balance Outside Academia I It Occupies Less Space in My Head

It is always a debate in #academia about work-life balance. How does it like in the #industry, watch @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social interview on this issue. She recently took a job at Cook Medical and left @pennstateuniv.bsky.social as a full prof.
#Academia #worklifebalance

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Narratives of Regret: How Anticipated Regret and Counterfactual Thinking Can Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions in Unvaccinated Adults Previous research has identified the potential for narratives to motivate health behavior change. The present study examines the effects of narratives highlighting counterfactual thinking about wha...

Former faculty @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social is a coauthor with Helena Bilandzic of "Narratives of Regret: How Anticipated Regret and Counterfactual Thinking Can Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions in Unvaccinated Adults." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Picture is Worth a Thousand “Likes”: Examining the Effects of Social Media Content Type and Social Norm Cues on Workout Intentions Image-based social media hold significant potential for promoting physical activity given their visually appealing content alongside social endorsement metrics such as “likes.” However, research on...

Grad alum Yuan Sun and Nicholas Eng and former faculty @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social join Taylor Vasquez as coauthors of "A Picture is Worth a Thousand “Likes”: Examining the Effects of Social Media Content Type and Social Norm Cues on Workout Intentions." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

YouTube video by Science Talk Why Penn State Professor Left Academia I All You Need to Know about Jobs after PhD I Career Advice

"I think we need to be proactive helping our #graduate #students at least to see that path" says @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social discussing prospects of jobs in the industry after a #PhD.
Watch the full episode here.
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YouTube video by Science Talk Why Penn State Professor Left Academia I All You Need to Know about Jobs after PhD I Career Advice

What helps if you are looking for a career outside #academia after #PhD? We had an amazing guest today who shared her story. @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social is a senior clinical scientist at Cook Medical.
Watch full episode here:
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#academia #IndustryJobs #careeradvice

Really disappointing this policy change is being snuck in last second, but there’s time to speak up. These tests are not conclusive and are a slippery slope to reintroduce. Read the thread for a link to give feedback.

Anyway @avindman.bsky.social was absolutely right and proven right in less than 24 hours

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Two DOGE workers are now at CISA (DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) I've confirmed. Edward Coristine, the 19-yr-old known as Big Balls, and Kyle Schutt, a 37-yr-old software engineer. Marisa Kabas (bsky.app/profile/mari...) was first to report about Coristine. My piece for Wired

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.

I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.

Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

Spider-Man meme, with The Onion Spider-Man pointing at The News Spider-Man.

Where we've landed...

Reality TV actor Sean Duffy’s last 3 tweets as Secretary of Transportation are:
-fighting with Hillary Clinton
-more fighting with Hillary Clinton
-lamenting the third(!) airline crash that's occurred since he was sworn in

Good: CDC’s outbreak publication (MMWR) is now up and running after the first pause in over 70 years

Bad: Todays publication is about fires, and not the missing bird flu or mpox studies we knew were up for publication. Of which have safety implications for veterinarians and people with house cats
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MUZZLED FACT—💡Last year, 95% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 weren't up to date on the latest vaccine booster.

📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu

P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads

The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school.

Trump should stop him.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.