Megan Chen (she/her)

I am elated to share that I will be joining Yale's Clinical Psychology PhD program this fall, under @shirleybwang.bsky.social's mentorship! I am so grateful for the opportunity to continue working with the wonderful team at the CCS Lab, and to everyone in my corner who helped make this happen! 😊

Congrats to all of the clinical psych students who matched at a site that brings them joy.

To those that didn't match, or matched but not at a desired site, give yourself space to feel all of your emotions.

They are all valid. It's fine for reframing to wait till tomorrow.

#APPIC

Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Title: Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Psychology and Brain Sci Work L...

The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.

Share and apply!

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Podcast cover for JAMA Psychiatry Author Interviews, dated February 18, 19 minutes. Title: Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness. A blue square displays 'Psyc' and initials 'JN'. A purple play button is at the bottom.

John Torous, MD, speaks with Christian A. Webb, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, about the limits of population-level prediction and the need for more potent and targeted interventions for #YouthMentalHealth.

🎧 Listen now:
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Hi SSI SIG! Daniel Coppersmith, Ph.D., is hiring a Lab Manager for his new Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst!

The posting with more information on the position and how to apply can be found here: careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...

(When and how) does basic research in clinical psychology lead to more effective psychological treatment for mental disorders? An important aim of basic research in Clinical Psychology is to improve clinical practice (e.g., by developing novel interventions or improving the ef…

When you find a paper that hits the exact target of what you are looking for 🤌🤌🤌

"(When and how) does basic research in clinical psychology lead to more effective psychological treatment for mental disorders?"

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

Our youth suicide prevention lab, @yr2lab.bsky.social, is hiring a full-time research coordinator to join our team this spring/summer! Interested applicants can find additional details here: sites.wp.odu.edu/yr2lab/join-...

Such a great read!

New viewpoint article, "It is time to take chronic suicidal ideation seriously", with Evan Kleiman and @katieleedg.bsky.social now published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
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Bingo!

absolutely delighted that this work is finally making it to print, the first manuscript i led with data from our outpatient center in klagenfurt 🙌

Future Directions for Mathematical, Computational, & Digital Methods in Suicide Research Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and is one of the most devastating, complex, and perplexing of all human behaviors. Unfortunately, despite centuries of scientific and scholarly inqui...

New paper out today in JCCAP! We outline future directions for mathematical, computational, & digital methods in suicide research @leilyb.bsky.social @sharinahamm.bsky.social @francesghart.bsky.social

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

Now with PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0dnc990zlxguv7vkuqh4f/Nature-Mental-Heath-Perspective-Hallion-et-al-2026.pdf

@lluaces.bsky.social
@sheilacrowell.bsky.social
@junegruber.bsky.social
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@anthonyperillo.bsky.social
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New paperAlert! We show that generative AI can quantitatively assess personality from brief, open-ended text—with surprising accuracy. 🧠✨

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Postprint (pending mod approval): osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Four Decades of Psychological Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge‐Eating Disorder: A Meta‐Regression of Changes in Abstinence Rates Over Time Objective Earlier meta-analyses showing low rates of abstinence in treatments for bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge-eating disorder (BED) have spurred growing efforts to improve outcomes. In response, ...

Wow. No evidence of improved outcomes for the treatment of bulimia or binge eating disorder over the past FOUR decades. We must do better. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!

First day of classes, professor edition!

This is the first time I get to teach Latinx Mental Health here at Berkeley, and I am already inspired by my students and their interest in learning more about their communities.

By the way, check the last slide of my lecture. If you know, you know 🤓

Computational Psychiatry Conference New Haven, USA (July 14-16, 2026)

📣🔥Submit your symposium (30 Jan) and poster (12 Feb) abstracts to the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference www.cpconf.org

Excited to announce new keynotes: @danisbassett.bsky.social Eyiyemisi Damisah @adredish.bsky.social Guillermo Horga, Frederike Petzschner. See you in New Haven! #CPConf2026

🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.

🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)

⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c

Huo Family Foundation Awards $17.6M for Groundbreaking Research on the Impact of Digital Technology on Young People – Huo Family Foundation The Huo Family Foundation is pleased to announce the award of 20 major multi-year research grants, totalling $17.6 million, through its inaugural Science Programme on the Effects of the Usage of Digit...

Thrilled to receive this grant! We'll use digital phenotyping & computational modeling to study digital/social media, AI, and mental health in adolescents and young adults.

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I'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏

postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...

We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.

For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...

Please share widely & consider applying!

Now out in JEP: General, "How working memory and reinforcement learning interact when avoiding punishment and pursuing reward concurrently"

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Preprint with final version: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Want to join our team as postdoc? This is your chance 👇👇

From innovation to implementation: Artificial intelligence in cognitive behaviour therapy training and supervision Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform mental health care globally by improving the efficiency, consistency, effectiveness and accessibility of tr…

"From Innovation to Implementation: Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training and Supervision" New paper led by Roz Shafran, with contributions from a ton of leading experts on AI in mental health (and also, for reasons unclear, me) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Somehow missed that NSFGRFP will no longer consider clinical psychology students (regardless of the focus of the project?).

Any recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms for post-bacc and early doctoral students? Want to create a list for our postbaccs and PhD students

#AcademicSky

Congrats!

I made one for stats papers

📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 -
www.cpconf.org

@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop

More info to come soon!