Ryan Carpenter

How America Got Hooked on Ultraprocessed Food (Gift Article) They promised convenience and cheap nutrition. But they became one of the greatest health threats of our time.

My goodness, what an article. I mean, it might have made a bit more sense if they had taken the time to define what "ultraprocessed" is, but that would dilute the emotional impact.

I look forward to dissecting this with my next Health Psychology class in the spring

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Clinical Science Notre Dame’s Department of Psychology offers graduate programs in cognitive, clinical, developmental, and quantitative psychology, joint doctoral programs in peace studies and in computer science / en...

I'm interviewing applicants for clinical psych for this next cycle! Come to South Bend to study how and why people use substances in their everyday lives

Learn more about the lab: spiel-lab.nd.edu

Learn more about our program: psychology.nd.edu/graduate/are...

Happy for y’all, Milwaukee. It’s been a bit.

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Just heard a @springernature.com journal is requiring authors to pay for open access (~$5k) to submit an invited paper if they want to be compliant with the new NIH policy.

If that's how Springer is planning to handle things going forward, I know of a number of journals I will no longer submit to.

my favourite thing about the APS Rising Star programme is that you only get to be a former APS Rising Star if you currently pay APS dues

I don't, so I'm not on the list anymore. god-tier level of pettiness, i respect it

Cover of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay'" with emails from Jeremy M. Berg to NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya.

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available...

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.

Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Now with comments... Lots of comments

(A long thread)

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Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.

I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

The 90s.

Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.

A child in LA County has died from a complication following measles.

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis can occur from 2-10 years after acute infection.

This is why we vaccinate. The child was too young to receive the vaccine, but if everyone else does their part we all but eradicate the disease

Me: Does X really want letters of support from co-Is? Colleague: Yes. I'm writing it for you though today Me: Ok thanks! So dumb though, they're not required C: Can't hurt Me: Hurts my soul C: Haha I'm okay with your soul being damaged if the grant is funded Me: Boy, doesn't that just sum up this entire Faustian deal of a career we've chosen for ourselves

If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life.

Extremely proud of @melissanance.bsky.social and glad to see her hard work pay off

Surreal to think that it's been 10 years since I received my F31, all thanks to the support of amazing sponsors. And now, somehow, I'm the (co)sponsor, all thanks to having an amazing mentee

A word cloud with dominant words "equity", "disparity", "diverse", and similar words.

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.

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No people on the planet will ever be AI. This is Orwellian bullshit. Zero people will ever be AI. This is no different from saying half the people in the country are television characters. Do not let anybody convince you that you don’t know the difference between a human being and a machine.

Notre Dame is hiring in Psychology! We have an open-rank, tenure/TT position in Cognitive Neuroscience: apply.interfolio.com/170229

Application deadline is soon (Sept. 15)

🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!

House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.

To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

This rule would have meant I couldn't do my Ph.D. in America.

I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society.

With this self-harming rule, none of that.

Batman punching Cesar Romero Joker with the word "Schlitz!" in pink at a jaunty angle

Batman punching the Penguin with the word "Pabst!" in light blue at a jaunty angle

Robin punching some henchman in a red and grey striped shirt with the word "Stroh!!!" in orange/red at a jaunty angle

Batman punching some henchman in a blue and grey striped shirt in front of a shelf of books about the Incas with the word "Blatz!" in bright green at a jaunty angle

replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names

(a drug company gifted this to my dad back in a time when drug companies could give a lot of gifts. Found it buried in the basement this summer)

Starting the day off right

Final: Brewers 12, Pirates 5

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The record: 76-44 (lol)

This is my core belief about LLMs.

A memo from Michelle Bulls to NIH Extramural Staff indicating that Notices of Special Interest will no longer be issues except in emergencies.

This delightful news is slowly filtering down to program staff inside NIH.

Notices of Special Interest are going to be a thing of the past...

One of the underrated perks of being a professor is that sometimes, late at night and when you least expect it, a brilliant, but unappreciated, soul will email you about their groundbreaking discovery that will definitely solve the world's problems.

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
www.nature.com/articles/d41...