Kathryn Fox, PhD

Just one week until www.smart-workshops.com kicks off the summer series of livestream workshops.

I'm excited that first up is my Intro to Structural Equation Modeling workshop May 7-9.

Come learn more powerful and flexible data analysis with me!

smart-workshops.com/intro-sem-info

New systematic review and meta‐analysis looks at

-harm reporting
-risk of bias
-action mechanism specification
-incremental therapeutic effect size

in psilocybin-for-depression RCT literature. I'll briefly summarize below. 🧵

🧪 #psychscisky #episky #medsky #psychiatry

SRS 2025 We are delighted to announce that the fourth annual Suicide Research Symposium will be taking place April 23-25, 2025. Like previous years, this Symposium will be free and take place virtually. We ...

Today is the first day of the (free! virtual!) Suicide Research Symposium. This conference is top notch. Come join us! #suicideprevention #SRS25 www.suicideresearchsymposium.com

Autistic people are not a disease. They never have been.

Autistic people have fundamentally shaped our world...an incredibly net positive community.

To condemn the existence of any autistic person is unacceptable.

Autism is an inherent part of our culture and history, and it always will be.

The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

Researchers challenge NIH’s politically driven grant cancellations

Today I joined a lawsuit filed by the @aclu.org, the American Public Health Association, colleagues like @britshmit.bsky.social, and others to challenge the NIH's recent and abrupt cancellations of billions of dollars in research grants. (1/2)

Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing ho...

Less than 1% of the US budget.

Liquidating federal health agencies is not about saving money.

Dismissing these workers will dismantle these agencies and cost American lives and our economy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...

In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...

Glad to see Princeton's president stand up for universities even after the administration suspended their grants.

"we have to be willing to speak up, and we have to be willing to say no to funding if it's going to constrain our ability to pursue the truth.”
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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It's autism acceptance month!

Autistic people have fundamentally improved my life both personally and professionally in countless ways. I'm so grateful to work with, have friends, and connect with family in this community!

This survey is a vital resource for researchers and the public to track the prevalence and impact of drug use and mental health problems in the US. It's a VITAL database.

And it's just going to be gone. Devastating.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

"Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable, but, as the Columbia case suggests, it’s not working. Columbia’s leadership made repeated concessions to right-wing critics, only to be the first to come under attack."

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I'm excited to announce that this spring/summer Statistics, Methods, and Research Training (SMaRT) Workshops are live!

Check out the offerings here: smart-workshops.com/workshops

Please repost and share widely!

Some more info in 🧵

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Really looking forward to this!!

#standupforscience2025

<3 thank you!!

We offer reduced rates for trainees and folks from LMIC to make the workshop as accessible as possible.

In this one-day workshop, we teach about how to better assess and respond to suicide (and related behavior) risk in research studies with a focus on teens and online methods. This is a resource heavy class, where we share lots of materials to support this learning.

it's an odd time to share with so much going on that is much more pressing and important, AND: @shirleybwang.bsky.social and I will be teaching our workshop, Assessing Suicidal and
Non-suicidal Self-Injury again this March 27th!

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

The NIH is being gutted. 🧵

www.science.org/content/arti...

Protect Medicaid to Prevent Suicide! Take action now to protect Medicaid! Contact your members of Congress and urge them to oppose these harmful cuts.

Congress is considering drastic cuts to #Medicaid funding—cuts that could limit essential access to mental health and substance use treatment for millions of people across the country. Take action now to protect Medicaid! #AFSPadvocacy afsp.quorum.us/campaign/110...

Congress: Save Medicaid Now Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist

I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 MARCH 7, 2025 Washington, DC and nationwide SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved: standupforscience2025.org

Call to Action: STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally and protest. Washington DC and nationwide, March 7.

If you are a scientist or value science, create your own events in addition to this. Form a science coalition.

#3E #EndAutogenocide #standupforscience2025 #Mar7

Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

Troubling:
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!

A screenshot of a text excerpt from a court proceeding, showing a conversation between Judge Reyes and Jason C. Lynch about an executive order that defines “sex” strictly as male or female. Judge Reyes challenges this definition, noting that there are roughly 30 different intersex variations and citing examples such as XXX chromosomes, androgen insensitivity, and five-alpha reductase deficiency. Judge Reyes emphasizes that not everyone fits neatly into an XX or XY pattern, concluding that the executive order’s premise—that there are only two sexes—is biologically incorrect.

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders (Gift Article) A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.

Here is a gift link to the article...

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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