Trevor Williams

Huge congrats to postdoc
@victor-pokorny.bsky.social, undergrad senior Taera, Theresa, and Amy!! 🎉 Victor has been working on examining phantom phone vibrations as an understudied, real-world marker of psychosis risk.

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Not on Spirit airlines

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

❗️Our next workshop will be on Jan 22nd , 6 pm CET titled Practical Intro to multiple imputation of missing data with the R-package mice by
@thomvolker.bsky.social
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
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I think the Personality Disorder Questionnaire is 99 items. This might be relevant: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Wrong turn on Peace Bridge lands UB researcher in ICE detention University at Buffalo research scientist Shovgi Huseynov made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge & was arrested. He's now in ICE detention.

This is sickening. UB scientist being held by ICE despite valid visa and no criminal history. Just for making a wrong turn.

www.investigativepost.org/2026/01/14/w...

That's so exciting, congratulations!!!

Processing Speed Impairment in Schizophrenia This meta-analysis provides an updated review of the evidence for a central processing speed impairment in people with schizophrenia.

Congrats again to @daniellepratt.bsky.social on leading an impressive meta-analysis of 115 studies, now published in @jama.com Psychiatry. Thank you to all the coauthors as well for pulling off such a major effort! 🎉
doi.org/10.1001/jama...

One case for the likely complexity is that BPD is a very heterogenous dx... individual BPD symptoms imply important interpersonal processes, but the symptom profile of any one person with BPD may or may not include these!

"Calendar error in your favor, there is actually no meeting, collect 1 hour" -academic community chest

Characterizing the Paradoxical Interplay of Semantic Perseveration and Derailment in Psychiatry Using Theory-Driven Generative Language Simulations AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Formal thought disorder (FTD), characterized by derailment and perseveration, is a central feature in psychosis and can

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So proud to share our new paper, led by the brilliant Robin Qullivic, aiming to improve the theoretical & psychometric transparency of #NLP in #Psychiatry, focusing on metrics for language repetitiveness.
Preprint: hal.science/hal-05086512/
Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/schb...

Photos of the 2026 HiTOP Society Executive Committee, including those in the post as well as Past President Bob Krueger, Executive Chair of the Workgroups Committee David Cicero, and Chair of the Research and Publication Board (ex officio) Roman Kotov

Congratulations to everyone elected to our Society's 2026 Executive Committee!

President: Miri Forbes
President-Elect: Chris Conway
Secretary: Kelsie Forbush
Treasurer: Len Simms
Trainee Engagement Chair: Caroline Balling
Membership Chair: Holly Levin-Aspenson
Conference Chair: Martin Sellbom

In our rejoinder, we argue 1) Dark terminology isn't used responsibly as BL et al. claim, 2) the term can be replaced with a more sensible and scientific one, 3) data support our position (Stanton et al., 2025), and 4) popularity ≠ importance. @davidchester.bsky.social @drlynam.bsky.social

Eggs in a basket - Michigan.

@daniellepratt.bsky.social you will appreciate this I think

Very excited to see this out from @hitop-system.bsky.social! It really seems like these are two literatures poised to advance each other. Looking forward to reading this with my lab.

Captain it's Wednesday

Captain it's Wednesday

YouTube video by HiTOP Using HiTOP in Research

We’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research: youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo

We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback

Thanks again so much to @tashtc.bsky.social for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨

Seen in the department mail room: steampunk statistics

En route to SRP 2025, see you all in LA!

Validation of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology–Self Report (HiTOP-SR): Internal Structure and Construct Validity against the MMPI-3 in a Community Sample.

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Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

Love these, especially Mumford, but the last one is tough...

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity @ UT Austin!

I’m recruiting a clinical psychologist or neuroscientist to join us in 2025/2026.

Our work: fear/threat + fMRI + EMA + HiTOP + anxiety/trauma/OC psychopathology in adults & adolescents + fancy stats!

📄 Description: tinyurl.com/2jfk8d8m
🌐 Lab: www.scoop-lab.com

Seems honest

RIP Ozzy. You blazed your own trail.

So grateful the Bay State Banner highlighted our work in the context of Boston’s youth mental health policy efforts. @randimschuster.bsky.social‬

More school support=more power to prevent, not just respond

We need sustainable, community-centered solutions
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HiTOP Teaching Hub Information about HiTOP self-report measures, including HiTOP-PRO, the harmful substance use module, and B-HiTOP

We’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models.

If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social

Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...