Tierney Lorenz

Neuroscience funding: A source directory Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.

Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B

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Self-Administered Hypnosis vs Sham Hypnosis for Hot Flashes This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a self-administered hypnosis intervention for hot flashes compared with a self-administered sham hypnosis control and evaluates the efficacy of...

Thrilled to see this trial finally out in press! Self-guided hypnosis signficantly reduced hot flashes above and beyond sham treatment. Awesome to have more non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms. Looking forward to diving into our mechanisms data next! shorturl.at/RPIJX

An abandoned wood house set back in the woods, visible through some trees. The house is weathered but in remarkably good shape for being clearly abandoned. In the window, sitting on the sill where the glass has broken in, are two enormous black vultures, watching the viewer with steely eyes. The scene has a sense of quiet eeriness.

Seen this afternoon on a trail deep in the Appalachian woods: A House With Good Bones @tkingfisher.com

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.

ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Bouchard!

Vaccinations are a goddamn miracle.

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I spy @geofflorenz.bsky.social amongst this illustrious list: news.unl.edu/article/103-...

Please go shower him with congratulations!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Responding to Federal Research Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice and AAAS SEA Change for a roundtable discussion on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures ...

This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:

Dr McNealy is an incredible scientist doing incredible work on neural effects of hormonal contraceptives - give her a follow!

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
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More info 👇

Would be very interested in anyone wanting to:

1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and

2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures

The Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab at UPenn will be hiring 1-2 post-bacc RAs and potentially a postdoc this year

Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks

Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)

You can’t get better than Justin, one of the hardest working scientists around!

And the nonbinary kids get Bayesian modeling?

Identifying outcomes for depression that matter to patients, informal caregivers, and health-care professionals: qualitative content analysis of a large international online survey This study provides a list of outcome domains important to patients, informal caregivers, and health-care professionals. Unfortunately, many of these domains are rarely measured in clinical trials. Re...

In my classes at both grad & undergrad level, this paper stimulates a lot of good discussion of who gets to decide what symptoms matter - patients or researchers/clinicians? (And introducing the idea of epistemic equity in clinical research) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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COI section: “author conducted work independently from industry influence, but not by choice”

Amen, and also true of sex research. Both fields act as if the goal is to overcome the glittering allure of pleasure to prevent (real, important) risks, without deeply understanding & honoring those pleasures.

I feel ethically + professionally obligated as a clinical psychologist (and hope my peer feel the same) to state that sexual or gender diversity is empirically and definitively 1) not mental illness 2) is not treated as mental illness in any ethical and reputable treatment and 1/2

Wonderful news for reproductive health. Even if infusions were only as good as oral tabs, this would be good: oral iron causes nausea (already a prob in pregnancy) and one-time infusions are much easier to roll out & track than daily pill use. So infusions having *better* outcomes? 🤩

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process.
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Working on my syllabus for upper division human sexuality course next semester - Need recs for articles on gender/sexual minority health equity. Trick is this course is super-cross listed (eg psych, sociology, youth & family studies) so can’t assume shared background. #lgbtq #queer #healthpsych

I love this resource! I often pull it out when working w graduate students to show them you can do excellent science reporting using very simple, clear language

@geofflorenz.bsky.social , after patiently listening to me info dump on this paper and rant about how dope macrophages are: So the takeaway is macrophages are basically midichlorians?

Me: you know what, sure