For anyone applying to PhD programs this upcoming cycle, here's a panel to discuss some of the pieces that not everyone knows. :)

When misophonia begins, and what drives its severity, are 2 questions that @caitlingstone.bsky.social aims to answer.

In this MRF-funded work @uncgresearch.bsky.social, PhD student Caitlin Stone is researching the development of misophonia to identify earlier support and interventions for children.

Anyone else occasionally procrastinate on their work by looking up flight prices for trips you'll never go on? A girl can dream...

Cannot wait for this year's Kendon Smith Lecture Series @uncg.edu! This years topic will include speakers discussing early development in real world contexts! @uncgpsyclinic.bsky.social

New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

Took a break from all the amazing work shared at #MRFAnnualMeeting to hang out with some hard working citizens of Chicago

Why does #Attachment matter? The early caregiver-child bond shapes emotional health for life.

Learn how to nurture it with #ParentChildInteractionTherapy, a transdiagnostic, family-based intervention, at our upcoming webinar with Dr Larissa Niec . https://t.co/NavQR7dv2V https://t.co/KQyRqufIaR

CARE for Misophonia Day is coming up! For anyone who knows someone with #misophonia, this is a free event to learn more about the disorder and ongoing by research!

Registration is required, and you’re welcome to come and go as your schedule allows. Save the date: August 28!

We’re hiring a clinical research coordinator to lead a neuroimaging study on brain changes across pregnancy and perinatal depression.

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Please RT.

A graduate student and their advisor pose for a picture in front of a scientific poster titled “In What Activities Do Toddlers Cry?”

Got to catch up with Kristin Jennings & Dr. Margaret Fields-Olivieri to talk about how context and activity matters when thinking about toddler cries and vocalizations! #SRCD2025

A graduate student is standing next to their research poster at the 2025 convention of SRCD.

Look at Brianna Halter showing off her recent work on how parent and toddler traits play a role in emotion socialization! #SRCD2025

Margaret Fields-Olivieri introducing the symposium and providing some context for the talks to come.

Kaya de Barbara introducing her talk called “Real-world Classification of Caregiver Sensitivity to Infant Distress”.

Crystal Thinzar is introducing her tall “Keeping it R.E.A.L: Characterizing Naturalistic Parental Responses to Toddler Negative Emotions in Everyday Life”.

Niyantri Ravindran introducing her tall “Preschool Predictors of Maternal Responses to Children’s Negative Emotions in Naturalistic Settings”.

Amazing symposium today featuring the TALK lab & @crystalthinzar.bsky.social . #SRCD2025 is off to an amazing start!

‘Father of Head Start’ and Zigler Center leader reflect on Head Start at 50 If you believe in karma — the good kind, that is — then you’ll believe it was working for Head Start pioneer Edward Zigler two years ago. He was preparing to

At #SRCD2025 Policy Preconference, Walter Gilliam reminded us that Ed Zigler, known as the father of #HeadStart, modeled the program on how we used to treat immigrant families, including his own. This story brought me to tears as we fight for that legacy: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

The UNCG TALK Lab is in Minneapolis! Stop by to hear all about toddler language and how families handle emotion socialization

Dear Developmental Colleagues, I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media. On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target. No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights. Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days. Sincerely, Kathleen Hughes, PhD Associate Professor (Teaching) Undergraduate Program Director University of Calgary

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate.

#childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.

First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)

bsky.app/profile/rebe...

Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants

Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇

- THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity.

- It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly.

- There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Such a hard lesson that I’m still learning myself.

This is insanely worrisome considering the fate of so many lives rest in the hands of researchers. This isn’t just “DEI”. This is oncology, pain management, suicide risk, and so much more. And if we don’t fall in line, our research and jobs are cut? And that’s freedom?

Please add any research you know has been cancelled. We need to hold this administration accountable.

Please help save Children Helping Science! This tool has been incredible for enrolling infants and children from across the country and around the world in research. Our RISE Study (sites.duke.edu/risebattery/) would not be possible without this platform (childrenhelpingscience.com)

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

Accurate and terrifying from @chrischirp.bsky.social

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

A child at a demonstration in New York holds up a sign that says “it is time to use our OUTSIDE voices!” The photo was posted on the Women’s March instagram.

We agree, kiddo.

The wayback machine tells us how CSR used to decide who should be empaneled on a study section. I think you can see why this page was disappeared from view.
web.archive.org/web/20250118...

These are scary times.

If you’re in San Diego and curious about the neuroscience of human pregnancy, join me next Thursday for a talk at the Center for Perinatal Discovery @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social,invited by Dr. Ina Stelzer. Excited to share insights-come say hi!

Thankfully, the judge has a good sense of humor! That's the end, but hopefully just for today. They ended the call without mentioning when we may hear any more about these issues.