NIH Funds Still Not Getting to Researchers Congress approved a budget more than a month ago, but awards are lagging

Russell Vought's OMB is continuing to hold up funds at NIH.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Common Academic Experiences No One Talks About: Repeated Rejection, Impostor Syndrome, and Burnout - Lisa M. Jaremka, Joshua M. Ackerman, Bertram Gawronski, Nicholas O. Rule, Kate Sweeny, Linda R. Tro... Academic life is full of learning, excitement, and discovery. However, academics also experience professional challenges at various points in their career, incl...

Had such a good discussion around this paper in grad prosem today– I would highly recommend it. The students were profoundly relieved to have these struggles normalized and be able to discuss them openly and brainstorm strategies for a happier more sustainable academic life.
doi.org/10.1177/1745...

Happy New Year from Teddie and me!

Opinion | Jimmy Carter’s Presidency Was Not What You Think (Gift Article) Jimmy Carter was probably the most intelligent, hard-working and decent man to have occupied the Oval Office in the 20th century.

Loved this. And up yours to everyone in the press who pigeon-holed him as a simple peanut farmer. ICYMI he was a NUCLEAR ENGINEER. (Who happened to own a peanut farm.) www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/o...

Happy New Year!

The Carter Center | Waging Peace, Fighting Disease & Building Hope The Carter Center is a nongovernmental organization that helps to improve lives by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and preventing diseases.

I don’t have adequate words to describe the unbelievably positive impact that Jimmy Carter had on the world. Carter truly saw our planet as a village from his perspective as a citizen and friend to all; he truly wanted to leave the world and its inhabitants better than how he found it and them.

Merry Christmas from me and Teddie!

I lost my child to Flu. Trust me, you need a shot. Once reality set in, I became angry and wanted some answers. I felt cheated of the opportunity to protect my daughter

The flu vaccine is an important vaccine. There is no reason to skip or downplay this vaccine because polio or meningitis might be more serious. It still saves lives.

www.voicesforvaccines.org/trust-me-you...

There is a reason for this…

👋🏽 📣 Please do not miss these wonderful posters tonight #221 #200 #87 !!! Interesting data & wonderful presenter’s 🤓😉 #ACNP2024 #ACNP

If you are still at #ACNP2024 and are interested in the locus coeruleus and/or the amygdala, please stop by my poster from the @mbruchas lab examining how both nodes of this circuit mediate stress-induced anxiety-like behavior tonight (W169)!

My God…the mind wobbles..

WED, 11 DEC • 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM POSTER W297. Reward Circuitry Underpinnings for Social Buffering of Stress in Mice • Grand Canyon Poster Presenter Skupio, Urszula, Ph. D. Postdoctoral fellow Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Come by and see Ula Skupio’s awesome poster (W297) investigating the role of VTA GABA and DA neural activity in mediating the way that sibling support buffers the impact of stress on reward seeking! #acnp2024

Categorization of #LongCovid into 4 subtypes based on symptoms, with further evidence of the increased risk from multiple infections and reduced risk by vaccination and boosters.
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told Damning parliamentary report blames lack of education by healthcare workers and ‘pervasive stigma’ for poor care Women and girls are enduring years of pain because their reproductive conditions are being dismissed due to “medical misogyny”, according to…

‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told

A comic called "What City Pigeons Talk About". Two city pigeons are standing on the sidewalk. One says "Hey, do you ever think about the past?" The other says "The past?"

A closeup of the first pigeon. They say "Yeah - do you ever think about where we came from? Sometimes I forget that city pigeons are domestic animals."

A hand reaches out to three wild pigeons. The narrator pigeon says "Humans domesticated us many millennia ago in the Middle East. We provided meat, feces used for fertilizer, and much more." There are two very fancy pigeon breeds. "Over time, people split us into hundreds of pure breeds - some quite elaborate! Kings and queens proudly kept pigeons, and colonists spread us worldwide."

A closeup again of the first pigeon, who says, "But we fell out of fashion. Now we peck at the dusty concrete, our past glory all but forgotten. Do you ever think about that?"

Another thing I made this year. Pigeon history!

a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars ALT: a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars

Hey #ACNP2024 - we seem to have quite a few stellar early career researchers on (or about to be on) the job market

If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩
👇

How can you review for @dpn-journal.bsky.social & @npp-journal.bsky.social?

Ask your mentors if you can help with their reviews, & to recommend you if they don’t accept invitation. Or email NPP/DPN Principal Editors to express interest, attach CV, & include key words describing your expertise.

Spread the word 🗣️👇

Check out the study group session, "Generating Greater Inclusive Excellence at the ACNP: Lessons Learned Through the Lens of Hispanic Scientists and Physicians," sponsored by the Hispanic/Latin-American Sub-Committee. #ACNP2024

📅 Today, December 9th
🕒 3:00pm - 5:00pm MST
📍 Grand Sonoran E

"The significant increase in distant-stage [metastatic or Stage 4 breast cancer] disease at diagnosis among all U.S. women and across all age groups is an alarming new finding."
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...
— of 48% of US population over past 20 years
—increase notably in age groups 20-39 years

Bummer that @zachtpennington.bsky.social is missing #ACNP2024 due to stomach flu. But be sure to check out his discovery about how the anterior hypothalamus codes stress 👇

This is one of the most important, surprising, and exciting findings I've been a part of!

What if we used accelerated (biological, epigenetic clock) aging for cancer screening instead of chronological age?
Example for early-inset colon cancer
aacrjournals.org/cancerpreven...

Check out the Career Development Session, "Meeting the Press: Tips for Effectively Communicating Your Research," sponsored by the Career Development Committee. #ACNP2024

📅 Today, December 10th
🕒 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
📍 Grand Sonoran E

Don't miss the Women and Gender-Minority Luncheon Symposium, "Respond Rapidly and Professionally to Macro- and Micro- Aggressions", sponsored by the Gender Equity and Inclusion Committee. #ACNP2024

📅 Today, December 10th
🕒 11:00am - 1:00pm MST
📍 Grand Saguaro

Today!! Stop by my poster this evening at #ACNP2024 to learn more about functional connectivity findings from a novel fMRI translation to humans of a nonhuman primate paradigm probing threat processing under different proximity contexts. Work from my postdoc with @melissabrotman.bsky.social!

Brigett's Last Laugh - Phoenix, AZ Brigett's Last Laugh is a bar and grill known for its karaoke seven nights a week and trivia nights. The establishment serves American fare and offers a variety of entertainment options...

Worst kept non-secret is out:
YES THERE IS #KARAOKE TONIGHT!
Monday after the #Intersectionality social (8pm) come to Brigetts
brigetts.com
Sing your heart out with all your pals at @acnporg.bsky.social for #ACNP2024 and bring your #BestVest
Pls RT far & wide!

#ACNP2024
@nikosdaskalakis.bsky.social introduced part of my work during his talk. Stop by my poster T130 tomorrow Tuesday 5-7pm for a chat and more insights. 🧠🫧

Excited to be at my first ACNP meeting at #ACNP2024 -- thanks SO much to @acnporg.bsky.social for supporting me through one of this year's Travel Awards.

If you're also interested in the use of AI in behavioral health and at the meeting, I'd love to meet -- and please stop by my poster on Tuesday!

Check out this #ACNP2024 postdoc position ⬇️