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sarahathomasphd.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist. Asst. Professor (Research) at Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Psychiatry and Human Behavior. I study adolescent cannabis use, reward, mental health, the brain, and parent-adolescent interactions. Views are my own
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Today's action - contact your MOCs about the Federal Register block! I just used @llparker100.bsky.social's resistbot via SMS and there is a little back and forth for it to collect your info but it went through and I got a receipt message from Sen Markey! resist.bot/petitions/PC...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

submitted 16 days ago • 58 comments

Every professor/academic on here needs to call their elected officials tomorrow re OBM federal funding pause. Be polite and professional and express your concern. I will be doing this.

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

submitted 30 days ago • 290 comments

Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula... The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

Your biggest power is as a constituent who cares about the issue and may be directly or indirectly affected by them My format is generally: NIH is important for the nation, both in terms of health knowledge and economics/competitiveness 1/n

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Everyone should also call their senators & reps. I called mine this morning to let them know my concern, and it did not seem like they were being flooded by calls. We need to make it very clear the impact this has on science and research, and that this pause is unacceptable. Senate: 202 224-3121

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

submitted 36 days ago • 48 comments

The final version of our article is out now: Our cross-sectional study found that adolescents who vaped cannabis as their primary method had a significantly greater likelihood of a suicide attempt 30 days before psychiatric hospitalization, and greater suicidal ideation doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

The ERA has been ratified by 38 states and met all criteria to become part of the Constitution. But it remains in procedural limbo, awaiting publication. President Biden could take final action on the ERA and secure gender equality in the Constitution. www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 87 days ago • 34 comments

These numbers are one reason NIH has consistently had bipartisan support on the hill and groups such as congressional neuroscience caucus👇 have been, and hopefully remain, influential. So please stay active and ask your professional organizations to interact with your representatives

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

👋 I research adolescent cannabis use in the context of brain development, and how it poses risk for depression, suicidality, sleep disruption, and addiction. I also work with the ABCD Study dataset 👇 🧠👩‍🔬

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

(reposted 🧵 from the Bad Place) My and @clearlab.bsky.social's Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle (DASH-MC) framework was published in Mol Psychiatry! We aim to reshape how we study and treat #PMDD, #PME, and other forms of hormone sensitivity. rdcu.be/dQYfU

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

Other countries have safety nets. The US has women. Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net. Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

submitted 268 days ago • 41 comments

Using the APIM with self-report and a behavioral discussion task to measure conflict, we found links between parental knowledge and its sources and conflict processes, demonstrating dyadic interdependence psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

I really like the idea of interviews on "current status and future challenges in brain imaging". I do NOT like that 14 of 15 interviews are with men. Who is missing from this list? We have lots of amazing neuroimagers who aren't men. #neuroskyence www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 148 days ago • 12 comments

Out now in JAACAP Open: adolescent psychiatric inpatients who endorsed vaping as their primary method of cannabis use had significantly greater odds of a past 30-day suicide attempt, and more suicidal ideation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 283 days ago • 0 comments

Out now in JAACAP Open: adolescent psychiatric inpatients who endorsed vaping as their primary method of cannabis use had significantly greater odds of a past 30-day suicide attempt, and more suicidal ideation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 283 days ago • 0 comments

Daily or near-daily use of substances by teens was linked to a moderate increase in psychiatric symptoms, new research has found. Researchers described the connection as “dose dependent,” because the level of use was linked to the intensity of symptoms.

submitted 395 days ago • 3 comments

Really important new work on fMRI reliability using a dense-sampling approach (subjects scanned 10 times over 1 year): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #neuroskyence

submitted 421 days ago • 0 comments

I'm excited to share our new article on the link between resting state connectivity and out-of-scanner cognitive flexibility performance in children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study 🧠 🧲💻🧒 authors.elsevier.com/a/1i0GA6TBF%...

submitted 484 days ago • 0 comments