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Call for submissions! This call invites submissions on innovative community-engaged research in developmental psychobiology for the 2026 ISDP Annual Meeting in New Orleans (11/11–13). More details in the attached flyer, please submit your research abstract and CV by March 17! Reach out with Qs 😊

Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278

Really excited to be guest editing this special issue with Dani! Abstracts are due April 15th, reach out with any questions!

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences Position Summary Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at WashU in St. Louis, to work on department-funded res...

Postdoctoral Job Opportunity: Join me and the WELLab at WashU in St. Louis to study well-being in daily life and across the lifespan. This position is perfect for folks interested in ESM and longitudinal data analysis and well-being and affective science.

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T32 Postdoc position in developmental psychopathology at UMN Institute of Child Development! There are many excellent primary mentors available, as well as an even better set of secondary mentors to choose from (including me). See link for details, due April 1. drive.google.com/file/d/18SoO...

MB8 Screen Use

ManyBabies8: Screen Use 📱

MB8 aims to document early screen use across diverse cultural contexts & examine links to language & socio-emotional development in children under 3.

We’re inviting you to join!

Interested?
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More: manybabies.org/MB8/

Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab:
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"Homicide, suicide, and drug overdose accounted for more than one fourth of maternal deaths (2018 of the total of 7901) from 2018 through 2023; deaths from these causes nearly equaled the combined toll of cardiovascular disease, infection, hypertension, and hemorrhage." Correspondence "Overdose, Homicide, and Suicide as Causes of Maternal Death in the United States" by H.A. Azad et al. Leading Causes of Death among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 2018–2023. Shown is the number of deaths per 100,000 live births according to cause of death among women who were pregnant or no more than 42 days post partum. Violence includes homicide and suicide by any means. Deaths in which the underlying cause was not specified are not included. AFE denotes amniotic fluid embolism, and Covid-19 coronavirus disease 2019.

Analysis of U.S. deaths of pregnant and postpartum women from 2018–2023 indicates that obstetrical complications and disease are no longer the leading causes of maternal death, replaced by homicide, suicide, and overdose. Read the full analysis: nej.md/4a96wPp

#MedSky #Psychiatry #OBGYN

🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment.
apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn...
more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data.

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My dept - Psychology & Education at Mount Holyoke College - is searching for a 1-yr visitor in developmental psych. 3/2 teaching load with research support mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Had so much fun working on this with @semaylott.bsky.social, Dylan Neff, @lizconradt.bsky.social and @sheilacrowell.bsky.social 🫀

Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk

Do individual differences in fetal physiology shape later sensitivity to early environments? Excited to share our new paper: interactions between fetal heart rate variability and postnatal parenting stress were associated with toddler externalizing behaviors!

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Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.

Sad. Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds, "The new analysis found that the mortality risk from pregnancy (including up to one year postpartum) is 44 to 70 times higher than the mortality risk from abortion" www.brown.edu/news/2026-01...

Problem in multilevel (hierarchical) multinomial logistic regression (with brms) I have posted a teaser of the issue at my blog, copied below. The data The predicted variable is a categorical response, named resp with levels ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, and ‘4’ (nominal labels, not numerical...

#rstats bat signal:

If any of y'all have experience with multilevel multinomial logistic regression, with {brms}, Kruschke and I could use your help. This is your chance to influence the upcomming textbook. discourse.mc-stan.org/t/problem-in...

Should I allow my direct effect to be moderated? A Blog Companion to “How Does Model (Mis)Specification Impact Statistical Power, Type I Error Rate, and Parameter Bias in Moderated Mediation” by Jessica L. Fossum, Amanda Kay Montoya, and Samantha An...

New blog! Have you ever wondered whether you should allow your direct effect to be moderated in a conditional process analysis? @jessicalfossum.bsky.social's recently accepted paper speaks to this exact issue, and much more! www.akmontoya.com/post/should-...

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New postdoc position with the LEVANTE project! We're looking for someone with language development / reading knowledge to help work on our international adaptations of language assessments. Please forward to interested candidates

Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health UCSF researchers found evidence that stress occurring as early as before birth or as late as adolescence can affect multiple conditions in kids, from asthma to mental health to cognitive functioning.

Excited to share this Annual Review synthesizing 75+ yrs of research (150+ studies) on stress effects--from pregnancy through adolescence--on children’s mental, physical, social, and functional health. This review fills a critical gap & finds pervasive stress effects. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...

Just a reminder!

This latest Special Issue has Letters of Intent Due on February 15.

Reimagining developmental science through the lens of Black girlhood

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Sharing a new article aimed at students and early career scholars on how to do a good peer review in developmental psychology. We offer a framework for a good peer review and suggestions on how to navigate challenges, including AI. The article is open access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Screenshot of a course module interface listing topics in a Data Science program. The modules shown are: 1. Data Science: R Basics 2. Data Science: Visualization 3. Data Science: Probability 4. Data Science: Inference and Modeling 5. Data Science: Productivity Tools 6. Data Science: Wrangling 7. Data Science: Linear Regression 8. Data Science: Building Machine Learning Models 9. Data Science: Capstone [alt text by ChatGPT]

Harvard University has a 9-course EdX online data science program that teaches R, with topics like dataviz and building machine learning models. You can “audit” any of the courses for free in any order (despite the displayed price, that's for a certificate). #RStats
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Research Brief titled "Using Probability Panels to Enhance AANHPI Representation in Cross-Sectional Surveys" published by NORC at the University of Chicago. The image shows a formatted research summary with various sections including introduction and GSS-AmeriSpeak Case Study. Dated December 2025.

Image from a document titled 'Using Probability Panels to Enhance AANHPI Representation in Cross-Sectional Surveys' detailing the methodology and observations of an AAPI population survey conducted in different cities, discussing motivations, challenges, and distribution of participants. Includes charts and bullet points for clarity.

Image of a document titled 'Using Probability Panels to Enhance AANHPI Representation in Cross-Sectional Surveys' The document includes a table comparing baseline and effective sample sizes by AANHPI subgroup in the 2022 GSS study, featuring data on various Asian ethnic groups.

This image shows a page from a research brief titled, "Using Probability Panels to Enhance AANHPI Representation in Cross-Sectional Surveys". It includes sections for references, acknowledgements, and an author note, formatted in a typical scholarly style with citations and institutional affiliations.

Smaller subgroups deserve big data attention. Our Center for Panel Survey Sciences presents a case study on oversampling AANHPI respondents showing it can be done, efficiently and effectively. See how AmeriSpeak doubled sample sizes in the 2022 General Social Survey.

Read the research below.

Applications are now being accepted for the Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoc Training Program! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social

For more details, eligibility, and how to apply, see psychiatry.duke.edu/duke-nccu-in...

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We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! L.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu

What Pregnant Women Should Know About Vaccines During Pregnancy Pregnant or postpartum and wondering about vaccines? Maternal and fetal medicine provider Anna Euser, MD, PhD walks us through which ones are needed and how they work.

Pregnant or postpartum and wondering about vaccines? Maternal and fetal medicine provider Anna Euser, MD, PhD walks us through which ones are needed and how they work. https://bit.ly/48GO1ja

Are you working in the personalized treatment/ precision medicine space?

If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.

More info here:

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Call for papers: Emotion special issue on Affect Dynamics Across Multiple Timescales (moments→days→years) and links to mental and physical health. Letters of intent due Jan 15, 2026. Details/submission:

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Please share with colleagues/trainees. @affectscience.bsky.social

Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor The Department of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor level), to begin August 1, 2026. The Department of Psycholog...

UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties:

spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557

We are hiring an assistant professor in cognitive neural systems in the department of psychology at the university of arizona. please use this link to check out the requirements and apply!

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