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Natalie Saragosa-Harris

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Family with a young adolescent and an older adolescent shopping for food.

Family with a young adolescent and an older adolescent shopping for food.

To set up our young people for thriving futures, we need to provide them with enough healthy food.
In a new blog post, we explain how food insecurity impacts adolescents, and highlight changes to food assistance programs & related data collection: developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/blog/item/th...

25.11.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2 weeks left to apply!!

18.11.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Adaptivity podcast episode, "Sparking Engagement," with host Ron Dahl and guests Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop.

Adaptivity podcast episode, "Sparking Engagement," with host Ron Dahl and guests Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop.

In a new #Adaptivity podcast episode, host Ron Dahl speaks with the authors of The Disengaged Teen about how we can harness adolescents’ natural motivations for agency and connection to spark authentic engagement in education! ✨
Listen nowπŸŽ™: developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/podcasts/ite...

03.09.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California | The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

The Brain & Body Lab at UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate to work on a productive and dedicated team under the NIMH funded Teen Bugs study - investigating brain-gut communication in teens. Send your best and brightest! jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8072

27.06.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
We're hiring a remote Policy and Practice Associate! Apply now.

We're hiring a remote Policy and Practice Associate! Apply now.

We are #hiring a Policy & Practice Associate‼️
Join our team as we work to improve adolescent health, education, and well-being through developmental science.
Experience with processes and procedures for influencing policy is required. This position is remote.
Apply now: jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/6456?la...

28.05.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence | Center for the Developing Adolescent

As part of April's theme of #purpose & contribution, we are sharing the National Scientific Council on Adolescence report, Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence!
This report explores how and why a sense of purpose is so important during #adolescence:
developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/topics/item/...

22.04.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

YAY congratulations!!!! So well deserved!!!! Happy for you!! πŸ₯°β™₯️

21.03.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Are you a scientist who has lost funding or grants in recent weeks? - Formstack

πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺ🧬 SCIENTISTS! we are collecting stories from folks whose research has been disrupted by the Trump admin. Whether you’re a grad student, postdoc, faculty, we want to hear from you! ty to everyone who has already shared.

my signal: caitlingilbert.24

thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/scient...

20.03.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6
Center for the Developing Adolescent The Center for the Developing Adolescent is a transdisciplinary research center founded on the recognition that adolescence represents a maturational period of great vulnerabilities and opportunities ...

The UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent is excited to join BlueSky's vibrant research & advocacy community as we work to improve #adolescent health, education, and wellbeing through developmental science! πŸ¦‹ 🧠
Learn more about us on our website: developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu
#Adolescence

12.03.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
list of banned keywords

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

04.02.2025 01:26 πŸ‘ 27849 πŸ” 15747 πŸ’¬ 1272 πŸ“Œ 3654
The Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment Lab (LUMeN Lab, PI: Dr. Alexandra Cohen) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is seeking a full-time Research Assistant (RA) to work on studies examining how motivation and emotion influence learning, memory, and brain function across development.

The RA will gain experience with all components of the research process, providing excellent preparation for graduate studies. 

The preferred start date for the position is Summer 2025. A two-year commitment is requested. Application review will take place on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment Lab (LUMeN Lab, PI: Dr. Alexandra Cohen) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is seeking a full-time Research Assistant (RA) to work on studies examining how motivation and emotion influence learning, memory, and brain function across development. The RA will gain experience with all components of the research process, providing excellent preparation for graduate studies. The preferred start date for the position is Summer 2025. A two-year commitment is requested. Application review will take place on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

We are seeking a full-time Research Specialist to join our team & become a LUMeNary @EmoryPsychology in Summer 2025! ✨

Applications accepted here:
staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/141227/...
And feel free to reach out to me!

15.01.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
OSF

🚨 New pre-print! 🚨

Previous Institutionalization is Associated with Elevated Functional Connectivity between the Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala during Safety Learning

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#PsychSciSky #PsychSky #Neuroscience #DevPsy

23.11.2024 06:34 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0