Congratulations to Doctoral Candidate, Lily Assaad, on the successful defense of her preliminary exam today! With all the scary news and uncertainty in the world this week, a celebration is a nice change of pace! She had a whole cheering section there to support her as well!

As you practice social distancing, also practice means safety. Limit access to methods for suicide in your home + reach out to folks + encourage them to do the same. Environmental prevention tools are effective + when isolation increases they become more important #COVID19

An excellent thread on the potential value of “behavioral tasks” in psychopathology research. TLDR, they need a systematic measurement development and construct validation. But you should read @trevfw ‘s more detailed observations.

APA has released official guidance on conducting tele-assessment during COVID-19: apaservices.org/practice/reimb… Thank you to the contributions by Board Members from the Society for Personality Assessment Society for Personality Assessment and our own Section IX of APA's Division 12, Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Div. 12)!

Pretty please. We LOVE to hear what you are up to and where life has taken you.

Calling all SAMMPL alumni! Please join a new LinkedIn group to stay in touch and connected linkedin.com/groups/1240566…

We are disturbed and saddened by recent events targeting the black community. Our department strives to be a diverse and inclusive environment safe to all people of color. We stand in solidarity in the fight against systemic racism and injustice.

All lives matter, but not all lives have been afflicted by systemic racism, inequity, & injustice for generations. Those are the lives that we need to learn from, empathize with, & demand a change for. I will be vulnerable in order to learn. I will listen so I know what to say.

my first first-author paper (been wanting to use this phrase for a while!) now accepted at JRP: #Personality change and personality as predictor of change in psychotherapy - A longitudinal study at a community mental health clinic psyarxiv.com/7qazr/ #AcademicChatter (1/6)

So nice to get "together" for a lab meeting and wine tasting to celebrate the simple things, like managing to muddle through 4 months of Pandemic, as well as some great productivity and accomplishments along the way! Caroline Balling (she/her) Meredith Bucher, PhD Lily Assaad (she/her)

Excited to share our study recently published in #JRP in which Douglas B Samuel and I revised facets of the AB5C-SF to be more consistent with their circumplex locations. Findings led to some interesting conceptual questions as well (A Thread) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A perfectly-pandemic photo to celebrate a new year in the lab!

Click here to see the Honor's student from our lab, Zach Babb, present results from his Honor's Project that he's been working on the past 18 months! youtu.be/Lp_M3_f_zwg

Woo hoo!! Way to represent the lab, Meredith Bucher, PhD! Now, go out and celebrate! 🥳🥳🥳🥂🥂🥂

PRACTICING CLINICIANS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY. Participants must be actively practicing clinicians who have completed graduate training in a mental health discipline. Access the survey through the following link: purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bk… See thread for more info:

Huge congratulations to Lily Assaad (she/her) on her match at UW Psychiatry! What a wonderful spot to continue your training!