Hey everyone! Please could share this with any academic and/or PhD networks that you have! There are now nearly 80 episodes with a ton of useful content - please check it out! (DM if you want a PDF version with links to email)

PNIRS will have the first ever Poster Blitz Session at #PNIRS2024! 🔖 12 speakers will present their latest research in just 2 mins 🥵⏱️ 📅 Tue, June 25 | 3:30-4:30 PM| 👇🏼See below for talk titles and speakers Please bookmark, highlight the speakers, repost, & spread the word!

Cool new paper from the fabulous Dakota D. Witzel, PhD on links between positive and negative daily events and subjective cognitive complaints (e.g., difficulty concentrating). She is so good at article titles!

Am important message on de-stigmatising illnesses that have a strong mental or behavioral component (like CFS), mind/body connection, and how psychological therapy can often help even when there is a biological/physical component (which there always is)

Congratulations again to Dakota D. Witzel, PhD (recently a postdoc fellow w/ Pathways T32 and in Biobehavioral Health) who is now en route to her new TT Asst Prof position in HDFS dept at S.Dakota State! We're still working on lots of projects, but I miss her already! Bon voyage, Dr. Witzel!

New paper on links between child empthy and health led by Biobehavioral Health Hannah Schreier, with BBH graduate students Aishwarya Ganguli and Cate Givens, and Penn State HDFS Damon Jones. It was fun to help with this fascinating and important work!

Happy to see #PNIRS2024 kicking off with some excellent aging-related programming, related to dietary factors and how they relate to cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease risk. And with a lovely combination of animal-model and human research! #healthyaging #PsychoNeuroImmology

Another successful and fun #PNIRS2024 conference. Great science, conversation, and catching up with colleagues. (and even a little dancing at the banquet)!

Well done, Nova Scotia! #PNIRS2024

Last month, PSU covered our paper at Nature Reviews Psych 🌈 If interested in the social psych of belonging and/or LGBTQ+ health, check it out! Belonging is a fundamental need & facilitates thriving, so what helps or hinders LGBTQ+ folks’ belonging? (1/3) psu.edu/news/liberal-a…

Placebo effects are among the most important effects in medicine. They provide a window into the self-healing potential of the mind and brain, and make it challenging to isolate the effects of active treatments like drugs and devices. Please join us for a free #NIMH -sponsored

I was starting my first project at Pitt when COVID happened. We pivoted to remote collection, including dried blood spots for inflammation; here we show this method is feasible, reliable, and valid in older adults. Could be especially useful for hard-to-reach populations in PNI!

Congratulations @k_vanbogart! It was an honor and so much fun to celebrate with you and your family this weekend of your PhD graduation! Even the weather improved for the main event. Biobehavioral Health and Penn State HHD proud! Here are before and after pictures for all to enjoy.