Christine Call, PhD
@christinecall.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Pitt Psychiatry | Clinical Psychologist | Eating behavior, food insecurity, health equity & perinatal wellbeing | Mom 👦🏼👶🏻🐕
So, like, how are people publishing articles now that the new NIH public access policy has gone into place if your institution doesn’t have an agreement with the journal? Where are we getting these thousands of dollars for open access fees?? And on a K budget??? 🙃🙃🙃
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So, like, how are people publishing articles now that the new NIH public access policy has gone into place if your institution doesn’t have an agreement with the journal? Where are we getting these thousands of dollars for open access fees?? And on a K budget??? 🙃🙃🙃
Our paper with guidance for mental health researchers, clinicians, and advocates in the current era of abortion restrictions is officially published online. This paper is for everyone, including folks who don’t actively study or treat reproductive mental health. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/NZWIK...
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Our paper with guidance for mental health researchers, clinicians, and advocates in the current era of abortion restrictions is officially published online. This paper is for everyone, including folks who don’t actively study or treat reproductive mental health. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/NZWIK...
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area, you may be eligible for this study!
Scan the QR code or click the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate!
redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Scan the QR code or click the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate!
redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
June 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area, you may be eligible for this study!
Scan the QR code or click the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate!
redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Scan the QR code or click the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate!
redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
Are you pregnant or trying to become pregnant?
The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline has clinicians available to talk no matter where you are. Keep their contact handy in case of need.
BUT if you live in a red state, we recommend first downloading and using the StartPage browser.
The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline has clinicians available to talk no matter where you are. Keep their contact handy in case of need.
BUT if you live in a red state, we recommend first downloading and using the StartPage browser.
June 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Are you pregnant or trying to become pregnant?
The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline has clinicians available to talk no matter where you are. Keep their contact handy in case of need.
BUT if you live in a red state, we recommend first downloading and using the StartPage browser.
The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline has clinicians available to talk no matter where you are. Keep their contact handy in case of need.
BUT if you live in a red state, we recommend first downloading and using the StartPage browser.
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
STRIPED’s Ariel Beccia speaks out in Theresa Gaffney’s new STAT piece on how eating disorder research is being gutted under the Trump admin. $2.7M in NIH grants already cut. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e... @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social @statnews.com
Eating disorder research defunded despite MAHA focus on chronic conditions
Experts on eating disorders like anorexia worry that research funding cuts mean patients won't get the care they need.
www.statnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
STRIPED’s Ariel Beccia speaks out in Theresa Gaffney’s new STAT piece on how eating disorder research is being gutted under the Trump admin. $2.7M in NIH grants already cut. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e... @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social @statnews.com
Pittsburgh friends! Want to watch some cool circus arts while also talking about mental health? Sign up for this FREE event happening this Saturday from 4-6:30pm at Iron City Circus Arts!! www.ticketleap.events/tickets/iron...
Mental Health Matters
Iron City Circus Arts and the Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Collaborative present a performance art and mental health community event. During this event we will foster a positive space ...
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June 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pittsburgh friends! Want to watch some cool circus arts while also talking about mental health? Sign up for this FREE event happening this Saturday from 4-6:30pm at Iron City Circus Arts!! www.ticketleap.events/tickets/iron...
Cuts to research grants don’t just impact researchers, they impact whole communities. My sister-in-law’s Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focused on STEM programming for kids (Assemble) has taken a hit, as have many other afterschool programs 💔 www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
Pittsburgh after-school programs left scrambling as federal funding cuts hit the region
Pittsburgh-area programs reel with recent federal grant terminations from the National Science Foundation.
www.publicsource.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Cuts to research grants don’t just impact researchers, they impact whole communities. My sister-in-law’s Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focused on STEM programming for kids (Assemble) has taken a hit, as have many other afterschool programs 💔 www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
Really proud of this paper and so grateful for the amazing team that wrote it! We discuss principles and guidelines for navigating clinical practice, research, and advocacy in the post-Dobbs sexual and reproductive health landscape for behavioral health disciplines.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Really proud of this paper and so grateful for the amazing team that wrote it! We discuss principles and guidelines for navigating clinical practice, research, and advocacy in the post-Dobbs sexual and reproductive health landscape for behavioral health disciplines.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
New op-ed out in the Albuquerque Journal. I share about the importance of federal substance use and addiction funding for families like mine.
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
OPINION: Federal cuts put addiction treatment and recovery at risk
I vividly remember growing up and my grandmother warning me to be careful with alcohol — because addiction “runs in our family.” She wasn’t wrong. For generations, both sides of
www.abqjournal.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New op-ed out in the Albuquerque Journal. I share about the importance of federal substance use and addiction funding for families like mine.
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
SNAP-Ed, the nutrition education arm of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) is at risk of being cut. This would have devastating effects for food insecurity, nutrition, and health. Call your reps today. Here's a script: thefoodtrust.org/wp-content/u...
thefoodtrust.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
SNAP-Ed, the nutrition education arm of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) is at risk of being cut. This would have devastating effects for food insecurity, nutrition, and health. Call your reps today. Here's a script: thefoodtrust.org/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
Please pass along the word to anyone looking for an research coordinator position! This is a perfect post-bac position for someone interested in adolescent eating behaviors and/or acceptance-based interventions! epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Clinical Research Coordinator
The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware is seeking a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). The CHDS is a research center across the Nemours ...
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April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Please pass along the word to anyone looking for an research coordinator position! This is a perfect post-bac position for someone interested in adolescent eating behaviors and/or acceptance-based interventions! epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
Today, many more NIH grants were terminated including many focused on HIV prevention -such as the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program focused on adolescents & young adults living with or placed at risk for HIV.
This is necropolitics.
This is necropolitics.
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today, many more NIH grants were terminated including many focused on HIV prevention -such as the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program focused on adolescents & young adults living with or placed at risk for HIV.
This is necropolitics.
This is necropolitics.
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
Want to assess eating & weight attitudes in pregnancy? Check out the @phablab-pitt.bsky.social’s PEA-Q! Big shoutout to my amazing co-first author @rileyjouppi.bsky.social and our mentor @michelevine.bsky.social who led the initial development of this measure!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Want to assess eating & weight attitudes in pregnancy? Check out the @phablab-pitt.bsky.social’s PEA-Q! Big shoutout to my amazing co-first author @rileyjouppi.bsky.social and our mentor @michelevine.bsky.social who led the initial development of this measure!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
If you are less than 37 weeks pregnant, this study may be right for you!
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/amplifyround2
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/amplifyround2
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
If you are less than 37 weeks pregnant, this study may be right for you!
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/amplifyround2
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/amplifyround2
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area this study might be right for you!
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
December 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM
If you are less than 17 weeks pregnant and live in the Pittsburgh, PA area this study might be right for you!
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Scan the QR code or follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey to see if you are eligible to participate! redcap.link/SPHEREscreener
Reposted by Christine Call, PhD
Interested? Follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey and see if you're eligible to participate! redcap.link/ephectstudy
December 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Interested? Follow the link to complete a 5-minute screening survey and see if you're eligible to participate! redcap.link/ephectstudy
Our lab, the Perinatal Health and Behaviors (PHAB) Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, just joined Bluesky! Follow us - info about our current work coming soon 🥰
@phablab-pitt.bsky.social
@phablab-pitt.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Our lab, the Perinatal Health and Behaviors (PHAB) Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, just joined Bluesky! Follow us - info about our current work coming soon 🥰
@phablab-pitt.bsky.social
@phablab-pitt.bsky.social