Cameron Pugach
@cppugach.bsky.social
NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow @ VA Boston and Boston University.
Interested in trauma exposure & traumatic stress rxns, affective science, psychophysiology, ambulatory assessment, and measurement
Interested in trauma exposure & traumatic stress rxns, affective science, psychophysiology, ambulatory assessment, and measurement
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Cameron Pugach
@cppugach.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Exciting to see Bluesky grow! I created a starter pack for folks interested in all things traumatic stress. Please don’t hesitate to add: go.bsky.app/MHqLdaG
Check out our paper examining the ambulatory physiological assessment of PTSD (led by @bwisco.bsky.social) as part of this neat new special issue:
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October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Check out our paper examining the ambulatory physiological assessment of PTSD (led by @bwisco.bsky.social) as part of this neat new special issue:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Interested in using the PCL-5 to measure PTSD symptoms in your EMA study?
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychometric evaluation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 in daily surveys: An item response theory and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5) has demonstrated excellent psychometric qualities across cross-sectional stud…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Interested in using the PCL-5 to measure PTSD symptoms in your EMA study?
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We conducted item analysis to examine item thresholds & discrimination parameters & examined DIF across daily surveys
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Thrilled to share that I am planning to admit a grad student and will be reviewing applications to the clinical psychology PhD program at Miami University! Excited to mentor and learn from future mentees! For information about my lab and application FAQ, check out: www.seahpepl.com/joincontact-...
Advancing Youth Mental Health - Prospective Graduate Students
Dr. Seah will be reviewing applications from prospective graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program (Fall 2026 admission)!
www.seahpepl.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thrilled to share that I am planning to admit a grad student and will be reviewing applications to the clinical psychology PhD program at Miami University! Excited to mentor and learn from future mentees! For information about my lab and application FAQ, check out: www.seahpepl.com/joincontact-...
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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
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Long post ahead! I am very excited to be recruiting 1 to 2 #PhD students during this upcoming application cycle for Fall 2026 admission! The Clinical Psychology PhD program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) is absolutely stellar and accredited by both #APA and #PCSAS (Clinical Science model). 1/
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Long post ahead! I am very excited to be recruiting 1 to 2 #PhD students during this upcoming application cycle for Fall 2026 admission! The Clinical Psychology PhD program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) is absolutely stellar and accredited by both #APA and #PCSAS (Clinical Science model). 1/
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👋🏻 I am so excited to announce that I'll be hiring a postdoc at the University of Kentucky!
We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
More details in the 🧵 👇🏻
We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
More details in the 🧵 👇🏻
Psychology Post-Doctoral Scholar
The Treatment Innovation for Psychological Services (TIPS) Research Group in the Psychology department of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY is seeking a fu...
ukjobs.uky.edu
September 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
👋🏻 I am so excited to announce that I'll be hiring a postdoc at the University of Kentucky!
We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
More details in the 🧵 👇🏻
We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
More details in the 🧵 👇🏻
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Trauma researchers! Give @istss.bsky.social a follow.
September 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trauma researchers! Give @istss.bsky.social a follow.
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My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
Mark Chen | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
The gap between Sinner, Alcaraz, and everyone else is truly mind boggling..
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The gap between Sinner, Alcaraz, and everyone else is truly mind boggling..
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Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/
Join – EMIC
www.emotionsincontextlab.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/
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‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
Employment Opportunities | Department of Psychology
Available Positions Position Title Position Details Posting Date Closing Date Assistant Professor - Tenure-Track Appointment in Psychology
www.queensu.ca
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
Excited to share our latest piece out in JTS examining rates of PTSD and depression 9 months after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.
Newsweek coverage, also out this morning: www.newsweek.com/east-palesti...
Open access paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Newsweek coverage, also out this morning: www.newsweek.com/east-palesti...
Open access paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Excited to share our latest piece out in JTS examining rates of PTSD and depression 9 months after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.
Newsweek coverage, also out this morning: www.newsweek.com/east-palesti...
Open access paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Newsweek coverage, also out this morning: www.newsweek.com/east-palesti...
Open access paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle.
Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.
share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...
Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.
share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...
Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology
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August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle.
Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.
share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...
Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.
share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...
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Well, with the rejection of my BBRF Young Investigator Grant application and a local foundation grant application, I am now more than halfway towards my goal of 100 rejections (54/100 to be exact)!
I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below)
#rejection #grants
I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below)
#rejection #grants
August 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Well, with the rejection of my BBRF Young Investigator Grant application and a local foundation grant application, I am now more than halfway towards my goal of 100 rejections (54/100 to be exact)!
I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below)
#rejection #grants
I learned this philosophy from @bettyslai.bsky.social (thread continues below)
#rejection #grants
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Interesting new paper investigating potential side effects of #ESM protocols👇🏻:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Side Effects of Experience-Sampling Protocols: A Systematic Analysis of How They Affect Data Quality, Data Quantity, and Bias in Study Results - Thomas Reiter, Sophia Sakel, Julian Scharbert, Julian t...
In studies using the increasingly popular experience-sampling method (ESM), design decisions are often guided by theoretical or practical considerations. Yet li...
journals.sagepub.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Interesting new paper investigating potential side effects of #ESM protocols👇🏻:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Last week I finished a deeply rewarding and undeniably fun year of clinical internship at the Charleston Consortium, which means…I am officially Dr. Cameron Pugach! Surreal to finally be here. And SO excited for what’s to come in Boston…1/2
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Last week I finished a deeply rewarding and undeniably fun year of clinical internship at the Charleston Consortium, which means…I am officially Dr. Cameron Pugach! Surreal to finally be here. And SO excited for what’s to come in Boston…1/2
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Linguistic predictors of response to internet-based written CBT for PTSD symptoms of 9/11 world trade center recovery workers and survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Linguistic predictors of response to internet-based written CBT for PTSD symptoms of 9/11 world trade center recovery workers and survivors
Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) are the mainstay of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment, but treatment response is hete…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Linguistic predictors of response to internet-based written CBT for PTSD symptoms of 9/11 world trade center recovery workers and survivors. Journal of Affective Disorders. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
HARD ❌
“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
EASY ✅
“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
EASY ✅
June 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
HARD ❌
“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
EASY ✅
“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
EASY ✅
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📢 New paper alert!
Invited review led by Francis Tuerlinckx for BJMSP on the latest developments in #EMA / #ESM research 📱🔍
doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1111/bmsp...
A (very) short 🧵 below:
@saa2025leuven.bsky.social
Invited review led by Francis Tuerlinckx for BJMSP on the latest developments in #EMA / #ESM research 📱🔍
doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1111/bmsp...
A (very) short 🧵 below:
@saa2025leuven.bsky.social
doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be
June 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📢 New paper alert!
Invited review led by Francis Tuerlinckx for BJMSP on the latest developments in #EMA / #ESM research 📱🔍
doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1111/bmsp...
A (very) short 🧵 below:
@saa2025leuven.bsky.social
Invited review led by Francis Tuerlinckx for BJMSP on the latest developments in #EMA / #ESM research 📱🔍
doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1111/bmsp...
A (very) short 🧵 below:
@saa2025leuven.bsky.social
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Bethesda Declaration is live!
300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists.
Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists.
Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bethesda Declaration is live!
300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists.
Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
300+ workers at NIH call out NIH and HHS leadership to stop weaponizing research and censoring scientists.
Read and then consider signing letter of solidarity.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside.
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189
University of California, Riverside - Jobs
UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!
jobsportal.ucr.edu
June 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside.
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189
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Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
ACT NOW! Tell Congress to Reject Unprecedented Funding Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to urge Congress to reject the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal that seeks to cut $163 billion across the federal government. This would have signific...
www.votervoice.net
June 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
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World leaders in traumatic stress have written this editorial to express concerns about the global impact of what is happening in U.S., how decisions are impacting exposure to and consequences of trauma
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ejpt.bsky.social @istss.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ejpt.bsky.social @istss.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social
Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S.
Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual trauma or mass disaster, and guide how we deal with the conseq...
www.tandfonline.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
World leaders in traumatic stress have written this editorial to express concerns about the global impact of what is happening in U.S., how decisions are impacting exposure to and consequences of trauma
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ejpt.bsky.social @istss.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ejpt.bsky.social @istss.bsky.social @estss.bsky.social
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Updated treatment guideline for PTSD from the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline
www.apa.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Updated treatment guideline for PTSD from the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline
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Improving the accuracy of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist (LEC-5) as diagnostic tools for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Assessment. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Improving the accuracy of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist (LEC-5) as diagnostic tools for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Assessment. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...