Gabrielle N. Pfund
@gabriellepfund.bsky.social
Asst Prof in HDFS @ Auburn | Postdoc @ Northwestern | PhD @ WashU | purpose development & measurement / how they connect to cognitive health, well-being, & social relationships in daily life & over time (sometimes thru a personality psych lens) | she/her 🏳️🌈
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Bidirectional Relationships Between Well-Being and Cognitive Function - Gabrielle N. Pfund, Bryan D. James, Emily C. Willroth, 2025
The current study examined bidirectional relationships between well-being and cognitive function using up to 10 annual assessments (M = 5.67, SD = 3.43) of diff...
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Our Psych Science is out! @bryandjames.bsky.social & @emily-willroth.bsky.social
Based on 10 yrs of annual cognitive assessments and well-being reports from 1700+ older adults, eudaimonic wellbeing & purpose are more strongly tied to cognition than life sat
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journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ISEFW...
Based on 10 yrs of annual cognitive assessments and well-being reports from 1700+ older adults, eudaimonic wellbeing & purpose are more strongly tied to cognition than life sat
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journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ISEFW...
Nobody ever:
Journal: *rejects manuscript* We care about your opinion! Please fill out this brief survey telling us about your experience with our journal!!!
Journal: *rejects manuscript* We care about your opinion! Please fill out this brief survey telling us about your experience with our journal!!!
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Nobody ever:
Journal: *rejects manuscript* We care about your opinion! Please fill out this brief survey telling us about your experience with our journal!!!
Journal: *rejects manuscript* We care about your opinion! Please fill out this brief survey telling us about your experience with our journal!!!
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
I recently learned about the app 5 Calls. By putting in your address and select an issue you care about, it provides you the number of your representatives and a script on an issue.
Calling is one of the best way to make our voices heard. It took me two mins to call both my senators.
Calling is one of the best way to make our voices heard. It took me two mins to call both my senators.
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I recently learned about the app 5 Calls. By putting in your address and select an issue you care about, it provides you the number of your representatives and a script on an issue.
Calling is one of the best way to make our voices heard. It took me two mins to call both my senators.
Calling is one of the best way to make our voices heard. It took me two mins to call both my senators.
I am happy to report that everyone is right and that teaching a course the second time around *is* 10x easier*
*fingers crossed I don't regret saying this later in the semester
*fingers crossed I don't regret saying this later in the semester
jerry from tom and jerry is crying with tears of joy written underneath him
ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is crying with tears of joy written underneath him
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I am happy to report that everyone is right and that teaching a course the second time around *is* 10x easier*
*fingers crossed I don't regret saying this later in the semester
*fingers crossed I don't regret saying this later in the semester
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The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
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New in PN: Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
"There’s no path to justice that runs through this administration or the federal courts. Hell, Trump will probably give the shooter a medal, and would certainly give him a pardon. But there is a path to justice that runs through Minnesota."
"There’s no path to justice that runs through this administration or the federal courts. Hell, Trump will probably give the shooter a medal, and would certainly give him a pardon. But there is a path to justice that runs through Minnesota."
Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
Doing nothing is not an option.
www.publicnotice.co
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
New in PN: Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
"There’s no path to justice that runs through this administration or the federal courts. Hell, Trump will probably give the shooter a medal, and would certainly give him a pardon. But there is a path to justice that runs through Minnesota."
"There’s no path to justice that runs through this administration or the federal courts. Hell, Trump will probably give the shooter a medal, and would certainly give him a pardon. But there is a path to justice that runs through Minnesota."
New paper in Dev Psych with @emily-willroth.bsky.social & Tammy English!
Momentary sense of purpose is higher & stabler in older adults than young adults--regardless of cognitive status. Though these fluctuations differ, what predicts them is fairly consistent.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Momentary sense of purpose is higher & stabler in older adults than young adults--regardless of cognitive status. Though these fluctuations differ, what predicts them is fairly consistent.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
New paper in Dev Psych with @emily-willroth.bsky.social & Tammy English!
Momentary sense of purpose is higher & stabler in older adults than young adults--regardless of cognitive status. Though these fluctuations differ, what predicts them is fairly consistent.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Momentary sense of purpose is higher & stabler in older adults than young adults--regardless of cognitive status. Though these fluctuations differ, what predicts them is fairly consistent.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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130,000 Alabamans are about to lose their health insurance as a direct result of the “One big beautiful bill”, and a Florida man is tweeting like it’s some kind of win.
If you live in the state, call Sen. Tuberville and tell him what’s on your mind: 202-224-3121
If you live in the state, call Sen. Tuberville and tell him what’s on your mind: 202-224-3121
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
130,000 Alabamans are about to lose their health insurance as a direct result of the “One big beautiful bill”, and a Florida man is tweeting like it’s some kind of win.
If you live in the state, call Sen. Tuberville and tell him what’s on your mind: 202-224-3121
If you live in the state, call Sen. Tuberville and tell him what’s on your mind: 202-224-3121
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1. This weekend, far-right group Lets Go Washington announced that it had collected enough signatures to get a trans sports ban on the ballot in the state.
The bill includes genital inspection provisions.
It is one of the first to go forward in a blue state.
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The bill includes genital inspection provisions.
It is one of the first to go forward in a blue state.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Sports Ban With Genital Inspections Gains Enough Signatures To Appear On Washington State Ballot
The initiative collected 400,000 signatures, and will be one of the first major attempts to get an anti-trans law onto the ballot in a state that has dubbed itself a "refuge" for transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
1. This weekend, far-right group Lets Go Washington announced that it had collected enough signatures to get a trans sports ban on the ballot in the state.
The bill includes genital inspection provisions.
It is one of the first to go forward in a blue state.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The bill includes genital inspection provisions.
It is one of the first to go forward in a blue state.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
me opening my email this morning
a man in a white shirt and tie is standing in an office .
ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is standing in an office .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
me opening my email this morning
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Job alert! 📣 The UCCS Aging Center, our psychology training clinic serving older adults and their families, is seeking a full time Director. Follow the link for more info and please share with any potential candidates! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Director - UCCS Aging Center
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cu.taleo.net
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Job alert! 📣 The UCCS Aging Center, our psychology training clinic serving older adults and their families, is seeking a full time Director. Follow the link for more info and please share with any potential candidates! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
*in Mariah Carey voice*
All I want for Christmas iiiIiiiiIiiiiis…. For you not to send me any review requests until after the new year!
All I want for Christmas iiiIiiiiIiiiiis…. For you not to send me any review requests until after the new year!
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
*in Mariah Carey voice*
All I want for Christmas iiiIiiiiIiiiiis…. For you not to send me any review requests until after the new year!
All I want for Christmas iiiIiiiiIiiiiis…. For you not to send me any review requests until after the new year!
Journal: you are at max word count—do not make your manuscript longer.
Every reviewer ever: can you please add X, Y, & Z?
Every reviewer ever: can you please add X, Y, & Z?
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Journal: you are at max word count—do not make your manuscript longer.
Every reviewer ever: can you please add X, Y, & Z?
Every reviewer ever: can you please add X, Y, & Z?
Awhhh thank you journal who just published my research for giving me a 30% discount to access the journal that my research is published in. How thoughtful.
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Awhhh thank you journal who just published my research for giving me a 30% discount to access the journal that my research is published in. How thoughtful.
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Our research finds that LGBTQ students are more likely to choose to attend colleges away from their families and seek a more welcoming environment than their non-LGBTQ peers. Read the full report: bit.ly/LGBTQ4yrcollege
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Our research finds that LGBTQ students are more likely to choose to attend colleges away from their families and seek a more welcoming environment than their non-LGBTQ peers. Read the full report: bit.ly/LGBTQ4yrcollege
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Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired
Susan Monarez is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
One of my final slides from my final lecture of the semester :-)
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One of my final slides from my final lecture of the semester :-)
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This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
www.vox.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
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Friends of Arab and Muslim descent, please fill out our survey! Please share!
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Friends of Arab and Muslim descent, please fill out our survey! Please share!
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Great! Now how do the American people get back the billions we had to pay in higher prices everywhere?
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Great! Now how do the American people get back the billions we had to pay in higher prices everywhere?
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Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk?
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
ACIP votes to end universal HBV birth dose for newborns. The consequence? Prepare to see a reversal of our rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer as more children are left unprotected.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
The birth dose has an up to 90% efficacy rate of protecting newborns from Hep B, which is incurable.
ACIP votes to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
The skill I've developed the most in academia is not critical thinking, coding, writing, but becoming desensitized to rejection. Oh, another grant rejection? Bummer, onto the next email.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The skill I've developed the most in academia is not critical thinking, coding, writing, but becoming desensitized to rejection. Oh, another grant rejection? Bummer, onto the next email.
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This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.