William D. Marelich, PhD
healthpsy.bsky.social
William D. Marelich, PhD
@healthpsy.bsky.social
Research Psychologist and Professor - Applied Quant Methods and Health Psych

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You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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If you have strong students considering OB/psych PhD programs, I’d be grateful if you would encourage them to apply (or if you are an applicant, consider applying yourself!). The deadline is December 15.

You can learn more about me + my research interests here: laura-e-wallace.com
Laura E. Wallace
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November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Curious about the differences between our MS and MPH degrees?

Read all about them ➡️ m.yale.edu/mbc7

Application deadlines:
🗓️ MS & PhD - Dec 1
🗓️ MPH - Dec 15
🗓️ Executive MPH - Jan 15
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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“There,” said Toad. “Now my day is all written down.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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1st ever human case case of H5N5 #birdflu reported in Washington State.

@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social: Any human infection with a novel flu virus demands close attention to ensure it hasn’t gained the ability to spread easily between people.

CDC still says the risk to the general public remains low ⤵️
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Psychologists when n > 10k
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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“Toad, Toad, wake up,” said Frog. “Look at your garden!”

Toad looked at his garden. Little green plants were coming up out of the ground.
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
Sydney Levine - Open Positions
Graduate Students (PhD program) I will be accepting PhD students through the NYU psychology department for the current application cycle (for admission in Fall 2026). My lab is joint between the Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The UCSF/VA Translational Psychedelic Research Program seeks postdoctoral fellows to advance rigorous psychedelic-therapy trials investigating neural, cognitive, & behavioral mechanisms in depression, neurodegenerative & eating disorders, chronic pain, and Veterans. 2 years guaranteed, 3rd possible.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Frog and Toad stayed on the island all afternoon. They ate wet sandwiches without iced tea. They were two close friends sitting alone together.
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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As skepticism of AI deepens, we keep coming back to this Gary Marcus interview from May — where he argued OpenAI would be “the WeWork of AI.”

@cnbc.com @garymarcus.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/video/2024/0...
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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@apnews.com : Canada has lost its #measles elimination status and the US is likely next.

“It’s a deeply disheartening development. It’s a deeply worrisome development. And, frankly, it’s an embarrassing development.” — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social

More here ⤵
Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks
International health experts say Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South Ameri...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class.

Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.

Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality

Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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“I went around the corner to see if spring was there.”

“Did you find it?” asked Toad.

“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review
@bmj.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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ChatGPT can pass medical licensing exams and solve some clinical cases, but the technology is also notorious for making things up. Experts, including UCSF's Dr. Michael Turken, share tips on how to navigate chatbots more safely when asking healthcare questions. https://ucsfh.org/3JJblV4
Asking ChatGPT for Medical Advice? Here's How to Do It Safely. (Gift Article)
Experts weigh in on the benefits and harms.
ucsfh.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire

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‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
go.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
uhm...interesting...doesn't negate cog dissonance theory but does challenge a grand example which i've written about
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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With recent outbreaks in at least 42 states, the US may lose our #measles elimination status.

Read our Q&A with Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social about the disease, public health communications & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Tracking Report below, or in the Fall/Winter issue of Continuum.📖
Tracking Measles
With measles spreading and long-trusted sources of public health information falling short, Professor Jennifer Nuzzo breaks down the outbreak, the state of public health communications and the Pandemic Center's tracking report, which publishes key infec...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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And the Abstract
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM