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Kefan Cathy Wu
@kefancathywu.bsky.social
Study Coordinator @uofleatlab.bsky.social | UMich Alum
Read about our interesting findings comparing two fearlessness of death psychometric measures soon!
Heartfelt gratitude for my amazing mentors - @aprilrosesmith.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social and Dr. Rachel Torres!!

@redslabauburn.bsky.social
Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social, whose first-authored paper, "Cross-sectional Psychometric Comparison of the Fearlessness About Suicide and Fearlessness About Death Scales" was just accepted at #sltb!
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Congrats @kefancathywu.bsky.social for receiving the Suicide & Self-Injury SIG Student Poster Award at #ABCT2025!

Poster: Heart Rate Variability in Relation to Suicidality and Fear of Death Among Individuals on the Anorexia Nervosa Spectrum. 💙
September 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🎉🎊 Congrats to @kefancathywu.bsky.social for being awarded the Suicide and Self Injury Specific Interest Group Student Poster Award for this year's #ABCT2025 conference. Can't wait to see her present this important work in NOLA!
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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@kefancathywu.bsky.social and @claireecusack.bsky.social are representing the EAT Lab at #APS2025!
Make sure to stop by and say "hi" on Thursday and Saturday!
May 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Going to APS? If so, come check out these fantastic REDS Labers' work! @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social @laurenpictor.bsky.social c
May 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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#newprofilepic 😎
We got together for a group photo just in time to present our work at upcoming conferences! Shoutout to our fantastic executive assistant, Christina, for helping us include our remote team members!

Grateful for this crew and the work we do!!

#LsUp #GoCards
May 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

We're so proud of postdoc Dr. Rachel Torres for her new first author publication: How and Why to Add Autonomic Phenotyping and Autonomic Balancing Interventions Into Eating Disorder Treatment (Torres, R. Cash, E. Levinson, CA)

doi.org/10.1002/eat....
May 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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We will not stand down. We will continue to fight so that people do not die and lose their joy because of eating disorders.

Can you help us fight back in the face of tyranny so we can continue our forward momentum?

Please give & share - any little bit helps

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with EAT Lab: Save Critical Eating Disorder Research, organized by Christina Barragan
In the past week the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) lab has r… Christina Barragan needs your support for Stand with EAT Lab: Save Critical Eating Disorder Research
www.gofundme.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Today we received the 2nd NIH grant termination for life saving work on #eatingdisorders

This one impacts a postdoc who has devoted his life to improving treatments for EDs for EVERYONE. He no longer has funding for his salary or work As of yesterday (we received notice this morning).
May 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Loved getting to see @kefancathywu.bsky.social's work at #SRS2025, which finds that people with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa have similarly elevated levels of suicidal ideation. @cherilev.bsky.social @ryleelusich.bsky.social @laurenharris.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Join us TODAY at the 2025 Suicide Research Symposium for presentations by the TRAC study coordinators and the incredible Dr. April Smith ✨✨

@redslabauburn.bsky.social
@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social
@cherilev.bsky.social

#SRS25 #suicideresearch
#suicideresearchsymposium
April 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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We 💙 our extraordinary Study Coordinators!! So proud!!
November 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM