Dr. Laura Stroud PhD
@laurastroudphd.bsky.social
Professor @BrownPsychiatry | Director #BehMedRI @MiriamHospital | Director starcobre.org | Researcher: #pregnancy, #stress, #trauma, #resilience, #addiction, #tobacco, #depression | Mentor/Co-Director STAR T32 | Proud Mom of 2 | Views my own
Early Life Stress Effects on Children's Biology, Behavior, and Health: Evidence, Mediators, Moderators, and Solutions - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Early Life Stress Effects on Children's Biology, Behavior, and Health: Evidence, Mediators, Moderators, and Solutions
This review synthesizes and critiques research on early life adversity and stress effects on multidomain health outcomes in child samples to fill a gap in the literature that has largely focused on ad...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Early Life Stress Effects on Children's Biology, Behavior, and Health: Evidence, Mediators, Moderators, and Solutions - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An alternative framework for nonexperimental cross-sectional mediation studies: Associational variable analysis.
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APA PsycNet
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July 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
An alternative framework for nonexperimental cross-sectional mediation studies: Associational variable analysis.
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New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative - Journal of Perinatology
Journal of Perinatology - Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🧵🧪”Paying taxes can feel like money lost. In truth, it is money shared. When we fund the NIH, we are betting on ourselves and on one another. We are saying that every American life is worth saving, whether that life sits next door or across the country.”
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
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Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🧵🧪”Paying taxes can feel like money lost. In truth, it is money shared. When we fund the NIH, we are betting on ourselves and on one another. We are saying that every American life is worth saving, whether that life sits next door or across the country.”
That moment in the midst of the current surreality when your long-time mentee gets a perfect 10 on her R01.... 💛💛
a woman is crying and the words okay thank you are below her
ALT: a woman is crying and the words okay thank you are below her
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April 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
That moment in the midst of the current surreality when your long-time mentee gets a perfect 10 on her R01.... 💛💛
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Our first Science Homecoming article for Mississippi 🚢 🍾
“Investments in science and public health are essential for the future of rural southern states like Mississippi.”
Read about my perspectives as a Mississippian and scientist in my recent OpEd : digital.meridianstar.com/The-Meridian...
Read about my perspectives as a Mississippian and scientist in my recent OpEd : digital.meridianstar.com/The-Meridian...
April 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our first Science Homecoming article for Mississippi 🚢 🍾
Just celebrated the brilliant @debyee.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious Brown postdoctoral excellence award for community service!
Love how you have fostered such a positive & kind community that benefits so many! Grateful to work with you!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
Love how you have fostered such a positive & kind community that benefits so many! Grateful to work with you!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards
postdocs.brown.edu
March 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just celebrated the brilliant @debyee.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious Brown postdoctoral excellence award for community service!
Love how you have fostered such a positive & kind community that benefits so many! Grateful to work with you!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
Love how you have fostered such a positive & kind community that benefits so many! Grateful to work with you!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
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Celebrating the rich contributions postdocs make to academic life at Brown.
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Celebrating the rich contributions postdocs make to academic life at Brown.
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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#standupforscience2025!
Do you have a story to share on how science, funding, and federal institutions impact people in your region?
Democratic representatives in congress are asking for your stories!
Please fill out this form to share!
@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
Do you have a story to share on how science, funding, and federal institutions impact people in your region?
Democratic representatives in congress are asking for your stories!
Please fill out this form to share!
@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
How has Science Impacted your Life?
Why do you personally stand up for science? Is it because a life-changing discovery sparked your passion, or perhaps because you’ve seen how science can directly improve the lives of people in your co...
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March 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#standupforscience2025!
Do you have a story to share on how science, funding, and federal institutions impact people in your region?
Democratic representatives in congress are asking for your stories!
Please fill out this form to share!
@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
Do you have a story to share on how science, funding, and federal institutions impact people in your region?
Democratic representatives in congress are asking for your stories!
Please fill out this form to share!
@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
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Entomologist Megan Barkdull curates a world-class insect collection but she got her start through federally-funded science programs — like those that teach Florida’s kids about wildlife from the Everglades 🐊 to the coasts. Now, that funding is at risk. 🧪🏠
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
Commentary: Federal science funding fuels education, STEM careers
A science museum curator who grew up in Orlando talks about how federal science funding fueled her own life journey and so many others.
www.orlandosentinel.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Entomologist Megan Barkdull curates a world-class insect collection but she got her start through federally-funded science programs — like those that teach Florida’s kids about wildlife from the Everglades 🐊 to the coasts. Now, that funding is at risk. 🧪🏠
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
@meganbarkdull.bsky.social
Fantastic opinion piece on the importance of #fundingforscience and particularly how cuts will hurt the next generation….by the brilliant @debyeend.bsky.social.
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fantastic opinion piece on the importance of #fundingforscience and particularly how cuts will hurt the next generation….by the brilliant @debyeend.bsky.social.
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DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
www.statnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
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From Newmarket, NH, 🫎 to Stanford, neuroscientist Robyn St. Laurent researches OCD & addiction to develop new treatments. ‘The opportunities I had shouldn’t be the exception; they should be the foundation for the next generation.’ 🧪🏠
@robynstlaurent.bsky.social
www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
@robynstlaurent.bsky.social
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Robyn St. Laurent: Why science funding matters more than you think
Cutting funding to NIH and and NSF does more than take away career paths for our upcoming generations; it threatens the well-being of people.
www.seacoastonline.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From Newmarket, NH, 🫎 to Stanford, neuroscientist Robyn St. Laurent researches OCD & addiction to develop new treatments. ‘The opportunities I had shouldn’t be the exception; they should be the foundation for the next generation.’ 🧪🏠
@robynstlaurent.bsky.social
www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
@robynstlaurent.bsky.social
www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
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Reporting by Science Magazine:
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Reporting by Science Magazine:
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This rebuttal to Vinay Prasad’s point-of-view in Sensible Medicine has food for thought given the pace, nature, scope of cuts and impact on extramural science community throughout the US
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
A strong and well-argued rebuttal to NIH criticism
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This rebuttal to Vinay Prasad’s point-of-view in Sensible Medicine has food for thought given the pace, nature, scope of cuts and impact on extramural science community throughout the US
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
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Good reporting out about Pittsburgh and the potential effects of indirect cost cuts.
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Trump NIH funding cuts, policies threaten Pitt research
A Trump administration decision to cap indirect cost rates in science and health grants, plus federal staff cuts, has Pitt researchers wondering if they can continue.
www.publicsource.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good reporting out about Pittsburgh and the potential effects of indirect cost cuts.
www.publicsource.org/research-fun...
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Programs focused on increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce are imperiled. Ten trainees funded by these programs spoke with The Transmitter about what the uncertainty of the past few weeks has meant for them, their research and their futures.
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Programs focused on increasing the diversity of the scientific workforce are imperiled. Ten trainees funded by these programs spoke with The Transmitter about what the uncertainty of the past few weeks has meant for them, their research and their futures.
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...
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Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.
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How long until American research breaks?
I have thoughts, as shared with @katiewuwrites.bsky.social in her outstanding piece.
And I also know there is a blueprint for how we will rebuild (albeit slowly, sadly, after too much lost time & too many lost lives).
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
I have thoughts, as shared with @katiewuwrites.bsky.social in her outstanding piece.
And I also know there is a blueprint for how we will rebuild (albeit slowly, sadly, after too much lost time & too many lost lives).
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
How long until American research breaks?
I have thoughts, as shared with @katiewuwrites.bsky.social in her outstanding piece.
And I also know there is a blueprint for how we will rebuild (albeit slowly, sadly, after too much lost time & too many lost lives).
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
I have thoughts, as shared with @katiewuwrites.bsky.social in her outstanding piece.
And I also know there is a blueprint for how we will rebuild (albeit slowly, sadly, after too much lost time & too many lost lives).
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Reposted by Dr. Laura Stroud PhD
In my latest article for @science.org, I reflect on the current challenges faced by early-career researchers, including delays in grant reviews, uncertainty around NIH funding freezes and changes, and the critical need for continued support and advocacy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty
“I’ll keep doing what I can to move my research forward. But I, and so many others, can’t do this indefinitely,” this assistant professor writes
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In my latest article for @science.org, I reflect on the current challenges faced by early-career researchers, including delays in grant reviews, uncertainty around NIH funding freezes and changes, and the critical need for continued support and advocacy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...