Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD
@leb112358.bsky.social
assistant professor @d3center.bsky.social @UMich | EMA & intensive longitudinal methods | personalized #mHealth #DigitalHealth interventions | data viz | #BehavioralScience | she/her/rescue dog mom🦮🐕🦺
lizbethbenson.com, https://d3c.isr.umich.edu/
lizbethbenson.com, https://d3c.isr.umich.edu/
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📢 Call for poster abstracts! The d3center invites submissions for the Conference on Intervention Optimization, May 18-20 in Bethesda, MD. Share your research in intervention optimization across health, education, engineering & more. Deadline: Oct 9. bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
September 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
📢 Call for poster abstracts! The d3center invites submissions for the Conference on Intervention Optimization, May 18-20 in Bethesda, MD. Share your research in intervention optimization across health, education, engineering & more. Deadline: Oct 9. bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
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The d3center is thrilled to co-host the first-ever Conference on Intervention Optimization! We're bringing together brilliant minds from health, education, engineering & beyond. May 18-20 in the DC area. Registration opens soon: bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The d3center is thrilled to co-host the first-ever Conference on Intervention Optimization! We're bringing together brilliant minds from health, education, engineering & beyond. May 18-20 in the DC area. Registration opens soon: bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26
Grateful to be launching this project soon with a great team of collaborators and students 🤩
Pilot Grant Spotlight 1/4: Led by @leb112358.bsky.social, this new pilot project aims to boost user engagement with mobile smoking cessation apps. Her team will develop personalized feedback visualizations designed with user input. Learn more: myumi.ch/79649
Personalized Feedback Visualizations for Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions
myumi.ch
July 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Grateful to be launching this project soon with a great team of collaborators and students 🤩
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Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar!
Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar!
Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
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At this point, I might as well --
Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!
Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!
July 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
At this point, I might as well --
Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!
Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!
Reposted by Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD
Making accessible data viz isn't just about compliance - it's about inclusion. Small changes, huge impact for 1.3 billion people with disabilities. @pavithraes.me & @frank.computer show you how in their recent talk at PyCon US. Watch the full session: → www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMo...
Inclusive Data for 1.3 Billion: Designing Accessible Visualizations
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people (1 in 6 individuals) experience a disability, and nearly 2.2 billion people...
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Making accessible data viz isn't just about compliance - it's about inclusion. Small changes, huge impact for 1.3 billion people with disabilities. @pavithraes.me & @frank.computer show you how in their recent talk at PyCon US. Watch the full session: → www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMo...
Looking forward to marching tomorrow in Lansing, Michigan! #standupforscience
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Looking forward to marching tomorrow in Lansing, Michigan! #standupforscience
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WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
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NIH funding slashes aren’t ‘cutting waste’ - they're cutting progress, innovation, and the livelihoods of hardworking Americans.
www.freep.com/story/news/h...
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Federal research cuts would rock Michigan economy, halt clinical trials, those affected say
A Trump administration plan to cap reimbursement of federal research overhead costs could lead to job losses, stifle medical innovation in Michigan.
www.freep.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NIH funding slashes aren’t ‘cutting waste’ - they're cutting progress, innovation, and the livelihoods of hardworking Americans.
www.freep.com/story/news/h...
www.freep.com/story/news/h...
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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".
Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".
We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Looks like Michigan science supporters can plan to head to Lansing on Friday, March 7 from 12-4! #standupforscience standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Looks like Michigan science supporters can plan to head to Lansing on Friday, March 7 from 12-4! #standupforscience standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
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INDIANA WE NEED A LEAD!!!! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Indiana!
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
INDIANA WE NEED A LEAD!!!! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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📣 DC friends - please consider supporting this rally on Wednesday, February 19th!
IMPORTANT ACTION in response to the illegal firings of scientists and public health workers at HHS, NIH, CDC, and other federal agencies by the Trump administration.
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
📣 DC friends - please consider supporting this rally on Wednesday, February 19th!
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I expected a lot of things from the Trump Administration but one thing I didn’t expect was them joining the war on cancer on the side of fucking cancer
January 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My partner just tried to comfort me regarding my NIH K01 summary statement by sending a text saying he thinks I’m a 9 😅
December 10, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My partner just tried to comfort me regarding my NIH K01 summary statement by sending a text saying he thinks I’m a 9 😅
To be balanced though, one of the more constructive reviewers called me "an R trailblazer" which is perhaps one of the nicest things anyone has every said to me 🥰
Got a 1, 4, 1 for Candidate scores on my K01. Across the board reviewer 2 was nasty & clearly did not spend more than the bare minimum reading my proposal. I know it's common, but it's still so frustrating a person like this can totally tank an application 🙄
a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
ALT: a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:49 PM
To be balanced though, one of the more constructive reviewers called me "an R trailblazer" which is perhaps one of the nicest things anyone has every said to me 🥰
As a side - listing things as weaknesses w/o indicating why is ZERO helpful for career dev. candidates trying to improve a resubmission...
e.g., if my Aim 2 findings don't show feasibility/acceptability, why is proposing to submit a R21 (to do intervention refinement) instead of an R01 a weakness?
e.g., if my Aim 2 findings don't show feasibility/acceptability, why is proposing to submit a R21 (to do intervention refinement) instead of an R01 a weakness?
Got a 1, 4, 1 for Candidate scores on my K01. Across the board reviewer 2 was nasty & clearly did not spend more than the bare minimum reading my proposal. I know it's common, but it's still so frustrating a person like this can totally tank an application 🙄
a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
ALT: a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
As a side - listing things as weaknesses w/o indicating why is ZERO helpful for career dev. candidates trying to improve a resubmission...
e.g., if my Aim 2 findings don't show feasibility/acceptability, why is proposing to submit a R21 (to do intervention refinement) instead of an R01 a weakness?
e.g., if my Aim 2 findings don't show feasibility/acceptability, why is proposing to submit a R21 (to do intervention refinement) instead of an R01 a weakness?
Got a 1, 4, 1 for Candidate scores on my K01. Across the board reviewer 2 was nasty & clearly did not spend more than the bare minimum reading my proposal. I know it's common, but it's still so frustrating a person like this can totally tank an application 🙄
a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
ALT: a cartoon of ariel from the little mermaid is making a sad face and says sigh .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Got a 1, 4, 1 for Candidate scores on my K01. Across the board reviewer 2 was nasty & clearly did not spend more than the bare minimum reading my proposal. I know it's common, but it's still so frustrating a person like this can totally tank an application 🙄
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This is a great write up of some really cool work that some of my colleagues in the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State (and beyond) recently published including @leb112358.bsky.social!
Everyday physical activity, even light movement, improves cognitive processing speed, equivalent to reversing four years of cognitive aging. This highlights the short-term brain benefits of staying active. #CognitiveHealth #PhysicalActivity #BrainHealth #MentalWellness #HealthyLiving
Short daily walks may reverse cognitive aging by four years, study finds
Everyday physical activity, even light movement, improves cognitive processing speed, equivalent to reversing four years of cognitive aging. This highlights the short-term brain benefits of staying active.
www.psypost.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
This is a great write up of some really cool work that some of my colleagues in the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State (and beyond) recently published including @leb112358.bsky.social!
Reposted by Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD
We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx
November 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx
Interested in participating in the 2025 ICPSR summer program? Then this webinar on Dec 4 at 2pm ET is for you! Such an amazing opportunity to disseminate quantitative methods 🤩
Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PsychSky #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth #BehavioralScience
Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PsychSky #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth #BehavioralScience
November 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Interested in participating in the 2025 ICPSR summer program? Then this webinar on Dec 4 at 2pm ET is for you! Such an amazing opportunity to disseminate quantitative methods 🤩
Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PsychSky #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth #BehavioralScience
Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PsychSky #PsychSciSky #DigitalHealth #BehavioralScience
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I've begun a statistical graphics starter pack at go.bsky.app/EMb8xWf . Please help me find more people or feeds to add to this pack. #rstats #visualisation #statistics 📈
November 19, 2024 at 11:52 PM
I've begun a statistical graphics starter pack at go.bsky.app/EMb8xWf . Please help me find more people or feeds to add to this pack. #rstats #visualisation #statistics 📈