Shirley Wang
@shirleybwang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Yale | Capturing & modeling the complex dynamics of psychopathology
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Shirley Wang
@shirleybwang.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Path Asymmetry in Complex Dynamic Systems of Psychopathology
This article illustrates the assumption of path symmetry in current theories of psychopathology and calls for the development of dynamical systems of mental illness that incorporate asymmetry.
jamanetwork.com
Thrilled to share a new paper in @jamapsychiatry.com on path asymmetry in complex dynamic systems of psychopathology! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
New preprint! We investigate the risk of algorithmic bias (across race/ethnicity, gender, and their intersection) in machine learning models predicting suicide attempts across 3 clinical settings in over 1.2 million patients.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New preprint! We investigate the risk of algorithmic bias (across race/ethnicity, gender, and their intersection) in machine learning models predicting suicide attempts across 3 clinical settings in over 1.2 million patients.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Very proud that this is finally out!
Come for the new auditory illusion, stay for the brain imaging and speech analysis…..
Come for the new auditory illusion, stay for the brain imaging and speech analysis…..
Humans can use positive and negative spectrotemporal correlations to detect rising and falling pitch
Humans can use positive and negative spectrotemporal correlations to detect rising and falling pitch
Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 09 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-025-02371-7Vaziri et al. examined how humans detect changes in auditory pitch, revealing that listeners rely on correlations in sound intensity over frequency and time, processing that is reminiscent of visual motion detection.
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Very proud that this is finally out!
Come for the new auditory illusion, stay for the brain imaging and speech analysis…..
Come for the new auditory illusion, stay for the brain imaging and speech analysis…..
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It’s been a year since this post. Life is…so different now.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
IF YOU KNOW IF ANYONE PLANNING A SCIENCE RELATED PROTEST IN DC, PLEASE DM ME!
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It’s been a year since this post. Life is…so different now.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
Yet, I’m sitting here on my living room floor, with my cold coffee, in the same robe, playing with my beautiful son. Just like I was when I wrote this.
@standupforscience.bsky.social started with a skeet and an idea.
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💥New paper alert! Dyadic Decisions About Effort: How Caregivers Shape Young Children’s Persistence (with @reutshachnai.bsky.social)
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
💥New paper alert! Dyadic Decisions About Effort: How Caregivers Shape Young Children’s Persistence (with @reutshachnai.bsky.social)
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper out today in JCCAP! We outline future directions for mathematical, computational, & digital methods in suicide research @leilyb.bsky.social @sharinahamm.bsky.social @francesghart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Future Directions for Mathematical, Computational, & Digital Methods in Suicide Research
Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and is one of the most devastating, complex, and perplexing of all human behaviors. Unfortunately, despite centuries of scientific and scholarly inqui...
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
New paper out today in JCCAP! We outline future directions for mathematical, computational, & digital methods in suicide research @leilyb.bsky.social @sharinahamm.bsky.social @francesghart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)!
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026.
To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com
A brief thread 🧵
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You would think! We worked on articles of impeachment against him that were introduced 12/10/25 in the House. There is ONE (1) co-sponsor. You can tell your Rep to sponsor the articles here. It takes 10 seconds and you can do it every day.
fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/153...
fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/153...
Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
fight2win.standupforscience.net
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
You would think! We worked on articles of impeachment against him that were introduced 12/10/25 in the House. There is ONE (1) co-sponsor. You can tell your Rep to sponsor the articles here. It takes 10 seconds and you can do it every day.
fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/153...
fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/153...
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Supremely talented doctoral student Halle Fowler is hoping to put together an ABCT panel related to Deaf and Hard of Hearing suicide prevention or mental health. We have multiple qualitative and quantitative studies on DHH interpretation in mental health settings. We need help finding panelists!
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These murderous goons must be stopped. This is wholly untenable.
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
These murderous goons must be stopped. This is wholly untenable.
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For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become deadly. #RemoveRFKJr, Save Lives.
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become deadly. #RemoveRFKJr, Save Lives.
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Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation say federal agents shot a man multiple times in south Minneapolis this morning.
A video taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts shows agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him multiple times.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
A video taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts shows agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him multiple times.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation say federal agents shot a man multiple times in south Minneapolis this morning.
A video taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts shows agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him multiple times.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
A video taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts shows agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him multiple times.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Thrilled to receive this grant! We'll use digital phenotyping & computational modeling to study digital/social media, AI, and mental health in adolescents and young adults.
huofamilyfoundation.org/news/updates...
huofamilyfoundation.org/news/updates...
Huo Family Foundation Awards $17.6M for Groundbreaking Research on the Impact of Digital Technology on Young People – Huo Family Foundation
The Huo Family Foundation is pleased to announce the award of 20 major multi-year research grants, totalling $17.6 million, through its inaugural Science Programme on the Effects of the Usage of Digit...
huofamilyfoundation.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Thrilled to receive this grant! We'll use digital phenotyping & computational modeling to study digital/social media, AI, and mental health in adolescents and young adults.
huofamilyfoundation.org/news/updates...
huofamilyfoundation.org/news/updates...
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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
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This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Excited for the 1st lab paper to be live @biologicalpsych.bsky.social !
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Hierarchical Phenotyping of Psychopathology: Implications and Opportunities for Precision Psychiatry When Biology Could Be Associated With Both Symptoms and Syndromes
As psychiatry increasingly embraces precision medicine principles, there have been
efforts to characterize the specificity of biology-psychopathology associations (e.g.,
is biology associated with syn...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Excited for the 1st lab paper to be live @biologicalpsych.bsky.social !
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
@emilyrperkins.bsky.social @keananjoyner.bsky.social and I discuss testing biology as simultaneous + unique predictors of different levels of psychopathology hierarchies 1/7🧵
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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🌟📝 Just out in World Psychiatry:
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
🌟📝 Just out in World Psychiatry:
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Serving as lab manager for the CCS Lab has been the best post-bacc experience I could have imagined! This is a dream position for anyone seeking further training in intensive longitudinal designs/computational approaches, especially for suicide & eating disorders! Please share!🙏
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Serving as lab manager for the CCS Lab has been the best post-bacc experience I could have imagined! This is a dream position for anyone seeking further training in intensive longitudinal designs/computational approaches, especially for suicide & eating disorders! Please share!🙏
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
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what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Yale Psychology is accepting applications for the Susan Nolen-Hoeksema postdoctoral fellowship! Open to a broad range of areas in psychology, and applicants should identify 1 or more potential faculty mentors.
Apply by Feb 1, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178435
Apply by Feb 1, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178435
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December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yale Psychology is accepting applications for the Susan Nolen-Hoeksema postdoctoral fellowship! Open to a broad range of areas in psychology, and applicants should identify 1 or more potential faculty mentors.
Apply by Feb 1, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178435
Apply by Feb 1, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178435
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New year, new preprint alert!! 🤩🚨
We provide new evidence linking intolerance of uncertainty and death anxiety in religious/spiritual individuals.
Link: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
See 🧵 for a brief summary 👇
#deathanxiety #intoleranceofuncertainty
New year, new preprint alert!! 🤩🚨
We provide new evidence linking intolerance of uncertainty and death anxiety in religious/spiritual individuals.
Link: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
See 🧵 for a brief summary 👇
#deathanxiety #intoleranceofuncertainty
January 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
(1/9)
New year, new preprint alert!! 🤩🚨
We provide new evidence linking intolerance of uncertainty and death anxiety in religious/spiritual individuals.
Link: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
See 🧵 for a brief summary 👇
#deathanxiety #intoleranceofuncertainty
New year, new preprint alert!! 🤩🚨
We provide new evidence linking intolerance of uncertainty and death anxiety in religious/spiritual individuals.
Link: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
See 🧵 for a brief summary 👇
#deathanxiety #intoleranceofuncertainty
Reposted by Shirley Wang
Cool study in JAMA Psychiatry confirms what many have suspected for a while: PHQ (depression questionnaire) instructions are widely misinterpreted by patients. It is unfortunate that a questionnaire as shitty as PHQ-9 has become so ingrained & ubiquitous
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Interpretation Issues With the Patient Health Questionnaire Instructions
This survey study assesses whether responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire reflect symptom frequency and severity.
jamanetwork.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Cool study in JAMA Psychiatry confirms what many have suspected for a while: PHQ (depression questionnaire) instructions are widely misinterpreted by patients. It is unfortunate that a questionnaire as shitty as PHQ-9 has become so ingrained & ubiquitous
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...