Shannon O'Connor
@soconnorphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at @utoledopsych.bsky.social | Researcher of eating disorders, behavior genetics, food insecurity | Director of the @befedlab.bsky.social | she/her/hers | Opinions my own
BeFedlab.com
BeFedlab.com
Happy to share this recent pub:
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Who is Willing to Participate in Genetic Research? Exploring Barriers and Predictors - Behavior Genetics
The lack of racial and ethnic diversity in samples used within the field of human genetics research has been well-documented. However, factors driving the under-representation of individuals who are n...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy to share this recent pub:
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Non-white identities, lower income, & mistrust in research were associated with lower willingness to participate in genetic research. Increased transparency, community partnership, and equitable compensation may increase willingness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
One of the best humans you'll ever meet is hiring!!!
Fantastic opportunity for folks post-bacc or post-MA to assist with innovative neuroscience research in eating disorders!
Fantastic opportunity for folks post-bacc or post-MA to assist with innovative neuroscience research in eating disorders!
📣 Exciting news - the lab is growing! I'm hiring a Research Assistant to join the lab to work on translational research examining neural mechanisms underlying binge eating and eating disorders! If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass along! 🐀🧠 careers.upmc.com/job/22707636...
Research Assistant, UPMC
Apply for Research Assistant at UPMC
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December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of the best humans you'll ever meet is hiring!!!
Fantastic opportunity for folks post-bacc or post-MA to assist with innovative neuroscience research in eating disorders!
Fantastic opportunity for folks post-bacc or post-MA to assist with innovative neuroscience research in eating disorders!
I'm late to posting this announcement this year, but I'll be reviewing applications this cycle for the Clinical Psychology PhD program at the University of Toledo.
Please share with anyone interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating. Check out BeFedLab.com for more details.
Please share with anyone interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating. Check out BeFedLab.com for more details.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm late to posting this announcement this year, but I'll be reviewing applications this cycle for the Clinical Psychology PhD program at the University of Toledo.
Please share with anyone interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating. Check out BeFedLab.com for more details.
Please share with anyone interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating. Check out BeFedLab.com for more details.
We are still accepting applications (due December 10th). Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Please share with anyone on the job market this cycle!
Please share with anyone on the job market this cycle!
📣 We’re hiring! Tenure-track position open in the Department of Psychology to support our Clinical and/or Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Apply today! 🧠 #AcademicJobs #PsychScience
Please share widely!
careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Please share widely!
careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Assistant Professor, Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Toledo invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical or Experimental Psychology. We welcome applicants whose scholarship add...
careers.utoledo.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are still accepting applications (due December 10th). Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Please share with anyone on the job market this cycle!
Please share with anyone on the job market this cycle!
My lab, the BeFed Lab, has (finally) made the jump to BlueSky! Give us a follow if you'd like to stay up to date on the happenings within our lab!
Hi BlueSky! We’re the BeFed (Biological and Environmental Factors underlying Eating Disorders) Lab. Located in @utoledopsych.bsky.social, our research group is interested in exploring the complex factors that influence eating behaviors.
Excited to connect, share science, and join the conversation!
Excited to connect, share science, and join the conversation!
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My lab, the BeFed Lab, has (finally) made the jump to BlueSky! Give us a follow if you'd like to stay up to date on the happenings within our lab!
Come join our team in Toledo! 🎉
The Psychology Department is excited to welcome a new colleague to support our Clinical and Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Please share will anyone on the job market this cycle!
The Psychology Department is excited to welcome a new colleague to support our Clinical and Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Please share will anyone on the job market this cycle!
📣 We’re hiring! Tenure-track position open in the Department of Psychology to support our Clinical and/or Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Apply today! 🧠 #AcademicJobs #PsychScience
Please share widely!
careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Please share widely!
careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Assistant Professor, Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Toledo invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical or Experimental Psychology. We welcome applicants whose scholarship add...
careers.utoledo.edu
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come join our team in Toledo! 🎉
The Psychology Department is excited to welcome a new colleague to support our Clinical and Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Please share will anyone on the job market this cycle!
The Psychology Department is excited to welcome a new colleague to support our Clinical and Experimental Psychology PhD programs. Please share will anyone on the job market this cycle!
Reposted by Shannon O'Connor
So grateful to the teens who shared their experiences with us to help develop the Co-occurring Insecurities Model, a new working theoretical model to explain the link between #foodinsecurity and #bingeeating. Full text: authors.elsevier.com/a/1loUMiVKTo...
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So grateful to the teens who shared their experiences with us to help develop the Co-occurring Insecurities Model, a new working theoretical model to explain the link between #foodinsecurity and #bingeeating. Full text: authors.elsevier.com/a/1loUMiVKTo...
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Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop collecting data about food insecurity in the U.S.
Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
#FoodPolicy #News
Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
#FoodPolicy #News
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
www.npr.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop collecting data about food insecurity in the U.S.
Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
#FoodPolicy #News
Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
#FoodPolicy #News
Congratulations @emilyacademia.bsky.social on this milestone! 🙌
This pub is a testament to your hard work and perseverance. It was an honor to work with you- can't wait to see where your research takes you next!
This pub is a testament to your hard work and perseverance. It was an honor to work with you- can't wait to see where your research takes you next!
Finally published! 🎉
So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
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So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
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August 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Congratulations @emilyacademia.bsky.social on this milestone! 🙌
This pub is a testament to your hard work and perseverance. It was an honor to work with you- can't wait to see where your research takes you next!
This pub is a testament to your hard work and perseverance. It was an honor to work with you- can't wait to see where your research takes you next!
I'll take any happy news I can find these days... and this was very happy news to wake up to this morning! 😊
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/02....
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/02....
UToledo Recognized Among the Nation’s Leading Research Institutions with Carnegie R1 Classification | UToledo News
UToledo earned the recognition for very high research activity in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education announced today.
news.utoledo.edu
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'll take any happy news I can find these days... and this was very happy news to wake up to this morning! 😊
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/02....
news.utoledo.edu/index.php/02....
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January 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Reposted by Shannon O'Connor
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR!
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@cherilev.bsky.social and the EAT Lab team are hiring SUMMER INTERNS to work with us in 2025!
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Interested in learning more?! Check out our website: louisvilleeatlab.com/now-hiring.html
We look forward to reviewing your materials!
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@cherilev.bsky.social and the EAT Lab team are hiring SUMMER INTERNS to work with us in 2025!
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Interested in learning more?! Check out our website: louisvilleeatlab.com/now-hiring.html
We look forward to reviewing your materials!
Now hiring!
Summer Intern Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Lab Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences University of Louisville Dr. Levinson, the Director of the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Lab at the...
louisvilleeatlab.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:42 PM
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@cherilev.bsky.social and the EAT Lab team are hiring SUMMER INTERNS to work with us in 2025!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interested in learning more?! Check out our website: louisvilleeatlab.com/now-hiring.html
We look forward to reviewing your materials!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@cherilev.bsky.social and the EAT Lab team are hiring SUMMER INTERNS to work with us in 2025!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interested in learning more?! Check out our website: louisvilleeatlab.com/now-hiring.html
We look forward to reviewing your materials!
Reposted by Shannon O'Connor
Excited to share our infographic and social media toolkit based on our ( @sambedard.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social @uofleatlab.bsky.social & Project HEAL) recent paper on barriers to eating disorder treatment access!
Check out the social media toolkit here: www.theprojectheal.org/reportedbarr...
Check out the social media toolkit here: www.theprojectheal.org/reportedbarr...
November 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Excited to share our infographic and social media toolkit based on our ( @sambedard.bsky.social @cherilev.bsky.social @uofleatlab.bsky.social & Project HEAL) recent paper on barriers to eating disorder treatment access!
Check out the social media toolkit here: www.theprojectheal.org/reportedbarr...
Check out the social media toolkit here: www.theprojectheal.org/reportedbarr...
Reposted by Shannon O'Connor
Will be drip feeding some of my research in the coming weeks to (re)introduce myself to folks on here!
Going to start with this one where a bunch of us wrote about the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...
Going to start with this one where a bunch of us wrote about the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...
November 25, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Will be drip feeding some of my research in the coming weeks to (re)introduce myself to folks on here!
Going to start with this one where a bunch of us wrote about the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...
Going to start with this one where a bunch of us wrote about the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...
Reposted by Shannon O'Connor
November 23, 2024 at 2:25 AM
✨I'm recruiting a PhD student to join me at the University of Toledo starting in Fall 2025. Please share with those who may be interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating✨
Note my new affiliation as many resources likely list me at my prior institution
Applications due December 1st!
Note my new affiliation as many resources likely list me at my prior institution
Applications due December 1st!
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
✨I'm recruiting a PhD student to join me at the University of Toledo starting in Fall 2025. Please share with those who may be interested in exploring risk factors for disordered eating✨
Note my new affiliation as many resources likely list me at my prior institution
Applications due December 1st!
Note my new affiliation as many resources likely list me at my prior institution
Applications due December 1st!