Taylor Penwell, M.A. (she/her)
@taylorepenwell.bsky.social
clinical psych phd student @ umontana | eating disorder treatment & barriers, weight stigma, peer support | ohiou alum | lover of all autumn things & my dog *views are my own
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A week ago I got to celebrate being the first person in my family (including my husband’s side) to get a graduate degree!! I’m incredibly thankful for my family that flew out to celebrate & the family and friends who joined the ceremony via zoom. Here’s to 3 (or 4) more years until the last one!
My department clinic is accepting applications our 2026-2027 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship! This is a collaborative training experience based at UM's Clinical Psychology Center (CPC) and Garden City Professionals (GPC). Check it out here:
Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry
Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, Postdoc Interns, Psychology Internships, Psych Internship Matching - APPIC
www.appic.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My department clinic is accepting applications our 2026-2027 Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship! This is a collaborative training experience based at UM's Clinical Psychology Center (CPC) and Garden City Professionals (GPC). Check it out here:
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#HRRC is hiring a Health Equity Researcher for a 2 yr project on systemic health reform.
Virtual | $29–$34/hr | 15 hrs/week | Grant-funded www.humanrightsresearch.org/contributors
#HumanRights #SocialJustice #HealthEquity #Research #HealthEquityResearch #Healthcare #Job #Hiring
Virtual | $29–$34/hr | 15 hrs/week | Grant-funded www.humanrightsresearch.org/contributors
#HumanRights #SocialJustice #HealthEquity #Research #HealthEquityResearch #Healthcare #Job #Hiring
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#HRRC is hiring a Health Equity Researcher for a 2 yr project on systemic health reform.
Virtual | $29–$34/hr | 15 hrs/week | Grant-funded www.humanrightsresearch.org/contributors
#HumanRights #SocialJustice #HealthEquity #Research #HealthEquityResearch #Healthcare #Job #Hiring
Virtual | $29–$34/hr | 15 hrs/week | Grant-funded www.humanrightsresearch.org/contributors
#HumanRights #SocialJustice #HealthEquity #Research #HealthEquityResearch #Healthcare #Job #Hiring
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Trump’s USDA has emailed grocery retailers warning them not to give discounts to SNAP recipients who will not be receiving assistance this month.
While we’re on this topic, it’s a great time to donate to a local food bank if you can.
Diaper banks also need help if you have one nearby.
While we’re on this topic, it’s a great time to donate to a local food bank if you can.
Diaper banks also need help if you have one nearby.
SNAP update: USDA tells grocery stores not to give discounts to customers
The USDA told grocery stores not to give SNAP recipients special discounts as benefits remain unpaid amid the government shutdown.
www.newsweek.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump’s USDA has emailed grocery retailers warning them not to give discounts to SNAP recipients who will not be receiving assistance this month.
While we’re on this topic, it’s a great time to donate to a local food bank if you can.
Diaper banks also need help if you have one nearby.
While we’re on this topic, it’s a great time to donate to a local food bank if you can.
Diaper banks also need help if you have one nearby.
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This is extremely troubling news for those of us who conduct human subjects research.
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is extremely troubling news for those of us who conduct human subjects research.
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A week left to apply for this PhD on eating disorders (ARFID): gw4biomed.ac.uk/unlocking-th... Support on applying: gw4biomed.ac.uk/how-to-apply...
Student Application Support - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
The GW4 BioMed DTP provides a variety of application support, including Candidate Support Webinars and University-specific contacts.
gw4biomed.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A week left to apply for this PhD on eating disorders (ARFID): gw4biomed.ac.uk/unlocking-th... Support on applying: gw4biomed.ac.uk/how-to-apply...
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Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).
After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.
We then talked about what happened. 1/
After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.
We then talked about what happened. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).
After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.
We then talked about what happened. 1/
After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.
We then talked about what happened. 1/
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2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.
September 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.
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The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
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Come join us in Athens! We are hiring a TT assistant professor in our APA accredited clinical psychology program at Ohio University.
We are hiring a TT Assistant Professor (clinical area) at Ohio University!!
Research programs related to child/adolescent clinical psychology, health psychology, transdiagnostic factors related to addiction and disordered eating, and assessment encouraged.
www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/55193
Research programs related to child/adolescent clinical psychology, health psychology, transdiagnostic factors related to addiction and disordered eating, and assessment encouraged.
www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/55193
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)
The Department of Psychology at Ohio University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level within our American Psychological Association-accredited clinica...
www.ohiouniversityjobs.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Come join us in Athens! We are hiring a TT assistant professor in our APA accredited clinical psychology program at Ohio University.
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Are you a woman in midlife (or older) who has struggled with an eating disorder as an adult? A new anthology, “This Is Not Your Mother’s Eating Disorder,”is looking for your story in the form of a personal essay!
You can read more about the anthology and submit your writing here!
You can read more about the anthology and submit your writing here!
Moksha
tinymedanthology.moksha.io
September 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Are you a woman in midlife (or older) who has struggled with an eating disorder as an adult? A new anthology, “This Is Not Your Mother’s Eating Disorder,”is looking for your story in the form of a personal essay!
You can read more about the anthology and submit your writing here!
You can read more about the anthology and submit your writing here!
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Unfortunately, ASFP will not be operating this fall, as our volunteers are facing challenges to the complex technical systems underlying our program. We are deeply frustrated we cannot support every applicant this fall, and hope to be back in fall 2026.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately, ASFP will not be operating this fall, as our volunteers are facing challenges to the complex technical systems underlying our program. We are deeply frustrated we cannot support every applicant this fall, and hope to be back in fall 2026.
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please reconsider any impulse you may have today to engage members of marginalized groups in conversations about people whose hatred of them has been extensive and well-documented. find someone else to talk to about that.
September 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
Transform Lives Through Eating Disorder Treatment - Tiger Giving Day
Almost 30 million Americans — including over 430,000 Alabamians — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Yet access to specialized, affordable treatment remains a critical barrier for m...
tigergiving.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic provides affordable, evidence-based treatment to kids, teens, & adults who would otherwise go without. 💙
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
📌 tigergiving.org/campaigns/tr...
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I’m teaching Drugs & Behavior this semester and offering an alternative assignment in place of research participation where my students will read research articles on substance use and answer questions about the articles. What are some must-read empirical articles you would recommend?
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’m teaching Drugs & Behavior this semester and offering an alternative assignment in place of research participation where my students will read research articles on substance use and answer questions about the articles. What are some must-read empirical articles you would recommend?
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Brilliant work as always @safa-science.bsky.social
New contributed post:
An anonymous scientist who worked on Operation Warp Speed couldn't believe RFK Jr's lying about COVID vaccine data, and sent this to us.
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An anonymous scientist who worked on Operation Warp Speed couldn't believe RFK Jr's lying about COVID vaccine data, and sent this to us.
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Here's the Scientific Data Supporting COVID-19 Vaccines that RFK Jr. Says Do Not Exist
There's lots of data showing COVID-19 vaccines save lives, despite the HHS Secretary's strained denials
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Brilliant work as always @safa-science.bsky.social
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Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
More info in the link!! Please retweet!
More info in the link!! Please retweet!
PPREP Program | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
More info in the link!! Please retweet!
More info in the link!! Please retweet!
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In order to clear the air and prepare the public to understand any falsehoods in Kennedy's announcement, DPH has put together a review of what research truly tells us about ASD, including why the whole notion of an "autism epidemic" is false.
Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder: What We Already Know From Scientific Evidence | Defend Public Health
With Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to announce what he believes are the causes of autism this month, Defend Public Health is preemptively warning the public not t...
www.defendpublichealth.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In order to clear the air and prepare the public to understand any falsehoods in Kennedy's announcement, DPH has put together a review of what research truly tells us about ASD, including why the whole notion of an "autism epidemic" is false.
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I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com
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🌟The REPEAT Lab at VCU (PI: Dr. Annie Haynos) in Richmond, VA is hiring a clinical research coordinator! 🌟 We use various methods (fMRI, EMA, computational modeling) to study neurobiological mechanisms and treatment for eating disorders & other disorders of rigidity. Post will be open for 1 week! 🧠📊
July 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🌟The REPEAT Lab at VCU (PI: Dr. Annie Haynos) in Richmond, VA is hiring a clinical research coordinator! 🌟 We use various methods (fMRI, EMA, computational modeling) to study neurobiological mechanisms and treatment for eating disorders & other disorders of rigidity. Post will be open for 1 week! 🧠📊
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📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on a newly-funded R01 aiming to optimize a digital intervention for #eatingdisorders and contribute to other research in this space! Remote candidates may be considered. Start spring/sum 26 (or sooner!). Pls share!
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences
Position Summary This position will primarily support the implementation of a newly funded National Institute of Mental Health R01 grant focused on optimizing a digital chatbot intervention for eating...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on a newly-funded R01 aiming to optimize a digital intervention for #eatingdisorders and contribute to other research in this space! Remote candidates may be considered. Start spring/sum 26 (or sooner!). Pls share!
wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
So excited to present some of my thesis results exploring people's experiences working with coaches for eating disorder recovery at the @abctnow.bsky.social & @abct-edeb-sig.bsky.social SIG Cocktail Hour!
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
So excited to present some of my thesis results exploring people's experiences working with coaches for eating disorder recovery at the @abctnow.bsky.social & @abct-edeb-sig.bsky.social SIG Cocktail Hour!
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There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
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Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
August 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
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@repeatlab.bsky.social is looking to hire 2-3 Part-time Clinical Interventionists to start this Fall! Interventionalists will conduct remote therapy sessions for a clinical trial comparing 2 therapies (CBT & Positive Affect Treatment) to support adults in the process of recovery from AN and AAN 🧵1/6
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@repeatlab.bsky.social is looking to hire 2-3 Part-time Clinical Interventionists to start this Fall! Interventionalists will conduct remote therapy sessions for a clinical trial comparing 2 therapies (CBT & Positive Affect Treatment) to support adults in the process of recovery from AN and AAN 🧵1/6
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Sharing and advancing science has never been more important. With that said, I'm pleased to share our new @acamh.bsky.social JCPP Annual Research Review on the neural mechanisms of pediatric eating disorders: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Eating disorders are prevalent and profoundly debilitating psychiatric conditions with multifactorial etiology that frequently manifest during adolescence. This developmental stage is characterized b...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sharing and advancing science has never been more important. With that said, I'm pleased to share our new @acamh.bsky.social JCPP Annual Research Review on the neural mechanisms of pediatric eating disorders: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...