Timothy J. McDermott, PhD
@timmcdermottphd.bsky.social
Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Riddle Lab at Florida State University | Clinical Neuroscience Research | he/him
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GS: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&tzom=300&user=lXrKOEUAAAAJ
RG: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Mcdermott-4
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Great opportunity for senior doc students, postdocs, and new faculty.... adaa.org/conference/c...
Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership (CDLP) Program - ADAA Conference Award
Annual leadership award for early career professionals providing for an intensive mentoring and professional development opportunity at ADAA's Annual Conference. The awards also include a $1,000 cash ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Great opportunity for senior doc students, postdocs, and new faculty.... adaa.org/conference/c...
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This is profoundly sad. We lost a true pioneer in the field of psychiatry
Sincere condolences to his family friends and collaborators
Sincere condolences to his family friends and collaborators
October 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is profoundly sad. We lost a true pioneer in the field of psychiatry
Sincere condolences to his family friends and collaborators
Sincere condolences to his family friends and collaborators
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Congrats to Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Kate Webb on her new #ClimateChange & #GlobalMentalHealth award to support her collaborative work in S. Africa on how air pollution affects inflammatory & gut microbiome biomarkers & mental health outcomes, funded by Duke Global Health Institute. 🌟
Kate Webb, PhD
Kate Webb, PhD
October 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congrats to Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Kate Webb on her new #ClimateChange & #GlobalMentalHealth award to support her collaborative work in S. Africa on how air pollution affects inflammatory & gut microbiome biomarkers & mental health outcomes, funded by Duke Global Health Institute. 🌟
Kate Webb, PhD
Kate Webb, PhD
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Check out our preprint on ethical and legal considerations regarding Mendelian Imputation of missing parental genotypes! The method raises tricky questions about informed consent and potential harm. We highlight gaps in current practice and provide recommendations for researchers and IRBs.
New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations
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OSF
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August 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Check out our preprint on ethical and legal considerations regarding Mendelian Imputation of missing parental genotypes! The method raises tricky questions about informed consent and potential harm. We highlight gaps in current practice and provide recommendations for researchers and IRBs.
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The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied.
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The lateral prefrontal cortex 🧠— which we think of as critical for goal driven behavior + is a target for psychiatric treatments— is fundamentally different in individuals relative to the group averages we’ve often studied.
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
👇see preprint and thread, led by Zach Ladwig
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
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Our NASEM Committee Report on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health impacts of school active shooter drills is now out. A big thanks to the National Academies, the Department of Education, and the stellar committee that got this done.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2910...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2910...
School Active Shooter Drills: Mitigating Risks to Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Our NASEM Committee Report on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health impacts of school active shooter drills is now out. A big thanks to the National Academies, the Department of Education, and the stellar committee that got this done.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2910...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2910...
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I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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My brilliant labmate, Keith Dodd, created this non-aggressive denoising pipeline for fMRI data for his dissertation! It has been super useful on some of our high-motion datasets, and I highly suggest folks check it out for their own studies 🧠📈🪲:
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
CICADA: An automated and flexible tool for comprehensive fMRI noise reduction
Abstract. Independent component analysis (ICA) denoising methods can be highly effective for reducing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) noise. ICA denoising method success heavily depends, ...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My brilliant labmate, Keith Dodd, created this non-aggressive denoising pipeline for fMRI data for his dissertation! It has been super useful on some of our high-motion datasets, and I highly suggest folks check it out for their own studies 🧠📈🪲:
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Health is more than the absence of disease, and depends on harmony across multiple brain-body systems. We need more research on whole-person health! The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) @thenccih.bsky.social funds vital whole-person research. RP and #KEEP_NCCIH!
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Health is more than the absence of disease, and depends on harmony across multiple brain-body systems. We need more research on whole-person health! The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) @thenccih.bsky.social funds vital whole-person research. RP and #KEEP_NCCIH!
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A few years ago, I (w/2 other training directors) participated in an SSCP Q&A on the #ClinicalPsych internship application process. Thinking about applicants who like to use this time of year to get a head start on the process, I thought it might be another good time to share...
July 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A few years ago, I (w/2 other training directors) participated in an SSCP Q&A on the #ClinicalPsych internship application process. Thinking about applicants who like to use this time of year to get a head start on the process, I thought it might be another good time to share...
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Submissions are NOW OPEN for poster abstracts for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. You must be registered for the meeting before you can submit a poster. Deadline to submit is August 28, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. https://bit.ly/3TXuYcz #ACNP2026
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Submissions are NOW OPEN for poster abstracts for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. You must be registered for the meeting before you can submit a poster. Deadline to submit is August 28, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. https://bit.ly/3TXuYcz #ACNP2026
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My most favorite week of the year! 🎉
#IHN is one of the leading #neuroscience research institutes using #MEG technology in the world!
Today, we kicked off our 3-day #MEGbootcamp to train new #gradstudents #RA & staff on this powerful instrument.#neuroimaging @heinrichs-graham.bsky.social @giorgia-picci.bsky.social @tmi-lab.bsky.social
Today, we kicked off our 3-day #MEGbootcamp to train new #gradstudents #RA & staff on this powerful instrument.#neuroimaging @heinrichs-graham.bsky.social @giorgia-picci.bsky.social @tmi-lab.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My most favorite week of the year! 🎉
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Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
ACT NOW! Tell Congress to Reject Unprecedented Funding Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to urge Congress to reject the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal that seeks to cut $163 billion across the federal government. This would have signific...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
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RFK Jr says autism research is a priority, and that he wants to find the cause of the condition by September.
He's also overseen a 26% cut to autism research at NIH, per @disabilityscoop.bsky.social.
He's also overseen a 26% cut to autism research at NIH, per @disabilityscoop.bsky.social.
NIH Autism Research Funding Down 26% Under Trump, Analysis Shows
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging autism rates, but a new analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut funding for such research by double digit...
www.disabilityscoop.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RFK Jr says autism research is a priority, and that he wants to find the cause of the condition by September.
He's also overseen a 26% cut to autism research at NIH, per @disabilityscoop.bsky.social.
He's also overseen a 26% cut to autism research at NIH, per @disabilityscoop.bsky.social.
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH:
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH:
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Excited about this!
Wednesday June 4th, Dr. @negarfani.bsky.social (Emory University) will present on neurophysiological signatures of stress in minoritized populations and how neurostimulation can support stress relief.
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
May 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excited about this!
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Wednesday June 4th, Dr. @negarfani.bsky.social (Emory University) will present on neurophysiological signatures of stress in minoritized populations and how neurostimulation can support stress relief.
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
May 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wednesday June 4th, Dr. @negarfani.bsky.social (Emory University) will present on neurophysiological signatures of stress in minoritized populations and how neurostimulation can support stress relief.
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
Join live via Zoom: ColumbiaPsychiatry.org/Grand-Rounds
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Finally getting to post the thread on this, and excited to force you all to read some of the new work from our group on trying to understand if traumatic stress might impact reactivity to basic stimuli.
Or, honestly, where we asked “what if we just flash a checkerboard at trauma survivors?” 1/🧵
Or, honestly, where we asked “what if we just flash a checkerboard at trauma survivors?” 1/🧵
🆕 in DPN from our EB member @nateurneuro.bsky.social, @brainstorm12.bsky.social & @irosso.bsky.social et al:
Traumatic stress alters neural reactivity to visual stimulation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Traumatic stress alters neural reactivity to visual stimulation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Traumatic stress alters neural reactivity to visual stimulation - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
This study investigated if exposure to traumatic stress altered brain activity to basic visual stimulation. The authors found that recent trauma survivors showed altered activity within the visual cor...
www.nature.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Finally getting to post the thread on this, and excited to force you all to read some of the new work from our group on trying to understand if traumatic stress might impact reactivity to basic stimuli.
Or, honestly, where we asked “what if we just flash a checkerboard at trauma survivors?” 1/🧵
Or, honestly, where we asked “what if we just flash a checkerboard at trauma survivors?” 1/🧵
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The BEAR Lab will be opening it's doors in July at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and we are looking for our first Research Tech! This position will help with funded MRI studies looking at the brain and alcohol use. More info: bearlab.science/contact/ #neuroscience #psychology #sciencejobs
Contact
We are actively recruiting a Research Technologist! (start date ~7/1/25) Job ad is coming soon. This position will primarily assist with funded studies examining brain function in people who drink …
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March 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The BEAR Lab will be opening it's doors in July at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and we are looking for our first Research Tech! This position will help with funded MRI studies looking at the brain and alcohol use. More info: bearlab.science/contact/ #neuroscience #psychology #sciencejobs
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Huge congrats to @clairelavalley.bsky.social on this new paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Results show that methamphetamine users show a specific deficit in model-based planning, in which they fail to simulate plans with large short-term losses (elevated aversive pruning). Brief thread below!
Computational mechanisms underlying multi-step planning deficits in methamphetamine use disorder - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Computational mechanisms underlying multi-step planning deficits in methamphetamine use disorder
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May 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Huge congrats to @clairelavalley.bsky.social on this new paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Results show that methamphetamine users show a specific deficit in model-based planning, in which they fail to simulate plans with large short-term losses (elevated aversive pruning). Brief thread below!
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🚨🧬 New preprint! We tested whether PGS predicted global functioning across psychiatric hospitalization among 5991 people with schizophrenia. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Polygenic Scores for Schizophrenia and Educational Attainment Predict Global Functioning Across Psychiatric Hospitalization Among People with Schizophrenia
Question Is variation in global functioning among people with schizophrenia associated with genetic differences?
Findings In this genetic association study of 5991 adults with schizophrenia and 59,79...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨🧬 New preprint! We tested whether PGS predicted global functioning across psychiatric hospitalization among 5991 people with schizophrenia. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Federal funding plays a critical role in supporting life-saving research. In the recent APA Div56 newsletter, we outline how Trump policies place trauma research at risk and emphasize the importance of collective action.
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
May 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Federal funding plays a critical role in supporting life-saving research. In the recent APA Div56 newsletter, we outline how Trump policies place trauma research at risk and emphasize the importance of collective action.
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
apatraumadivision.org/spring-2025-...
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🚨New Postdoc Opportunity
We have an opening for a postdoc jointly mentored by
Justin Baker and me for work on digital therapeutics and passive sensing using smartphones and wearables (smartwatches + smart rings). More info 👉: webbslab.com/job-postings
Please RT & share!
We have an opening for a postdoc jointly mentored by
Justin Baker and me for work on digital therapeutics and passive sensing using smartphones and wearables (smartwatches + smart rings). More info 👉: webbslab.com/job-postings
Please RT & share!
May 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨New Postdoc Opportunity
We have an opening for a postdoc jointly mentored by
Justin Baker and me for work on digital therapeutics and passive sensing using smartphones and wearables (smartwatches + smart rings). More info 👉: webbslab.com/job-postings
Please RT & share!
We have an opening for a postdoc jointly mentored by
Justin Baker and me for work on digital therapeutics and passive sensing using smartphones and wearables (smartwatches + smart rings). More info 👉: webbslab.com/job-postings
Please RT & share!
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Congratulations to co-first author @clairelavalley.bsky.social on validating this new performance-based measure of social emotion regulation ability: emotionandpsychopathology.org/journal/arti...
In psychopathology, this may be crucial for maintaining social support. We hope others find it useful!
In psychopathology, this may be crucial for maintaining social support. We hope others find it useful!
The Inter-Personal Affect Regulation Test (IPART): Development and Validation of a Performance-Based Assessment of the Ability to Improve the Emotions of Others
| Journal of Emotion and Psyc...
emotionandpsychopathology.org
April 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Congratulations to co-first author @clairelavalley.bsky.social on validating this new performance-based measure of social emotion regulation ability: emotionandpsychopathology.org/journal/arti...
In psychopathology, this may be crucial for maintaining social support. We hope others find it useful!
In psychopathology, this may be crucial for maintaining social support. We hope others find it useful!