Alexis Brieant
@abrieant.bsky.social
Assistant professor @UVMvermont | Developmental psychologist studying adversity, 🧠 development, & mental health | #FGLI | she/her | fernlab-uvm.com | views are my own
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Alexis Brieant
@abrieant.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment Lab | UVM
The Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment (FERN) Lab is a research team at the University of Vermont (UVM) committed to studying how and why stress and adversity affect brain developme...
www.fernlab-uvm.com
I'll be reviewing applications for developmental and biobehavioral psychology PhD students this cycle (not clinical). More info and FAQs here! www.fernlab-uvm.com
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🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
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If you think your kids aren't old enough to hear about what's happening in this country, remember that there are millions of kids their same age who don't have that choice.
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you think your kids aren't old enough to hear about what's happening in this country, remember that there are millions of kids their same age who don't have that choice.
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Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75
Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75
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SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
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📣 I am excited to be recruiting PhD students to my lab in Psychology and Neuroscience at UGA! If you are applying for Fall 2026 and passionate about environmental effects on brain function, plasticity, and behavior development, consider joining me in Athens!
psychology.uga.edu/how-apply-ou...
psychology.uga.edu/how-apply-ou...
How to Apply to Our Graduate Programs
The department offers two graduate degrees: the Ph.D.
psychology.uga.edu
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📣 I am excited to be recruiting PhD students to my lab in Psychology and Neuroscience at UGA! If you are applying for Fall 2026 and passionate about environmental effects on brain function, plasticity, and behavior development, consider joining me in Athens!
psychology.uga.edu/how-apply-ou...
psychology.uga.edu/how-apply-ou...
New lab paper in DCN! 🧠 We conducted interviews with adolescents to better understand their perceptions of neuroscience research and barriers to participation, w/qualitative data that is shaping how we design lab studies & efforts to increase representation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Understanding barriers to adolescent participation in developmental neuroscience research
Increasing representation of youth in developmental neuroscience research is essential to elucidating neurobiological mechanisms of cognition, behavio…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New lab paper in DCN! 🧠 We conducted interviews with adolescents to better understand their perceptions of neuroscience research and barriers to participation, w/qualitative data that is shaping how we design lab studies & efforts to increase representation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📣 Calling 2nd-year grad students and their mentors:
You just abruptly lost the ability to apply for the NSF grad research fellowship.
Join ~900 others (and growing!) in signing @omfishient.bsky.social's petition to reverse that.
[Or reshare this petition if you're not directly impacted]
You just abruptly lost the ability to apply for the NSF grad research fellowship.
Join ~900 others (and growing!) in signing @omfishient.bsky.social's petition to reverse that.
[Or reshare this petition if you're not directly impacted]
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📣 Calling 2nd-year grad students and their mentors:
You just abruptly lost the ability to apply for the NSF grad research fellowship.
Join ~900 others (and growing!) in signing @omfishient.bsky.social's petition to reverse that.
[Or reshare this petition if you're not directly impacted]
You just abruptly lost the ability to apply for the NSF grad research fellowship.
Join ~900 others (and growing!) in signing @omfishient.bsky.social's petition to reverse that.
[Or reshare this petition if you're not directly impacted]
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You cannot keep your head down and expect to sneak through the next three years unaffected.
We MUST come together and say “NO!”
Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.
You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.
We MUST come together and say “NO!”
Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.
You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You cannot keep your head down and expect to sneak through the next three years unaffected.
We MUST come together and say “NO!”
Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.
You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.
We MUST come together and say “NO!”
Suppression of freedoms *always* starts at universities and in the press.
You’ve got like 5 seconds to wake up.
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bb's first podcast.
Here's my conversation w/ Heather McSherry abt @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, science, power, organizing, & the existential threats to public health in this precipice moment.
www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...
@pathogenscribe.bsky.social @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social
Here's my conversation w/ Heather McSherry abt @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, science, power, organizing, & the existential threats to public health in this precipice moment.
www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...
@pathogenscribe.bsky.social @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social
From Evidence to Power: Organizing for Public Health with Jon Shaffer, PhD
Sociologist–organizer Jon Shaffer, PhD, joins Infectious Dose to explain why organizing—not just evidence—wins public-health protections, how DPH is building state teams, and what you can do next.
www.infectiousdose.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
bb's first podcast.
Here's my conversation w/ Heather McSherry abt @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, science, power, organizing, & the existential threats to public health in this precipice moment.
www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...
@pathogenscribe.bsky.social @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social
Here's my conversation w/ Heather McSherry abt @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, science, power, organizing, & the existential threats to public health in this precipice moment.
www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...
@pathogenscribe.bsky.social @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social
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I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States
The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....
phxc1b.rfer.us
September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo
I'll be reviewing applications for developmental and biobehavioral psychology PhD students this cycle (not clinical). More info and FAQs here! www.fernlab-uvm.com
Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment Lab | UVM
The Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment (FERN) Lab is a research team at the University of Vermont (UVM) committed to studying how and why stress and adversity affect brain developme...
www.fernlab-uvm.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'll be reviewing applications for developmental and biobehavioral psychology PhD students this cycle (not clinical). More info and FAQs here! www.fernlab-uvm.com
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Anyone offering a course on digital mental health these days? Would love a peek at your syllabus 👀
September 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Anyone offering a course on digital mental health these days? Would love a peek at your syllabus 👀
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If you're looking at pre-6.0 ABCD results with subcortical rs-fMRI correlations, the labels are all wrong! We reported a result as Auditory - L Putamen, but it it was actually Default Mode - L Cerebellum. docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If you're looking at pre-6.0 ABCD results with subcortical rs-fMRI correlations, the labels are all wrong! We reported a result as Auditory - L Putamen, but it it was actually Default Mode - L Cerebellum. docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...
Reposted by Alexis Brieant
Shameless plug that I'm on the job market! As a postdoc at Stanford's Center on Early Childhood, I study how children navigate growing up in poverty, w/ attention to both the challenges they face & the adaptive strengths they develop. To learn more & download my CV, see www.meriahdejoseph.com
Meriah L. DeJoseph, PhD
www.meriahdejoseph.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Shameless plug that I'm on the job market! As a postdoc at Stanford's Center on Early Childhood, I study how children navigate growing up in poverty, w/ attention to both the challenges they face & the adaptive strengths they develop. To learn more & download my CV, see www.meriahdejoseph.com
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My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
Mark Chen | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...
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Really enjoyed speaking about adversity and the developing brain today at the final symposium session of #flux2025
So grateful to everyone that turned up. And of course to my fellow speakers and brilliant chair @abrieant.bsky.social
So grateful to everyone that turned up. And of course to my fellow speakers and brilliant chair @abrieant.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Really enjoyed speaking about adversity and the developing brain today at the final symposium session of #flux2025
So grateful to everyone that turned up. And of course to my fellow speakers and brilliant chair @abrieant.bsky.social
So grateful to everyone that turned up. And of course to my fellow speakers and brilliant chair @abrieant.bsky.social
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OMG I can't believe Taylor Swift and Beyonce are coming to our symposium at 3pm!!!
Higgins Suite!! That's up the stairs from where all the other talks have been.
Join us.
Higgins Suite!! That's up the stairs from where all the other talks have been.
Join us.
Excited to be in Dublin for #Flux2025! Stick around for the final symposium session on Saturday 3-4:15 with this all-star lineup 🤩 @danibeck.bsky.social @herzberg-mp.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
OMG I can't believe Taylor Swift and Beyonce are coming to our symposium at 3pm!!!
Higgins Suite!! That's up the stairs from where all the other talks have been.
Join us.
Higgins Suite!! That's up the stairs from where all the other talks have been.
Join us.
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Huge congrats to Dr. Lucinda Sisk on receiving the Flux Dissertation Award! 🎉 @fluxsociety.bsky.social #Flux2025
September 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Huge congrats to Dr. Lucinda Sisk on receiving the Flux Dissertation Award! 🎉 @fluxsociety.bsky.social #Flux2025
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Climate change is reshaping human development. ISSBD members, especially those from LMICs, are invited to share work on risks, resilience, and policy. Abstracts due Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/3VhXUOh
#ClimateChange #HumanDevelopment
#ClimateChange #HumanDevelopment
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Climate change is reshaping human development. ISSBD members, especially those from LMICs, are invited to share work on risks, resilience, and policy. Abstracts due Oct 15, 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/3VhXUOh
#ClimateChange #HumanDevelopment
#ClimateChange #HumanDevelopment
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Hi all! It looks like I *will* be able to take a new student this year! If you are interested in perinatal mental health, cognitive bias, and/or cats, apply to work with me at UVM! :)
a pusheen cat with the words let me join my dude below it
Alt: a pusheen cat with the words let me join my dude below it
media.tenor.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hi all! It looks like I *will* be able to take a new student this year! If you are interested in perinatal mental health, cognitive bias, and/or cats, apply to work with me at UVM! :)
Excited to be in Dublin for #Flux2025! Stick around for the final symposium session on Saturday 3-4:15 with this all-star lineup 🤩 @danibeck.bsky.social @herzberg-mp.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Excited to be in Dublin for #Flux2025! Stick around for the final symposium session on Saturday 3-4:15 with this all-star lineup 🤩 @danibeck.bsky.social @herzberg-mp.bsky.social
We're hiring in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont-- spread the word!
University of Vermont is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Clinical Psych! Come work with me! I love it here so far :)
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
Assistant Professor of Psychological Science: Clinical Psychologist
Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track
www.uvmjobs.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We're hiring in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont-- spread the word!
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University of Vermont is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Clinical Psych! Come work with me! I love it here so far :)
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
Assistant Professor of Psychological Science: Clinical Psychologist
Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track
www.uvmjobs.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
University of Vermont is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Clinical Psych! Come work with me! I love it here so far :)
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
www.uvmjobs.com/postings/81602
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Our paper - Neuroimaging Insights into Adolescent Depression and Development - is now out in Nature Mental Health! 🧠 Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors @yaratoenders.bsky.social and @cktamnes.bsky.social. I loved bringing these ideas together with you! rdcu.be/eugUM
Neuroimaging insights into adolescent depression risk and development
Nature Mental Health - Adolescence marks a critical period for the onset of depression, yet the neurobiological mechanisms remain unclear. Here the authors review literature linking adolescent...
rdcu.be
July 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our paper - Neuroimaging Insights into Adolescent Depression and Development - is now out in Nature Mental Health! 🧠 Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors @yaratoenders.bsky.social and @cktamnes.bsky.social. I loved bringing these ideas together with you! rdcu.be/eugUM
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The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available!
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
NBDC Data Hub
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Sharing Platform: Unifying ABCD and HBCD data management in one powerful platform.
www.nbdc-datahub.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub is now available!
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social
•Researchers can explore ABCD & HBCD Study data in one place – with robust query & data analysis tools, documentation, & workflows
•Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org
@theabcdstudy.bsky.social