April Smith, PhD
@aprilrosesmith.bsky.social
Alumni Professor at Auburn Univ; Director of the Research on Eating Disorders and Suicidality (REDS) Lab; co-director of Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic; eating disorders, suicide, interoception; redslab.org; she/hers; opinions don't reflect my employer
We loved having @kefancathywu.bsky.social and Rachel Torres from the @uofleatlab.bsky.social lab visit us virtually! And so great to see practice #abct2025 talks from @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social and @cmcurran410.bsky.social!
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We loved having @kefancathywu.bsky.social and Rachel Torres from the @uofleatlab.bsky.social lab visit us virtually! And so great to see practice #abct2025 talks from @rachelfrietchen.bsky.social and @cmcurran410.bsky.social!
Loved getting to give this talk on dealing with rejections...turns out talking about getting rejected is very cathartic. And hopefully helps normalize the process. Because trust me, I get rejected ALL. THE. TIME.
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Loved getting to give this talk on dealing with rejections...turns out talking about getting rejected is very cathartic. And hopefully helps normalize the process. Because trust me, I get rejected ALL. THE. TIME.
Alright these school dress up days have reached a new level of ridiculousness. Sure, let me pull out the tiny firefighter suit I happen to have just laying around 🤣
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Alright these school dress up days have reached a new level of ridiculousness. Sure, let me pull out the tiny firefighter suit I happen to have just laying around 🤣
Always so fun to get to catch up with my intern bestie on some conference runs and city walks!
September 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Always so fun to get to catch up with my intern bestie on some conference runs and city walks!
What a great #edrs2025! Loved getting to hear about the exciting things our current and former REDS labers are doing on internship, post-doc, and professorship!
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What a great #edrs2025! Loved getting to hear about the exciting things our current and former REDS labers are doing on internship, post-doc, and professorship!
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:
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We need your help to keep funding our 2nd clinician + client scholarships:
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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...
Congrats to @laurenpictor.bsky.social for successfully defending her master's thesis! Stay tuned for the results!
August 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congrats to @laurenpictor.bsky.social for successfully defending her master's thesis! Stay tuned for the results!
Huge congratulations to Will Grunewald for successfully rocking out his dissertation ahead of his internship start date!
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Huge congratulations to Will Grunewald for successfully rocking out his dissertation ahead of his internship start date!
Very excited to officially welcome @cmcurran410.bsky.social to the REDS lab as our new project coordinator! @ryleelusich.bsky.social will be dearly missed and we're so excited for her next steps!
June 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Very excited to officially welcome @cmcurran410.bsky.social to the REDS lab as our new project coordinator! @ryleelusich.bsky.social will be dearly missed and we're so excited for her next steps!
Great time with REDS labers at Pride on the Plains!
June 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great time with REDS labers at Pride on the Plains!
And that's a wrap on #iced2025! Thank you to everyone that helped plan and participated in this conference!! Your voices helped make this a great conference. I know I'm biased, but this was one of my favorite ICEDs ever!
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And that's a wrap on #iced2025! Thank you to everyone that helped plan and participated in this conference!! Your voices helped make this a great conference. I know I'm biased, but this was one of my favorite ICEDs ever!
And thank you to discussant Steve Wonderlich!
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And thank you to discussant Steve Wonderlich!
Cheers to amazing chairs, Lauren Forest and Nadia Craddock!
May 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Cheers to amazing chairs, Lauren Forest and Nadia Craddock!
@laurenharris.bsky.social presented an incredible meta-analysis of 600+ studies of predictors of ED onset, maintenance, and recovery. Even "strong" Single predictors were weakly related to outcomes.
May 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@laurenharris.bsky.social presented an incredible meta-analysis of 600+ studies of predictors of ED onset, maintenance, and recovery. Even "strong" Single predictors were weakly related to outcomes.
HUGE congrats to @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social whose #iced2025 poster was one of the top 10 of the conference! 🏅
May 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
HUGE congrats to @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social whose #iced2025 poster was one of the top 10 of the conference! 🏅
Wonderful dinner with REDS labers past, present, and future!
May 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wonderful dinner with REDS labers past, present, and future!
Could not ask for better people to help co-chair the scientific program of #ICED2025! It was a great first day, with our fantastic keynote from @jennatregarthen and then a wonderful Biology plenary!
May 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Could not ask for better people to help co-chair the scientific program of #ICED2025! It was a great first day, with our fantastic keynote from @jennatregarthen and then a wonderful Biology plenary!
#ICED2025 here I come! Can't wait to celebrate and recognize excellent eating disorders research and practice with wonderful friends and colleagues. Science is real, y'all.
May 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#ICED2025 here I come! Can't wait to celebrate and recognize excellent eating disorders research and practice with wonderful friends and colleagues. Science is real, y'all.
I'm so excited to be co-chairing the Scientific Program Committee of #ICED2025 with Dr. Luz Scapaturra in just a few short days! The conference line-up is incredibly exciting, and includes some great work from our @redslabauburn.bsky.social. Please come say "hi" if you'll be in San Antonio!
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm so excited to be co-chairing the Scientific Program Committee of #ICED2025 with Dr. Luz Scapaturra in just a few short days! The conference line-up is incredibly exciting, and includes some great work from our @redslabauburn.bsky.social. Please come say "hi" if you'll be in San Antonio!
Beyond proud of soon to be Dr @taylorbstanley.bsky.social's amazing dissertation and defense! Congratulations!!
May 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Beyond proud of soon to be Dr @taylorbstanley.bsky.social's amazing dissertation and defense! Congratulations!!