Brooke Bennett, PhD
@bbennettphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Proud @UHMpsy alum | Researcher studying eating behaviors, body image, media use | Outdoor enthusiast 🌊☀️🌿 | she/her
Second BEAM lab grad student just defended her thesis! 👏
Join us in congratulating BEAM lab grad student @annabellethomas__ who defended her masters thesis last week!! 🎉👏🎉 (also, formal advisor apologies for forgetting to take a picture while Annabelle was crushing her presentation!)
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Second BEAM lab grad student just defended her thesis! 👏
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Had a grant cancelled? Funding cut? Tell the team at @never-know.bsky.social “what we’ll never know”, or follow their account to hear the research that we could have learned - but won’t. 🔥
The second Trump administration’s deep federal spending cuts, including at the NIH, have halted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting more than 74,000 patients, according to a new analysis.
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...
NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Had a grant cancelled? Funding cut? Tell the team at @never-know.bsky.social “what we’ll never know”, or follow their account to hear the research that we could have learned - but won’t. 🔥
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Time for another alumni spotlight - meet Riya! Riya was one of our OG lab members who helped get the BEAM lab off the ground. She graduated in fall 2024 - while we miss her presence in the lab, we're SO proud that she's crushing it in optometry school!
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Time for another alumni spotlight - meet Riya! Riya was one of our OG lab members who helped get the BEAM lab off the ground. She graduated in fall 2024 - while we miss her presence in the lab, we're SO proud that she's crushing it in optometry school!
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Time to meet another member of the BEAM lab - everyone say hi to Charlotte! 👋 Charlotte has been a member of the lab since we started and will be joining the team on our upcoming trip to the ABCT conference in New Orleans to present some of her recent research!
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Time to meet another member of the BEAM lab - everyone say hi to Charlotte! 👋 Charlotte has been a member of the lab since we started and will be joining the team on our upcoming trip to the ABCT conference in New Orleans to present some of her recent research!
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Trying to explain article processing charges to anyone who doesn’t conduct research
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trying to explain article processing charges to anyone who doesn’t conduct research
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Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases.
www.brown.edu
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
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Please join us in congratulating BEAM lab member, Isabella “Izzy” Eckert, who successfully defended her undergrad honors thesis last week! Izzy crushed her defense last Friday and then turned around and presented it again on Monday at the Clemson Media Forensics Hub. We are so proud!
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please join us in congratulating BEAM lab member, Isabella “Izzy” Eckert, who successfully defended her undergrad honors thesis last week! Izzy crushed her defense last Friday and then turned around and presented it again on Monday at the Clemson Media Forensics Hub. We are so proud!
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Time to meet another BEAM lab member! Say hi to Elle, one of our current undergraduate students! 👋 Elle has been with us since the beginning - she was one of the first undergrads to join the lab back in January 2024 and has stuck around this whole time - we're so grateful to have her on the team!
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Time to meet another BEAM lab member! Say hi to Elle, one of our current undergraduate students! 👋 Elle has been with us since the beginning - she was one of the first undergrads to join the lab back in January 2024 and has stuck around this whole time - we're so grateful to have her on the team!
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Time to meet another member of the BEAM lab team! Say hi to Loren, one of our current grad students! 👋Loren is currently working hard on her thesis, which just received IRB approval this week! 🎉
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Time to meet another member of the BEAM lab team! Say hi to Loren, one of our current grad students! 👋Loren is currently working hard on her thesis, which just received IRB approval this week! 🎉
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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 Journalist’s Resource piece, “Eating disorders in boys and men: A research roundup,” quotes STRIPED + collaborator Dr. Jason Nagata. journalistsresource.org/home/eating-... @hsph.harvard.edu @alliancefored.bsky.social @naseemmiller.bsky.social @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Eating disorders in boys and men: A research roundup
In this research-based piece, we provide an overview of eating disorders in males, including the latest available data and summaries of studies to help inform news coverage of this underreported issue...
journalistsresource.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Journalist’s Resource piece, “Eating disorders in boys and men: A research roundup,” quotes STRIPED + collaborator Dr. Jason Nagata. journalistsresource.org/home/eating-... @hsph.harvard.edu @alliancefored.bsky.social @naseemmiller.bsky.social @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
New pub just dropped! Also, how good is this infographic that one of my lab undergrads made?? I’m obsessed (and biased 🤷♀️)
📣New lab publication alert! Swipe to see what we found and the study details
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New pub just dropped! Also, how good is this infographic that one of my lab undergrads made?? I’m obsessed (and biased 🤷♀️)
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Our first alumni spotlight! Say hi to Julia👋, one of the first undergraduate members of the BEAM lab! We miss her presence in the lab, but are so happy to see her thriving in her masters program at @vanderbilt.edu
September 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Our first alumni spotlight! Say hi to Julia👋, one of the first undergraduate members of the BEAM lab! We miss her presence in the lab, but are so happy to see her thriving in her masters program at @vanderbilt.edu
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PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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Meet the BEAM lab's first ever grad student, Alexis Lamere! Alexis has been here since the beginning, starting her masters program in 2023 after completing her bachelors degree at @montanastateu.bsky.social. We're thrilled that Alexis decided to stick around and is now working on her PhD with us!
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Meet the BEAM lab's first ever grad student, Alexis Lamere! Alexis has been here since the beginning, starting her masters program in 2023 after completing her bachelors degree at @montanastateu.bsky.social. We're thrilled that Alexis decided to stick around and is now working on her PhD with us!
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Join us for a trip down memory lane (aka academic year 2024-2025)✨
July 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Join us for a trip down memory lane (aka academic year 2024-2025)✨
My lab is now on BlueSky and Instagram!
Hi! 👋 We're the Body image, Eating, Access, and Media (BEAM) lab at Clemson University! We study body image, eating behaviors, technology, and media use.
September 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My lab is now on BlueSky and Instagram!
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We're proud to share our BEAM lab statement of purpose!
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We're proud to share our BEAM lab statement of purpose!
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We're kicking off a new series - meet the team! First up, the director of the BEAM lab, Dr. Brooke Bennett (@bbennettphd.bsky.social) She's an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University and a proud alumni of @uhmanoa.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're kicking off a new series - meet the team! First up, the director of the BEAM lab, Dr. Brooke Bennett (@bbennettphd.bsky.social) She's an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University and a proud alumni of @uhmanoa.bsky.social
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1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
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So excited! A donor has made The Portable Mentor totally and completely FREE for anyone!!!!!! No royalties, no sign up, just download any/all of the 30 chapters of professional development advice!!! HOORAY!!!!! Equal access for everyone!!!!
Check out the ToC!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
Check out the ToC!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
The Portable Mentor
Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - The Portable Mentor
www.cambridge.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:26 PM
So excited! A donor has made The Portable Mentor totally and completely FREE for anyone!!!!!! No royalties, no sign up, just download any/all of the 30 chapters of professional development advice!!! HOORAY!!!!! Equal access for everyone!!!!
Check out the ToC!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
Check out the ToC!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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if you like christmas so much why don’t you merry it
December 10, 2024 at 3:03 PM
if you like christmas so much why don’t you merry it
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I am still recruiting for my thesis study exploring people's experiences using coaches (e.g., recovery coaches, life coaches, wellness coaches) for eating disorder recovery! Please share!
November 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I am still recruiting for my thesis study exploring people's experiences using coaches (e.g., recovery coaches, life coaches, wellness coaches) for eating disorder recovery! Please share!
Warning: 🧀 cheesy post incoming. I attended my first #ABCT way back in 2013 as a first year grad student in a masters program. My advisors at the time, Drs. Brooke Whisenhunt and Danae Hudson encouraged me to go with the lab because they thought it’d be a good learning opportunity 1/4
November 25, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Warning: 🧀 cheesy post incoming. I attended my first #ABCT way back in 2013 as a first year grad student in a masters program. My advisors at the time, Drs. Brooke Whisenhunt and Danae Hudson encouraged me to go with the lab because they thought it’d be a good learning opportunity 1/4