Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
@fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psych & Brain Sciences and Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis | Director of the mHealth Research Core at WashU | Notre Dame & UNC alum | #eatingdisorders #digitalmentalhealth | https://accesslab.wustl.edu
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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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📣 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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Missourian here. Can confirm - voters passed paid sick leave with 58% and the GOP state legislature overturned it as soon as they could.
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Missourian here. Can confirm - voters passed paid sick leave with 58% and the GOP state legislature overturned it as soon as they could.
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📣Super excited for #ICED2026 in The Hague, the Netherlands 🇳🇱! 🌷Our Scientific Planning Committee is putting on amazing #eating #disorder content! Abstracts due 10/22! www.aedweb.org/aed-events/i...
ICED 2026 - Academy for Eating Disorders
www.aedweb.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📣Super excited for #ICED2026 in The Hague, the Netherlands 🇳🇱! 🌷Our Scientific Planning Committee is putting on amazing #eating #disorder content! Abstracts due 10/22! www.aedweb.org/aed-events/i...
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Interested in a career in digital mental health, but not set on a clinical psych degree? Check out Dartmouth's PhD programs in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences and Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...
Graduate Program in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
Dartmouth’s Quantitative Biomedical Sciences master’s and doctoral degrees prepare students to innovatively solve complex biomedical challenges.
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Interested in a career in digital mental health, but not set on a clinical psych degree? Check out Dartmouth's PhD programs in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences and Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...
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The @abctnow.bsky.social EDEB SIG is hosting a webinar on single session interventions TOMORROW! Check it out and register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The @abctnow.bsky.social EDEB SIG is hosting a webinar on single session interventions TOMORROW! Check it out and register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
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Several scientists have received letters from the NIH director disinviting them from their positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding, I'm told.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Several scientists have received letters from the NIH director disinviting them from their positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding, I'm told.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
We are still recruiting for a postdoc for my lab! This person will play a key role in a new R01 optimizing a self-guided digital intervention for #eatingdisorders. There will be ample opportunities for publishing, contributing to grants, mentoring, etc. Apply by 10/31 for priority consideration.
📣 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...
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...
wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are still recruiting for a postdoc for my lab! This person will play a key role in a new R01 optimizing a self-guided digital intervention for #eatingdisorders. There will be ample opportunities for publishing, contributing to grants, mentoring, etc. Apply by 10/31 for priority consideration.
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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...
Looking forward to speaking at the Eating Disorders Research Summit on October 2nd and my second visit to the wonderful folks in Fargo at Sanford Health! Register to join us online (or in person)!
🚨 Mark your calendar: Oct 2.
Sanford's FREE virtual Eating Disorders Research Summit brings 4 world-class scientists to discuss treatments for BED, tech-driven prevention, GI health in malnutrition, and brain reward pathways.
Don’t miss it—register now: www.eeds.com/live/794837
#EatingDisorders
Sanford's FREE virtual Eating Disorders Research Summit brings 4 world-class scientists to discuss treatments for BED, tech-driven prevention, GI health in malnutrition, and brain reward pathways.
Don’t miss it—register now: www.eeds.com/live/794837
#EatingDisorders
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www.eeds.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the Eating Disorders Research Summit on October 2nd and my second visit to the wonderful folks in Fargo at Sanford Health! Register to join us online (or in person)!
Proud of @natgullo.bsky.social & my grad student Carli Howe on great posters at #EDRS2025 in Newport Beach! Really inspiring mtg centered on harnessing machine learning, algorithms, & AI to improve EDs outcomes. Can’t wait to see all my EDs colleagues & friends in the Netherlands next for #ICED2026!
September 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Proud of @natgullo.bsky.social & my grad student Carli Howe on great posters at #EDRS2025 in Newport Beach! Really inspiring mtg centered on harnessing machine learning, algorithms, & AI to improve EDs outcomes. Can’t wait to see all my EDs colleagues & friends in the Netherlands next for #ICED2026!
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I will be recruiting at least 1 PhD student for the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Psychopathology (SCRAP) Lab at WashU in STL this application cycle! ☀️⏰😴 Read more about our current projects here: sites.wustl.edu/scraplab/
September 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I will be recruiting at least 1 PhD student for the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Psychopathology (SCRAP) Lab at WashU in STL this application cycle! ☀️⏰😴 Read more about our current projects here: sites.wustl.edu/scraplab/
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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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Four years after Medicaid was expanded in Missouri: what do we know?
1. Enrollment has met expectations
2. Uninsured dropped significantly
3. Financially not a burden to state budget
4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients
5. Improved financing for hospitals
6. Some implementation challenges
1. Enrollment has met expectations
2. Uninsured dropped significantly
3. Financially not a burden to state budget
4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients
5. Improved financing for hospitals
6. Some implementation challenges
MO Medicaid Expansion four years later: reflections on the impact
Medicaid expansion went into effect July 2021, first enrolled recipients identified in October 2021.
What do we know about its impacts?
open.substack.com/pub/timothym...
Medicaid expansion went into effect July 2021, first enrolled recipients identified in October 2021.
What do we know about its impacts?
open.substack.com/pub/timothym...
September 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Four years after Medicaid was expanded in Missouri: what do we know?
1. Enrollment has met expectations
2. Uninsured dropped significantly
3. Financially not a burden to state budget
4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients
5. Improved financing for hospitals
6. Some implementation challenges
1. Enrollment has met expectations
2. Uninsured dropped significantly
3. Financially not a burden to state budget
4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients
5. Improved financing for hospitals
6. Some implementation challenges
Delighted to have @mcpoliti.bsky.social speak on
Mon 9/15 at 12 pm CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar series!
Dr. Politi will be speaking about her work creating visual key information pages for informed consent and the impact.
Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
Mon 9/15 at 12 pm CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar series!
Dr. Politi will be speaking about her work creating visual key information pages for informed consent and the impact.
Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
Seminar Series
Register here!
mhealth.wustl.edu
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Delighted to have @mcpoliti.bsky.social speak on
Mon 9/15 at 12 pm CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar series!
Dr. Politi will be speaking about her work creating visual key information pages for informed consent and the impact.
Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
Mon 9/15 at 12 pm CT for our next @washu.edu mHealth Research Core seminar series!
Dr. Politi will be speaking about her work creating visual key information pages for informed consent and the impact.
Register here: mhealth.wustl.edu/seminar-page/
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WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
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RFK Jr. has said many times that the CDC has failed to address the chronic disease “epidemic”, yet he ignores the root causes—poverty, lack of education, lack of access to healthcare.
September 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
RFK Jr. has said many times that the CDC has failed to address the chronic disease “epidemic”, yet he ignores the root causes—poverty, lack of education, lack of access to healthcare.
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Do you ever feel like social media affects your body image? Women aged 18-26 living in the United States are invited to take our social media intervention!
Click this secure link to take our interest survey: neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Research #SocialMedia
Click this secure link to take our interest survey: neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Research #SocialMedia
August 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Do you ever feel like social media affects your body image? Women aged 18-26 living in the United States are invited to take our social media intervention!
Click this secure link to take our interest survey: neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Research #SocialMedia
Click this secure link to take our interest survey: neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Research #SocialMedia
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Participate in a new PAID study with the EAT Laboratory. Join a study testing a self-guided, digital #disorderedeating intervention for women!
Eligible participants can receive up to $120 in e-gift cards in compensation.
Eligible participants can receive up to $120 in e-gift cards in compensation.
August 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Participate in a new PAID study with the EAT Laboratory. Join a study testing a self-guided, digital #disorderedeating intervention for women!
Eligible participants can receive up to $120 in e-gift cards in compensation.
Eligible participants can receive up to $120 in e-gift cards in compensation.
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Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.
August 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.
📣 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...
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...
wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
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...
Pls comment on this NIH RFI on limiting allowable publishing costs by 9/15. osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form... This is completely in conflict w/ the other new mandate that we must have our research be OA immediately (and publishers like Wiley not allowing submission to PMC immediately if we don't pay)..
Comment Form: Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
osp.od.nih.gov
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pls comment on this NIH RFI on limiting allowable publishing costs by 9/15. osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form... This is completely in conflict w/ the other new mandate that we must have our research be OA immediately (and publishers like Wiley not allowing submission to PMC immediately if we don't pay)..
Awesome time @isrii.bsky.social #ISRII13 the past few days in San Diego sharing our work on a digital tx for lower-income ppl with EDs, participating in a panel on AI in clinical science training, receiving the 2025 Translational Impact Award, and spending time with amazing friends and colleagues!
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Awesome time @isrii.bsky.social #ISRII13 the past few days in San Diego sharing our work on a digital tx for lower-income ppl with EDs, participating in a panel on AI in clinical science training, receiving the 2025 Translational Impact Award, and spending time with amazing friends and colleagues!
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Tomorrow SCOTUS quietly decides if Trump administration can illegally cut grants tied to DEIA. This and today's bombshell announcing no new NIH grants is an orchestrated assault. We need to scream from rooftops.
The Trump admin already got slapped down by Judge Young, who said he’d “never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable."
Now, Trump’s begging SCOTUS to let him cut NIH grants that focus on gender, race, and LGBTQ+ research anyway.
zurl.co/g2R1Q
Now, Trump’s begging SCOTUS to let him cut NIH grants that focus on gender, race, and LGBTQ+ research anyway.
zurl.co/g2R1Q
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to let it move forward with NIH grant cuts
A federal judge in June ordered the Trump administration to continue paying out roughly $783 million in National Institutes of Health grants.
zurl.co
July 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Tomorrow SCOTUS quietly decides if Trump administration can illegally cut grants tied to DEIA. This and today's bombshell announcing no new NIH grants is an orchestrated assault. We need to scream from rooftops.
This will be very very bad and hugely detrimental, please contacted your elected officials asap
A little known - but hugely consequential - part of the government’s changes to science funding:
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science
Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This will be very very bad and hugely detrimental, please contacted your elected officials asap
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RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.