Julie Bowker
@juliebowker.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo | Membership Secretary, ISSBD | Developmental scientist in a clinical psychology program studying close relationships and adolescent outcomes across cultures and contexts
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We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
August 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
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We want to record a set of stimuli featuring children, thoughts on how to do this so they can be shared/reused? Does a parental release like for data sharing on e.g. Databrary suffice? Do you situate it inside a "task" so the consent process is clearer? #devscisky #psychsky
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We want to record a set of stimuli featuring children, thoughts on how to do this so they can be shared/reused? Does a parental release like for data sharing on e.g. Databrary suffice? Do you situate it inside a "task" so the consent process is clearer? #devscisky #psychsky
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Last month, I launched my lab at Ohio State. Our lab website is now live, and we're recruiting graduate students this cycle! If you're interested in the cognitive (neuro)science of learning & memory, please reach out!
www.momentslab.org
www.momentslab.org
Moments Lab
www.momentslab.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Last month, I launched my lab at Ohio State. Our lab website is now live, and we're recruiting graduate students this cycle! If you're interested in the cognitive (neuro)science of learning & memory, please reach out!
www.momentslab.org
www.momentslab.org
Always excited to publish papers with former undergraduate RAs! Here is the latest one that shows young adolescents' differential thinking about conflict with friends versus unfamiliar peers may be explained by differences in perceived stress.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Response Evaluations and Decisions: Importance of Friendship and Stress - Julie C. Bowker, Gwen A. Gominiak, Isabella L. Yallof, 2025
Affective ties play a significant role in how adolescents interpret ambiguous social information, with such interpretations influencing their social behaviors a...
journals.sagepub.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Always excited to publish papers with former undergraduate RAs! Here is the latest one that shows young adolescents' differential thinking about conflict with friends versus unfamiliar peers may be explained by differences in perceived stress.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
First blog piece from the new partnership between ISSBD and the Child and Family Blog! Check it out to learn more about parent- and adolescent-perceptions of daily mood: childandfamilyblog.com/parents-and-...
Parents’ & Teens’ Feelings & Blind Spots | Child & Family Blog
Adolescence is a rollercoaster of emotions. This is your guide to navigating teen years as a parent or guardian.
childandfamilyblog.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First blog piece from the new partnership between ISSBD and the Child and Family Blog! Check it out to learn more about parent- and adolescent-perceptions of daily mood: childandfamilyblog.com/parents-and-...
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This right here. Most people don't really understand that this is happening.
And even those of us that are following it, have uncertainty about the exact magnitude of what will happen.
And even those of us that are following it, have uncertainty about the exact magnitude of what will happen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This right here. Most people don't really understand that this is happening.
And even those of us that are following it, have uncertainty about the exact magnitude of what will happen.
And even those of us that are following it, have uncertainty about the exact magnitude of what will happen.
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Hopefully good news. Permanent injunction in dropping indirect cost rates www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/n...
Federal judge issues permanent injunction on Trump cuts to research overhead payments
A ruling on Friday sets up the next chapter of the legal battle between the Trump administration and stakeholders in academic research.
www.statnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hopefully good news. Permanent injunction in dropping indirect cost rates www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/n...
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Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
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A recent trend at international academic conferences is that some American participants use burner phones or minimalist laptops. Their devices often run only browsers and basic software. This resembles the security measures travelers took 15 years ago when visiting China.
rb.gy/erdz48
rb.gy/erdz48
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed | John Naughton
US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary
rb.gy
March 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A recent trend at international academic conferences is that some American participants use burner phones or minimalist laptops. Their devices often run only browsers and basic software. This resembles the security measures travelers took 15 years ago when visiting China.
rb.gy/erdz48
rb.gy/erdz48
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URGENT: students being told to self-deport because their visas are revoked. For issues as benign as a social media post. I'm disgusted and horrified.
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
URGENT: students being told to self-deport because their visas are revoked. For issues as benign as a social media post. I'm disgusted and horrified.
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New insights on loneliness: Oscar Ybarra writes on 4 prototype patterns of agency and connection that can influence loneliness over time-- with results suggesting that interventions may focus not just on social ties but on personal agency.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Beyond Social Deficits:
Personal Agency and Social Connection Shape Loneliness Over Time
This longitudinal study examined how social connections and personal agency influenced loneliness over time. Utilizing four waves of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, analyses consiste...
www.researchsquare.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New insights on loneliness: Oscar Ybarra writes on 4 prototype patterns of agency and connection that can influence loneliness over time-- with results suggesting that interventions may focus not just on social ties but on personal agency.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
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ISSBD 2×2 Grant for Early Career Scholars: 2025 awardees announced!
Congratulations to:
🔹 Dr. Orok Afor Betek Mary & Dr. Galia Meoded Karabanov
🔹 Dr. Narcisa Prodan & Dr. Meng Dai
🔹 Dr. Emmy Reilly & Dr. Rose Opiyo
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3R0hiNh
#ISSBD #DevelopmentalScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
Congratulations to:
🔹 Dr. Orok Afor Betek Mary & Dr. Galia Meoded Karabanov
🔹 Dr. Narcisa Prodan & Dr. Meng Dai
🔹 Dr. Emmy Reilly & Dr. Rose Opiyo
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3R0hiNh
#ISSBD #DevelopmentalScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
March 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
ISSBD 2×2 Grant for Early Career Scholars: 2025 awardees announced!
Congratulations to:
🔹 Dr. Orok Afor Betek Mary & Dr. Galia Meoded Karabanov
🔹 Dr. Narcisa Prodan & Dr. Meng Dai
🔹 Dr. Emmy Reilly & Dr. Rose Opiyo
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3R0hiNh
#ISSBD #DevelopmentalScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
Congratulations to:
🔹 Dr. Orok Afor Betek Mary & Dr. Galia Meoded Karabanov
🔹 Dr. Narcisa Prodan & Dr. Meng Dai
🔹 Dr. Emmy Reilly & Dr. Rose Opiyo
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3R0hiNh
#ISSBD #DevelopmentalScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
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I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
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The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.
March 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.
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🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
March 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
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Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
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Having recently lost a friend to a chemo-resistant cancer, I'm deeply saddened to see scientific progress slowing down...
This scientist's NIH-funded work on a new drug for chemo-resistant breast cancer is now on hold indefinitely.
www.breastcancer.org/news/nih-fun...
This scientist's NIH-funded work on a new drug for chemo-resistant breast cancer is now on hold indefinitely.
www.breastcancer.org/news/nih-fun...
New Drug for an Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer Now in Limbo Thanks to NIH Freeze
Gloria Echeverria's lab is studying a new drug for treating triple-negative breast cancer. A grant proposal to fund this research remains in limbo.
www.breastcancer.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Having recently lost a friend to a chemo-resistant cancer, I'm deeply saddened to see scientific progress slowing down...
This scientist's NIH-funded work on a new drug for chemo-resistant breast cancer is now on hold indefinitely.
www.breastcancer.org/news/nih-fun...
This scientist's NIH-funded work on a new drug for chemo-resistant breast cancer is now on hold indefinitely.
www.breastcancer.org/news/nih-fun...
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The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
scim.ag
March 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“An analysis suggests that a cap on overhead costs for research funded by the National Institutes of Health would cause a $6.1-billion hit to the overall economy, as well as a $4.6-billion reduction in labor income.”
The Trump administration wants to make deep cuts in NIH research funding. It’s not just colleges and hospitals that will feel the pinch. chroni.cl/3ERwp9h
NIH Funding Cuts Could Have Ripple Effects on College-Town Economies
The fallout from a controversial cap could cost jobs and do economic damage beyond college campuses.
chroni.cl
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“An analysis suggests that a cap on overhead costs for research funded by the National Institutes of Health would cause a $6.1-billion hit to the overall economy, as well as a $4.6-billion reduction in labor income.”
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This is truly amazing. 85% accurate test in 45 minutes. The work was funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Good thinking on the part of Trump/Musk to cut its funding. Make Cancer Great Again.
Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA.
They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.
They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.
New blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy
A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.
www.eurekalert.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is truly amazing. 85% accurate test in 45 minutes. The work was funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Good thinking on the part of Trump/Musk to cut its funding. Make Cancer Great Again.
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At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year
If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
docs.google.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year
If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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The Stand Up For Science website has been updated. Find your local protest site! March 7! Get out there!
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and Nationwide. Because Science is for everyone.
standupforscience2025.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Stand Up For Science website has been updated. Find your local protest site! March 7! Get out there!
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org