Sammy Plezia (she/her)
@sammyplezia.bsky.social
phd-ing at UO + researching at Sangath and NYULH | previously Brown SPH | studying eating disorders, body image + global mental health | views are my own | 🏳️🌈
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am excited to share that I began as an assistant professor at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth last week. I am hiring a research coordinator to join my team ASAP! Please share with anyone who might be interested!
searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83064
searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83064
Research Coordinator
The Scalable, Accessible Treatments for Eating Disorders and Related Psychopathology (SATED) research team at Dartmouth College is pleased to invite applications to join our exciting and supportive re...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am excited to share that I began as an assistant professor at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth last week. I am hiring a research coordinator to join my team ASAP! Please share with anyone who might be interested!
searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83064
searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83064
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🦊 REDS lab will be accepting a grad student for Fall 2026. Folks interested in eating disorders and/or suicide are encouraged to apply! See here for more details: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
Join the Lab | REDSLab
www.redslab.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🦊 REDS lab will be accepting a grad student for Fall 2026. Folks interested in eating disorders and/or suicide are encouraged to apply! See here for more details: www.redslab.org/join-the-lab
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Strange trend for researchers to be aware of: participants are using Chat GPT to respond to open-ended questions at the end of surveys. Be sure to look for common indicators of GenAI before coding qualitative data (e.g., numbered lists, double asterisks, etc.)
September 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Strange trend for researchers to be aware of: participants are using Chat GPT to respond to open-ended questions at the end of surveys. Be sure to look for common indicators of GenAI before coding qualitative data (e.g., numbered lists, double asterisks, etc.)
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Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
August 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...
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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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📣 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...
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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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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...
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Finally published! 🎉
So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
rdcu.be/eAFeX
So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
rdcu.be/eAFeX
August 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Finally published! 🎉
So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
rdcu.be/eAFeX
So excited to share my first first authored paper focused on parental intergenerational weight and shape communication. Big thank you to @soconnorphd.bsky.social for her amazing mentorship, wisdom, and guidance!
rdcu.be/eAFeX
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@repeatlab.bsky.social is looking to hire 2-3 Part-time Clinical Interventionists to start this Fall! Interventionalists will conduct remote therapy sessions for a clinical trial comparing 2 therapies (CBT & Positive Affect Treatment) to support adults in the process of recovery from AN and AAN 🧵1/6
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@repeatlab.bsky.social is looking to hire 2-3 Part-time Clinical Interventionists to start this Fall! Interventionalists will conduct remote therapy sessions for a clinical trial comparing 2 therapies (CBT & Positive Affect Treatment) to support adults in the process of recovery from AN and AAN 🧵1/6
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📣Please share this opportunity to participate in my PhD research!📣
Adults across the US & Canada experiencing eating/body image problems are invited to participate in a zoom session where you'll complete an interview and a survey. For more info, check out the QR code or contact the lab!
Adults across the US & Canada experiencing eating/body image problems are invited to participate in a zoom session where you'll complete an interview and a survey. For more info, check out the QR code or contact the lab!
August 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📣Please share this opportunity to participate in my PhD research!📣
Adults across the US & Canada experiencing eating/body image problems are invited to participate in a zoom session where you'll complete an interview and a survey. For more info, check out the QR code or contact the lab!
Adults across the US & Canada experiencing eating/body image problems are invited to participate in a zoom session where you'll complete an interview and a survey. For more info, check out the QR code or contact the lab!
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I'm new here! And I'm going to kick it off with recruitment for a research study:
If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!
If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!
July 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm new here! And I'm going to kick it off with recruitment for a research study:
If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!
If you are a clinician with experience treating eating disorders, please participate in this research study!
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A happy Monday indeed! New research with Josh Francis, @phoebe-gray.bsky.social and Megan Hurst just dropped in Body Image 🥳
We examined body image researchers' perceived impact of white supremacy in appearance research and the barriers they face in resisting these influences.
(1/3)
We examined body image researchers' perceived impact of white supremacy in appearance research and the barriers they face in resisting these influences.
(1/3)
July 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A happy Monday indeed! New research with Josh Francis, @phoebe-gray.bsky.social and Megan Hurst just dropped in Body Image 🥳
We examined body image researchers' perceived impact of white supremacy in appearance research and the barriers they face in resisting these influences.
(1/3)
We examined body image researchers' perceived impact of white supremacy in appearance research and the barriers they face in resisting these influences.
(1/3)
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⚠️ UNM has a new non-clinical PhD program, Diversity & Health Data Science Across the Lifespan! This area adopts a multidisciplinary lens to frame research questions at the intersection of human development, health, and sociocultural diversity.
Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...
Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...
New Doctoral Degree Area ::
Department of Psychology | The University of New Mexico
psych.unm.edu
July 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
⚠️ UNM has a new non-clinical PhD program, Diversity & Health Data Science Across the Lifespan! This area adopts a multidisciplinary lens to frame research questions at the intersection of human development, health, and sociocultural diversity.
Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...
Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...
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🌟The REPEAT Lab at VCU (PI: Dr. Annie Haynos) in Richmond, VA is hiring a clinical research coordinator! 🌟 We use various methods (fMRI, EMA, computational modeling) to study neurobiological mechanisms and treatment for eating disorders & other disorders of rigidity. Post will be open for 1 week! 🧠📊
July 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🌟The REPEAT Lab at VCU (PI: Dr. Annie Haynos) in Richmond, VA is hiring a clinical research coordinator! 🌟 We use various methods (fMRI, EMA, computational modeling) to study neurobiological mechanisms and treatment for eating disorders & other disorders of rigidity. Post will be open for 1 week! 🧠📊
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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Participant Recruitment in Long Island (close to NYC)! We are recruiting for an in-person research study on eating behaviors and well-being! Scan the code or email us for a 2-minute survey to see if you are eligible. #research #participantrecruitment
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Participant Recruitment in Long Island (close to NYC)! We are recruiting for an in-person research study on eating behaviors and well-being! Scan the code or email us for a 2-minute survey to see if you are eligible. #research #participantrecruitment
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raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Question for folks affiliated with VA psychology internships - do you expect applicants to have practicum experience in a VA setting? Or are students with strong training still competitive without having worked in a VA?
June 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Question for folks affiliated with VA psychology internships - do you expect applicants to have practicum experience in a VA setting? Or are students with strong training still competitive without having worked in a VA?
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Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact."
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact."
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
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Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
April 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
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Anyone looking to take an amazing clinical psych student who would come to grad school with an NSF GRFP in hand? Interests in stigma, adversity, but flexible! (Side note that it is awful that nsf doesn’t let you defer, apply next yr w/grant in hand, and just count that as 1 of 2 deferral yrs)
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Anyone looking to take an amazing clinical psych student who would come to grad school with an NSF GRFP in hand? Interests in stigma, adversity, but flexible! (Side note that it is awful that nsf doesn’t let you defer, apply next yr w/grant in hand, and just count that as 1 of 2 deferral yrs)