Paper 8: Within- and between-family transactions of maternal depression and child engagement in the first 2 years of life: Role of prenatal maternal risk and tobacco use Rachel Level, Miglena Ivanova, Pamela Schuetze @MaddieKelm Rina Das Eiden et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/da…

Hey! Our recent publication about epigenetic age acceleration and cognitive function was just featured in this PsyPost.org article!

Deviating from professional posts, I am sharing a personal update. My dad was diagnosed with #ALS in June & it has been progressing much faster than any of us expected. With this has come a lot of expenses so we are humbly launching gofundme.com/f/helpfrankhel…

Research by grad student Metzli Lombera, Prof Amy Marshall, grad student Sara Such, & Prof Yo Jackson examined Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations with Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in #FosterCare. Penn State Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

Check out this interview I did about our recent publication

Did you miss my American Psychological Association workshops on Mediation and Moderation with Jessica Fossum? They're available now on Youtube! Watch at your own pleasure! Want more? Sign up for my Statistical Horizons workshop in April! youtube.com/watch?v=kbnYoe… and youtube.com/watch?v=9ipxYt…

the unbearable lightness of speaking up in class and getting the question wrong

PSU Psych grad student Dan Spina and psychologist Dr. Ken Levy recently published a study using data from the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Check it out: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

something very gorgeous about listening to cher while you walk

look ma she published in nature nature.com/articles/s4415…

need to work on a specific aims page but can’t stop thinking of this

Two tweets in two days. Wild. I am excited and honored to announce that I’ve accepted a tenure-track position at UC Davis Psychology in the Quantitative Psychology area beginning in July. Couldn’t stage a formal photo op since I have to review some simulation results.

Excited to share my first MLM paper! Using EMA, we found that social media use was associated with lower positive and negative affect in adolescents. With help from the wonderful @MEDVanderbilt @AbitanteGeorge @cbeanphd + more! doi.org/10.1007/s10802…

anyone interested in collaborating on something for this special issue ☺️

Heywood? More like Hey-wouldya get the frick out of my model.

this is what it feels like when lavaan throws out warnings

🚨Student Spotlight🚨Meet Metzli Lombera (she/her), 5th year Child Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Penn State! Learn more about Metzli in this🧵Metzli Lombera 1/5

Thrilled to be attending my first-ever #SfN2025 (!!) and, in true grad student fashion, making a last-minute call for a kind sponsor 🧠✨ If you’re a postdoc or PI + active member, would love help registering! (1/3)