Larry Hawk
Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University at Buffalo |nicotine and tobacco research | behavioral pharmacology, treatment development | cycling, scuba diving
- Great resource for prospective clinical psychology students. (And BTW I'm recruiting)
- 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...
- Yes, I had the same thought, but am I horrible if I finish this season of Only Murders in the Building? Probably…
- We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
- Me at Cape Cos - every time.
- Reposted by Larry HawkAn abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
- The Dept of Psychology at the UB is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Prof or Assoc Prof. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513
- Our lab is recruiting for two full-time post-bac or MA-level research assistants to work on federally-funded smoking/vaping projects, including a lab study of abstinence, a lab/real-world vaping monitoring project, and a smoking cessation trial. Please share. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58448
- For all those jokes about Buffalo winters, hers the counterpoint - only city in lower 48 to never hit 100F www.wgrz.com/article/weat...
- ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
- Reposted by Larry HawkResponses to the Sounding Board piece by Prasad and Makary are now posted: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Had I known that character limits would be so liberal I would have submitted a response, but these replies hit on all the key points.
- Reposted by Larry HawkI found a fun new way to expose AI bots.
- Reposted by Larry HawkDO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️
- Reposted by Larry HawkWhat it took to get tenure in the Batman Studies Department in the 1960s, and what it takes to get tenure in Batman Studies today...
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- Most viewed this week from JAMA: US children's health has worsened from 2007 to 2023 across various indicators, including mortality, chronic conditions, and mental health. ja.ma/44qQDB5
- Love King's simile: "Attempting to combat chronic disease without tobacco control is like attempting a triathlon without a bicycle,”...
- Reposted by Larry HawkRFK Jr claims the ACIP “has never recommended against a vaccine” (www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...). Here’s one example off top of my head - the live attenuated flu vaccine in 2016-18, (from: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)
- Reposted by Larry HawkNew opportunity to help sustain global health research re-fund-global-health.vercel.app
- Normally I post about science, but… here’s a new favorite from my favorite brewery. Picked this up Friday on my way to Truro, MA to do some remote work. Worked until 9 (pm!) and now the reward. @treehousebrewing.bsky.social
- Reposted by Larry Hawk“Health concerns are a universal human concern,” @jeremymberg.bsky.social told CNN. “The NIH system… has been unbelievably productive in terms of generating progress on specific diseases.” www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h... #BethesdaDeclaration #StandUpForScience
- Reposted by Larry HawkSigned by APS. Read this full community sign-on letter urging Congress to reject the proposed cut to the #NIH budget included in President Trump's FY26 budget request. www.researchamerica.org/wp-content/u...
- Wow, those are some big shifts! :(
- While wind and solar power are still popular overall, support has dropped since the first Trump administration. While Democrats have remained broadly supportive of the sources, Republican support has sharply declined. www.pewresearch.org/...
- Well-deserved congratulations to @jenread.bsky.social on being named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...
- Reposted by Larry HawkMy ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
- NYU, you can do better.
- Reposted by Larry HawkIn the 1970s and 1980s, Exxon and Shell developed internal models predicting global warming and sea level rise. “But instead of sounding the alarm or shifting business strategies, these companies cast doubt on the science, exaggerated uncertainty, and funded front groups to spread disinformation.”
- No, this is not my Wordle history - though at first glance I thought it was @jonasdora.bsky.social 's . Turns out it's a cool depiction of interesting data...
- New preprint with @hollysully.bsky.social & @kevinmking.bsky.social: Alcohol intoxication and negative mood similarly affect reward learning but not punishment learning in the Iowa Gambling Task doi.org/10.31219/osf...
- I dislike note being straightforward with research participants who are ineligible about why they're ineligible. But I also dislike it when being straightforward leads to their social network gaming the system to get into our projects. So, back to not disclosing reasons ineligible. [Heavy sigh]
- time.com/7285045/resi... Let me have the courage to not be one "...who participates in his own oppression through small daily acts of complicity..." Thanks to @shiragabriel.bsky.social for sharing this with me in another venue.
- Can any parent watch Netflix’s Adolescence and not cry their eyes out in the last episode? Not this one.
- Data showing how much $ each USA state has lost due to NIH funding cuts to date: NC, FL, GA, and TN are in the top 10! www.aamc.org/media/83356/... Great for sharing with friends, family, representatives and senators. Thanks @mitchprinstein.bsky.social for amplifying on LinkedIn, where I saw it.
- Reposted by Larry HawkTHIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis.
- 🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by Larry Hawk80% if U.S. adults support a policy proposed by both the Trump (2016) and Biden (2020) administrations to lower the permissible nicotine content in cigarettes and cigars to non-addictive levels. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40199553/
- Anyone looking to have their brain stirred? Sorry, the headline just made me laugh.
- Reposted by Larry HawkAttend our Demystifying Clinical Psychology Conference (May 12th and 13th on zoom)! Registration Link: tinyurl.com/CUDCPDCP2025 Poster Sign Up: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Posters Information about the Graduate Student Organizers: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Organ... Conference Agenda: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Agenda
- Reposted by Larry HawkParents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now theonion.com/parents...
- Reposted by Larry HawkSpencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)! #AcademicSky
- Reposted by Larry HawkFor those with despair about today's extreme proposed funding cuts for NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, etc... remember: CONGRESS 👏 SETS 👏 BUDGET 👏 LEVELS Today's news is simply just the President's **request**. Tell your elected representatives to REJECT this assault on science and scientific training.
- NIH was the most extreme: Trump in 2017: "Please cut NIH's budget by -22%" (yellow bars below) Republican House: "Nah health research is important...let's increase it by +3%!" Republican Senate: "How about +6%??" Final Congress: "Actually...let's do +9%!!" ww2.aip.org/fyi/fy2025-n...
- Good grief, I've been perpetuating the tongue-rolling gene myth! But I won't now.
- Reposted by Larry HawkWhen science-based safeguards are gutted, people get hurt. Don’t stand for it. Tell Congress to stand up for science and protect the American public.
- Anyone else ready to call it a day? NIH now prohibiting foreign subawards (grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...) and reducing use of animals in research (www.nih.gov/news-events/...). Meanwhile, NSF is mandating a cap of 15% on indirects (www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...). F****!!! (which means FIGHT!!!)
- Wow! Who will the Trump admin choose to lead NSF? Someone with a disdain for science, I suspect. 😢 www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
- Listen up reps and senators! 👇👇👇
- Most Democrats say their party’s elected officials are not pushing hard enough against Trump’s policies. www.pewresearch.org/...
- Reposted by Larry HawkDid you know May is Mental Health Awareness Month? ABCT has many resources for anyone interested in accessing scientifically based mental health information, as well as a list of self-help books curated by mental health professionals. Explore our resources on our website: www.abct.org/fact-sheets/
- Reposted by Larry HawkStaff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
- Reposted by Larry HawkIf the feds are going to attack higher ed, how can we convince them it would really hurt us if they went after centralized IT, data use agreements, and student evals?
- Reposted by Larry HawkNEW: An NIH policy coming in the next week will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding outside the US, threatening thousands of projects and collaborations on topics like infectious diseases and cancer. Some NIH staff have already been told to hold all subaward funds for foreign labs.
- Reposted by Larry HawkPreregistration—creating a time-stamped, read-only research plan before a study begins—is an open science practice that can strengthen research transparency & integrity. Our new whitepaper offers a practical guide to preregistration essentials. Download & share widely! 💡: osf.io/8eczw/files/o...
- Reposted by Larry HawkThe CONSORT and SPIRIT statements for randomized trials have been updated for 2025 and published in JAMA, with a new focus on open science principles and guidance on trial registration, data access, and conflict of interest reporting. ➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh ➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
- A great read, but a long one. Be sure you take your Ritalin first…or not. ;)
- Engaging article about ADHD and the risks of pathologizing the tail of a normally distributed behavior that then justifies the widespread use of methamphetamines in kids. Particularly impressed by investigators questioning decades of their own work (not easy to do). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...
- Good grief, it hasn't even been a hundred days yet?!? Time is a funny thing... Still, this timeline is helpful.
- I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
- Reposted by Larry HawkEnding #malaria is not just a health imperative; it is an investment in a more equitable, safer and prosperous future for every nation. On #WorldMalariaDay, let’s Reinvest, Reimagine, and Reignite so that Malaria Ends with Us.
- Reposted by Larry HawkMy quote of the dy To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. Winston Churchill
- Western New York Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Psychiatrists, and Pediatricians! 👇👇👇
- Reposted by Larry HawkI got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
- Friday Night Massacre of accurate information. A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
- Reposted by Larry Hawk3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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- Reposted by Larry HawkHow much misconduct should there be in research? www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
- Reposted by Larry Hawk63% of U.S. adults say tax rates on large businesses and corporations should be raised. A majority (58%) also support raising taxes on household income over $400,000. www.pewresearch.org/...
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- Reposted by Larry HawkTOMORROW! AT 3PM! How DO you collect cultural information from clients? Join us for another collab webinar with the SPA, where we will discuss not 1️⃣ , not 2️⃣ , but 3️⃣ tools for collecting cultural information. More info here: www.personality.org/events/collecting-cultural-information
- Anyone interested in building their own low-cost machine for testing ENDS and other vaping, smoking products? (the commercial ones cost $40K+; you can build this for under $500) If so, check our our new preprint: www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
- A colleague asked me about this site that seems to use AI to identify potential funders for grant apps. Is is legit? (I suspect not because it seems to sell AI tailoring grant apps to those funding sources, which seems horrible to me, but maybe I'm wrong.) www.academia.edu/grant_multip...
- How will we work together to protect the young scholars that are our future? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
- Reposted by Larry HawkReally helpful, practical article on 5 tips if your federal grant is terminated. Summarizes from a AAAS webinar that had 2,000+ attendees. Appreciate that it has lots of links for specific agencies too!
- Reposted by Larry Hawk🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants. Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
- Good thing there are no "health disparities" in the United States...
- Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Survival in top wealth quartiles, Europe, higher than wealthiest Americans. Survival in wealthiest U.S. quartile similar to that in poorest quartile in Europe.
- Reposted by Larry Hawk📣Do you conduct research using technology and other novel approaches to address substance use related behaviors? Submit your work to our upcoming special issue on novel approaches to Facilitate Health Behavior Change over at ECP, papers due June 1! tinyurl.com/ECP-Special-...
- Confirmed by TheHill. Devastating. This plus Brian King and so many others… make those calls, folks, especially if you’re in purple/red states. I gotta get myself more active, too.
- Reposted by Larry HawkThe horror! #AntiScience #AntiConsumer #AntiTrans And to do this on such an auspicious (suspicious?) day.
- There will be no hiding. We must resist together.
- Reposted by Larry HawkDespite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation. www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-...
- Reposted by Larry HawkExtremely disappointing & cowardly. The American Psychological Association is rescinding diversity requirements. Not due to any actual mandate from the federal government, but only because it may *someday* face pressure from the government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
- Reposted by Larry HawkWe are hiring…
- Reposted by Larry HawkElon Musk Amazed At How Much Cheaper Bribing Voters Is In Midwest
- Reposted by Larry Hawk#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 🫁 @ats-eoph.bsky.social FDA staff cuts delay tobacco product reviews. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
- Reposted by Larry HawkDon't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
- Reposted by Larry HawkModeling the Impact of Vaping: What We Need to Know and Which Methods to Use Commentary by Lion Shahab academic.oup.com/ntr/article/... @lionshahab.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Larry HawkViewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. ja.ma/3FLvqHS
- Reposted by Larry HawkMeta-analysis by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce et al. finds smoking trajectories vary considerably between trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
- Reposted by Larry HawkCall for Associate Editors. NTR is seeking 3 experienced nicotine and tobacco researchers to join our editorial board. See images below for information on how to apply.
- Cracked myself up with this typo. Was writing a rejection decision (not the funny part) for a journal article. Wrote "desk rejection without eternal review". Fortunately, corrected to eXternal review before sending. In retrospect, sometimes the review process does seem eternal...
- Today I agreed to be the discussant on an SRNT symposium. I am honored, but I'd feel even better if the originally planned discussant hadn't had to withdraw because of reinstated travel restrictions on NIH staff.
- Reposted by Larry HawkJust donated!
- Are you looking for an easy way to help among the chaos? Please consider donating to Stand Up For Science! This nationwide event - will engage scientists and advocate for critical policy goals. Please spread the word! standupforscience2025.org/donate/ 🌎🧪🌊 @standupforscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Larry Hawkwww.science.org/content/arti... Reinforces what I said before. A large number of scientists at NIH are Title 42. This will take out a big swath of intramural folks. And stopping the postbac program gets rid of the foot soldiers. Anti science. This will have costs.
