Sam Cooper PhD
Clinical psych scientist, UT Austin asst prof | threat + anxiety, trauma/PTSD, OCD + learning/memory + HiTOP + quant + cog neuro + fMRI + more | he/him, views my own | Cronbach stan (not alpha, just two streams + validity) | dog is Frank | scoop-lab.com
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD🚨Faculty position just dropped. We are seeking a Psychology Clinic Director at the @unm.edu Dept of Psychology psychclinic.unm.edu, this position is focused on clinical training of PhD students in sunny, affordable, and progressive New Mexico. Come join us! unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDThe 0.5.0 version of my {brms} + {tidyverse} translation of McElreath's "Statistical Rethinking" (2nd ed) is up! solomon.quarto.pub/sr2/ 1/3 #rstats
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD🚨My trainee Victoria Murphy, data architect Gabriel Mongefranco, and I are pleased to share 🌟EMA-CleanR: R code to pre-process, clean, and visualize ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data! Documentation: teamdynamix.umich.edu/TDClient/210... Code: github.com/DepressionCe...
- chefs kiss for the raincloud plots finally showing up, esp in a major medical journal!
- Meta-analysis indicates that individuals with #Schizophrenia show pronounced deficits in symbol coding tasks, with processing speed impairment exceeding most other cognitive domains. ja.ma/49qUikE
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDUNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDSpread the word: new PhD track in Biomedical Informatics and Health AI - enrollment for Fall 2026 closing soon! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDI believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDIt's PhD application season. If you are applying for a PhD in neuroscience or biomedical field or are mentoring someone who is applying, please check out our @storiesofwin.bsky.social episode with advice! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDIf you're a member of the HiTOP Society, I hope you'll consider voting for me for President 💛 I'd be delighted to lead us in this new chapter Ballots went out today so we can join the current deluge of exciting election results And whether or not you vote for me - please do vote!
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDCome do a postdoc at the Wu Tsai Institute! WTI fellows have freedom to work with anyone at the institute, and preference is given to applicants who want to work on interdisciplinary projects with multiple faculty mentors. If you’re interested to work with me, please reach out!
- 📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers! WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/... Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525 #KnowTogether
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD✨ The Quant Family Collective (QFC) is a mentorship and community network aimed at providing resources and support to trainees and researchers in psychology learning advanced quantitative methods.
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDNew York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it. - Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDApplying 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.
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDMy new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDPotential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle! There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally. u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDWe are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods). See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.
- 🚨 Postdoc Opportunity @ UT Austin! I’m recruiting a clinical psychologist or neuroscientist to join us in 2025/2026. Our work: fear/threat + fMRI + EMA + HiTOP + anxiety/trauma/OC psychopathology in adults & adolescents + fancy stats! 📄 Description: tinyurl.com/2jfk8d8m 🌐 Lab: www.scoop-lab.com
- UT is a rewarding place to work + Austin is an amazing place to live (heat aside). The market is tough right now and folks are rightfully concerned. Due to UT’s resources + new lab grants (incl state funding), we expect a stable funding environment for postdocs + opportunities for your own funding.
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDI will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle. Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit. share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD🚨Our latest paper is now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social: We show how aversive generalization and contexts interact at electrocortical levels, demonstrating modulations of cues and contexts into different frequencies of the ssVEP. With @gamerlab.bsky.social! Check it out: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD🚨Hiding under 6 sections of science sounding rhetoric is an edict to appoint officers at each agency that will be responsible for detecting research that isn't "Gold Standard Science" as defined by the White House🚨 Stay tuned for rapid response action! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDIf you’re open to acting as a local host for the 2026 HiTOP Conference, please get in touch with @miriforbes.bsky.social. We’re looking for inexpensive options (e.g., university spaces, rather than hotels) so very open to ideas or suggestions if you’ve had experience organising this kind of event!
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.org
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDThere are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDIf you identify as a Jewish member of the academic community, and are appalled by the actions being taken in the name of defending our community, please consider signing this letter (which can be done anonymously) and also sharing it with others: forms.gle/prnRbq69a6YN...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDOur work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDSTAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDHowever much you hate the New York Times, it isn't enough
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDThis was supposed to be a post about my lab's first funding of the year, a diversity supplement to fund our amazing research technician. The award never arrived. Now it's a post about the value of diversity and trying to persevere in these dark times. devinenilab.org/news/diversi...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDI've spent the day working with Reporter data... differences in number of funded applications from 1/20/24-2/21/24 and 1/20/25-2/21/25 by state. This is the picture (happy to share code):
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDI 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...
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- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDNew @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social paper by Lydia Qu. Here, we map shared and unique brain features for individual variation in internalizing and externalizing across development. w/@bttyeo.bsky.social, @elvisha.bsky.social, @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social, and many others. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhD"The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening." www.bmj.com/content/388/...
- Reposted by Sam Cooper PhDI have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...
