asst prof at Emory University studying how motivation & emotion influence learning, memory, & brain function across development
https://thelumenlab.org/
Ali Cohen
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🚨🚨 The Social Learning and Decisions Lab is hiring! 🚨🚨 We're looking for a postbacc project coordinator/research assistant to join our team this summer. More details about the position and how to apply here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ySeA...
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The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
The past 15 months have marked a dark chapter in US science; one that will require significant effort to repair.
But I'm not interested in duct tape and bandaid solutions. Our system had problems before Jan 20th, 2025.
So, @standupforscience.net is doing what we do best: TAKING ACTION. 1/7
It me
(on the unfavorable side of the 2025 coin flip)
There are approximately 1000 research groups on the #NIH campuses, including Steve Rosenberg's research group, which develops groundbreaking T-cell therapies for cancer.
Effectively all of those groups were suddenly prohibited from buying any (!) supplies last year.
That is on the leadership.
Changes in our feelings, or "affective surprise," may act as a learning signal that influences what we remember. Large magnitude deviations in experienced valence during encoding relate to better long-term associative memory.
The impact is already hitting science agencies hard. The NIH—the world's largest public biomedical research funder—has had to rely on leftover stopgap funds.
New grant awards have slowed to a trickle — exacerbating the effects of a record-long shutdown in October.
(h/t @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
96% of surveyed early career researchers on NIH K awards reported that federal changes in science funding has impacted their career stability
Dr. Alexandra Rodman seeks a postdoc (Fall ’26/Spring ’27) for the Social Development & Wellbeing Lab, focused on leading independent research on adolescent social neurodevelopment with a focus on fMRI pipelines, mentorship, & dissemination! Learn more here: www.socialdevlab.com/prospective-...
The LUMeN Lab at Emory is hiring ✨
We’re seeking a full-time RA/lab manager and a postdoc to work on new NIH-funded studies! Formal job ads/apps forthcoming. We’re eager to hit the ground running so please share these flyers and/or reach out if interested!
