Sarah Chang
@Sarah_Chang_
postdoc @CogSciUCSD @DeannaJGreene 🌴 previously @UCLA @Stanford
thank you #flux2024 for a wonderful meeting!!! the precision functional mapping session led by @ArielleKeller was an 11/10!! ✨✨✨ such exciting data and work across the lifespan and in clinical populations @DeannaJGreene @cl9681 @_JuliaMoser
Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/
IMO, pubs before grad school reflect luck/timing of a project, a PI's generosity and mentorship, and *could* reflect research capacity. But the first two are absolutely necessary for a pre-grad school paper
An app can stand out for many diff reasons, eg. helping to start a new lab (no papers, new lab), leading diversity and equity initiatives, seeking out REUs/summer research if not at an R01, supporting yourself/family financially, etc...don't not apply if you don't have papers.
An app can stand out for many diff reasons, eg. helping to start a new lab (no papers, new lab), leading diversity and equity initiatives, seeking out REUs/summer research if not at an R01, supporting yourself/family financially, etc...don't not apply if you don't have papers.
My jaws keep dropping as I go through 70 PhD applicant files. People w/ 2 coauthored papers & an interesting solo writing sample don’t even make it to the top 10 in my pile. The level of knowledge, research experience & passion these kids bring to the table is just remarkable! 🤩
Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scie…
Agreed! That's why I wrote ggpubfigs, a ggplot2 extension that *only colorblind-friendly color palettes. Easily make your figures colorblind-friendly with ggpubfigs! x.com/NKWhiteman/sta…
A reminder that your search committee chair, grant proposal reviewers, and manuscript reviewers might be among the 1/12 XY or 1/200 XX who can’t see what you think is obvious in your figures because they have a color vision deficiency. Adobe tools, many papers on the topic, etc.
more highlights of #flux2024 : seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and this absolutely massive french toast featured on diners, drive-ins, and dives 🤪
So heartwarming to see the culmination of @BHoltGosselin's work and the wonderful community she's built at @Yale 💖 she crushed it, congrats Dr!!!!
Sending a huge congratulations to Dr. @BHoltGosselin on defending her dissertation today (after only 4 years)!! 🥳🥳 She is a true superstar and I'm so proud/excited to see her continue doing amazing things #PhDone
Ready for #OHBM2024 !! Ft. the relief of successfully picking up my poster in Seoul ✨✨✨
#SOBP2024 was the perfect capstone to graduate school! 🥂so grateful for all my amazing mentors/colleagues/friends throughout the years (many not pictured here) - it takes a village to do this work! Til next time🤠
Led this one with rising star @dehughes14! See his excellent thread for the findings 😊 So grateful for my mentor @ Carrie Bearden and our amazing co-authors!! @ Jinhan Zhu, @Mahnoorhyat @ Sullivan Salone @ Zachary Goodman @joshuaroffman @karcher_d @LM__Hernandez @JenForsythPhD
Check out @Sarah_Chang_ 's and my latest preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…. We investigate the effects of attention and probe the developmental specificity of polygenic signal on psychotic-like experiences in adolescents using ABCD.
Could not ask for more insightful and wonderful labmates, along w our fearless leader! Feeling so grateful post-conference 🤧
Check out @Sarah_Chang_ 's and my latest preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…. We investigate the effects of attention and probe the developmental specificity of polygenic signal on psychotic-like experiences in adolescents using ABCD.
Thank you #SOBP2023 for an amazing conference! Always so fun to catch up with old friends + colleagues, meet new folks, and forge ahead with new ideas 🤠 not pictured: many tacos that were consumed
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