Shruti Kinkel-Ram, PhD
@shrutikinkelram.bsky.social
NHLBI T32 Postdoctoral Scholar @ Pitt Psychiatry
Studying Stress/Stigma ➤ Mechanisms (Sleep, Interoception) ➤ Increased Eating Disorder + Suicide Risk
🌟✊🏿🌈 #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Studying Stress/Stigma ➤ Mechanisms (Sleep, Interoception) ➤ Increased Eating Disorder + Suicide Risk
🌟✊🏿🌈 #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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As our last EDEB-sig related event on this Friday evening, we have a clinical round table on fatphobia in eating disorder treatment with @shrutikinkelram.bsky.social, @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social, Ally Duvall, @connorelbe.bsky.social, Paula Brochu, and Zachary Souillard in Strand 13, Level 2!
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As our last EDEB-sig related event on this Friday evening, we have a clinical round table on fatphobia in eating disorder treatment with @shrutikinkelram.bsky.social, @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social, Ally Duvall, @connorelbe.bsky.social, Paula Brochu, and Zachary Souillard in Strand 13, Level 2!
If you’re at #ABCT2025 come see our clinical round table on Dismantling Anti Fat Bias in Eating Disorder Treatment in Strand 13!
@connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social @allyduvall.bsky.social
@connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social @allyduvall.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you’re at #ABCT2025 come see our clinical round table on Dismantling Anti Fat Bias in Eating Disorder Treatment in Strand 13!
@connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social @allyduvall.bsky.social
@connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social @allyduvall.bsky.social
One of my favorite college professors at my Alma mater Centre College asked me to guest lecture for one of her seminars and she assigned one of *my* research articles for discussion 😭 What a full circle moment, small liberal arts schools will always have a special place in my heart ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One of my favorite college professors at my Alma mater Centre College asked me to guest lecture for one of her seminars and she assigned one of *my* research articles for discussion 😭 What a full circle moment, small liberal arts schools will always have a special place in my heart ❤️
Sosososo excited to serve on the editorial board of Eating Behaviors! I’m so honored to experience this milestone in my academic bucket list!
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sosososo excited to serve on the editorial board of Eating Behaviors! I’m so honored to experience this milestone in my academic bucket list!
Research from Scott Griffiths at #EDRS showing that more toxic ED content is delivered to people with #eatingdisorders. TikTok prioritizes time spent watching videos over actions like liking videos - so folks w/ EDs get more toxic content even if they aren’t interacting directly
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Research from Scott Griffiths at #EDRS showing that more toxic ED content is delivered to people with #eatingdisorders. TikTok prioritizes time spent watching videos over actions like liking videos - so folks w/ EDs get more toxic content even if they aren’t interacting directly
You can tell I am in grant writing mode because tell me why I used the term "procedural exactness" in a casual text with a friend (in my defense she is a ceramics artist and I will argue it is an important skill in her field!!)
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You can tell I am in grant writing mode because tell me why I used the term "procedural exactness" in a casual text with a friend (in my defense she is a ceramics artist and I will argue it is an important skill in her field!!)
After 6 long years, 30+ scientific publications, 2000+ clinical hours, 40+ presentations, countless cups of coffee, and a wealth of love and support, I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology! So proud to be the first doctor in my family and excited for what the future brings 🌟 #PhDone
August 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
After 6 long years, 30+ scientific publications, 2000+ clinical hours, 40+ presentations, countless cups of coffee, and a wealth of love and support, I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology! So proud to be the first doctor in my family and excited for what the future brings 🌟 #PhDone
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I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...
2026 Applicants – Personality Processes and Outcomes Laboratory
sites.lsa.umich.edu
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...
Bsky research friends! Does anyone have resources or examples of an F32 or K08 project that has proposed using existing data in addition to proposing a novel study? Any help is appreciated!
a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it
ALT: a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it
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July 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bsky research friends! Does anyone have resources or examples of an F32 or K08 project that has proposed using existing data in addition to proposing a novel study? Any help is appreciated!
This week I started my new position as a T32 NHLBI Postdoctoral Research Scholar through University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Training Program! So excited to receive this specialized training on cardiometabolic research and eating behaviors!
July 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This week I started my new position as a T32 NHLBI Postdoctoral Research Scholar through University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Training Program! So excited to receive this specialized training on cardiometabolic research and eating behaviors!
In the spirit of continued excitement and passion for sharing more on fat justice and anti fat bias efforts in the eating disorder space - so excited that our clinical roundtable on this was accepted at @abctnow.bsky.social #ABCT2025 this year! @connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In the spirit of continued excitement and passion for sharing more on fat justice and anti fat bias efforts in the eating disorder space - so excited that our clinical roundtable on this was accepted at @abctnow.bsky.social #ABCT2025 this year! @connorelbe.bsky.social @drtiffanyabrown.bsky.social
#ICED2025 was one for the books! I was so excited that we had a full house for our panel on weight stigma, “feeling fat” across the size spectrum, and eating disorders. A great chance to connect/reconnect with other scientists and practitioners that care about eating disorder advocacy!
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#ICED2025 was one for the books! I was so excited that we had a full house for our panel on weight stigma, “feeling fat” across the size spectrum, and eating disorders. A great chance to connect/reconnect with other scientists and practitioners that care about eating disorder advocacy!
My dissertation study is now out *open access* at Appetite! We found that individuals with binge eating symptoms who were randomly assigned to be exposed to weight stigma engaged in *less* caloric consumption - many implications for social identity threat!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Testing Interoceptive Dysfunction as a Mediator of the Relation Between Weight Stigma and Disordered Eating
Interoceptive dysfunction could be one mechanism that facilitates the weight stigma-disordered eating association. Hence, the aim of this study was to…
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May 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My dissertation study is now out *open access* at Appetite! We found that individuals with binge eating symptoms who were randomly assigned to be exposed to weight stigma engaged in *less* caloric consumption - many implications for social identity threat!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My co-interns and their passion for their research are always inspiring to me! @laurenlaifer.bsky.social's new paper finds that both maternal and paternal factors across the perinatal period influence toddlers' emotion regulation. Definitely sharing this with all the dads in my life ❤️
Amid the seemingly endless stream of bad news, I'm thrilled to share something positive: my latest publication on the intergenerational transmission of emotion dysregulation across the perinatal period, out now in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology!
Here's what we found🧵
Here's what we found🧵
Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Emotion Dysregulation: The Role of Maternal and Paternal Psychological Inflexibility During Pregnancy and Mindful Parenting At Toddler-age
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May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My co-interns and their passion for their research are always inspiring to me! @laurenlaifer.bsky.social's new paper finds that both maternal and paternal factors across the perinatal period influence toddlers' emotion regulation. Definitely sharing this with all the dads in my life ❤️
So excited to hear that my dissertation paper was accepted at Appetite!! Stay tuned for when the paper is in press to read more about how experiences of weight stigma contribute to both binge eating and restriction risk 👀
May 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So excited to hear that my dissertation paper was accepted at Appetite!! Stay tuned for when the paper is in press to read more about how experiences of weight stigma contribute to both binge eating and restriction risk 👀
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Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
my word cloud on these titles (minus Columbia) - any patterns emerge?
March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Our new paper finds that (sadly and unsurprisingly) race-related stress and dissociation symptoms are related to increased suicidal ideation among Black US Americans after controlling for cumulative trauma load:
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APA PsycNet
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March 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our new paper finds that (sadly and unsurprisingly) race-related stress and dissociation symptoms are related to increased suicidal ideation among Black US Americans after controlling for cumulative trauma load:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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📣 Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA) @repsummerlee.bsky.social will speak at the Stand Up for Science rally in #Pittsburgh 🔥
Join us to stand up for facts, research, and the future TOGETHER!
📢 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Please repost 🔈🔊🔉
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience
Join us to stand up for facts, research, and the future TOGETHER!
📢 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
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@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience
March 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
📣 Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA) @repsummerlee.bsky.social will speak at the Stand Up for Science rally in #Pittsburgh 🔥
Join us to stand up for facts, research, and the future TOGETHER!
📢 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Please repost 🔈🔊🔉
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience
Join us to stand up for facts, research, and the future TOGETHER!
📢 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Please repost 🔈🔊🔉
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience
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📢 Join us for the Stand Up for Science rally in Pittsburgh! We are bringing together a lineup of speakers from different backgrounds, who will share how science has made a difference in the world and in their own experiences.
The speakers include…🧵(1/3)
The speakers include…🧵(1/3)
#StandUpforScience local rally in Pittsburgh is confirmed!
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
March 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📢 Join us for the Stand Up for Science rally in Pittsburgh! We are bringing together a lineup of speakers from different backgrounds, who will share how science has made a difference in the world and in their own experiences.
The speakers include…🧵(1/3)
The speakers include…🧵(1/3)
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Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Please distribute widely! This is a great opportunity to receive a novel eating disorder treatment specifically tailored to the LGBTQ+ community and developed by an LGBTQ+ eating disorder research lab!
Reposted by Shruti Kinkel-Ram, PhD
Troubling:
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Tell Congress Today: Reject Budget Resolution that Will Harm the Nation’s Health
Please take 2 minutes today to ask your officials to oppose the proposed $3 trillion in federal budget cuts. If Congress moves forward with its current proposed budget resolution, these cuts will...
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February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Troubling:
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Congresspeople say they are NOT hearing from academics, or university administrators.
PLEASE SPEAK UP!
Oppose these budget cuts to research, health, student loans!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
Tell others to do the same!
Thrilled to share that I have accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with the Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine T32 program at the University of Pittsburgh after I graduate with my PhD this summer! I am so excited to continue my journey at Pitt Psychiatry!
www.cvbm.pitt.edu/about-our-pr...
www.cvbm.pitt.edu/about-our-pr...
About our program | Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research Training
www.cvbm.pitt.edu
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thrilled to share that I have accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with the Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine T32 program at the University of Pittsburgh after I graduate with my PhD this summer! I am so excited to continue my journey at Pitt Psychiatry!
www.cvbm.pitt.edu/about-our-pr...
www.cvbm.pitt.edu/about-our-pr...
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An RSVP link for the STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PITTSBURGH RALLY is now available!
Please RSVP and Repost!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Pittsburgh let’s go! 💪🏼♥️
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpforScience2025
#StandUpforScience
Please RSVP and Repost!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Pittsburgh let’s go! 💪🏼♥️
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpforScience2025
#StandUpforScience
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
An RSVP link for the STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PITTSBURGH RALLY is now available!
Please RSVP and Repost!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Pittsburgh let’s go! 💪🏼♥️
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpforScience2025
#StandUpforScience
Please RSVP and Repost!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Pittsburgh let’s go! 💪🏼♥️
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpforScience2025
#StandUpforScience
Our open access paper using network analysis to examine eating disorder symptoms among military members is out in Behavior Therapy! We found that body dissatisfaction, overexercise, binges, and diet pill use were central across multiple time points:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Body Dissatisfaction Is Central to Military Eating Disorder Pathology: A Multi-Time-Point Network Analysis
Military membership may put individuals at risk for eating disorders (EDs) due to military specific risk factors such as strict physical fitness requi…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our open access paper using network analysis to examine eating disorder symptoms among military members is out in Behavior Therapy! We found that body dissatisfaction, overexercise, binges, and diet pill use were central across multiple time points:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...