Tierney Lorenz
@tierneylorenz.bsky.social
Associate Prof at UNL. Sexual wellbeing, endocrine & immune response, stress & mental health. 🏳️🌈n🐝
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Tierney Lorenz
@tierneylorenz.bsky.social
· Nov 14
WISH Lab | Nebraska
wishlab.unl.edu
As intro: I am a sexuality researcher at UNL & captain of the wishlab.unl.edu team. Dual citizen in clinical psych and “below the neck” neuroscience (psychophys and endocrine/immune function).
Thrilled to see this trial finally out in press! Self-guided hypnosis signficantly reduced hot flashes above and beyond sham treatment. Awesome to have more non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms. Looking forward to diving into our mechanisms data next! shorturl.at/RPIJX
Self-Administered Hypnosis vs Sham Hypnosis for Hot Flashes
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a self-administered hypnosis intervention for hot flashes compared with a self-administered sham hypnosis control and evaluates the efficacy of...
urldefense.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thrilled to see this trial finally out in press! Self-guided hypnosis signficantly reduced hot flashes above and beyond sham treatment. Awesome to have more non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms. Looking forward to diving into our mechanisms data next! shorturl.at/RPIJX
Seen this afternoon on a trail deep in the Appalachian woods: A House With Good Bones @tkingfisher.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Seen this afternoon on a trail deep in the Appalachian woods: A House With Good Bones @tkingfisher.com
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NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Bouchard!
June 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Bouchard!
Vaccinations are a goddamn miracle.
Terrific news in Sweden... Massive decreases in HPV-16 & 18 due to HPV vaccination.
There was a 98%/99% decline in HPV-16/HPV-18 prevalence among 2000-born vs. (unvaxxed) 1984-born cohort.
Declines larger than the vax coverage, suggesting herd immunity operating.
🛟🧪😷 Medsky idsky health policy
There was a 98%/99% decline in HPV-16/HPV-18 prevalence among 2000-born vs. (unvaxxed) 1984-born cohort.
Declines larger than the vax coverage, suggesting herd immunity operating.
🛟🧪😷 Medsky idsky health policy
Population-Based Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Declining Human Papillomavirus Prevalence
We monitored the human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among the cervical screening population from 2014 to 2023. Among women eligible for school-based HPV
academic.oup.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Vaccinations are a goddamn miracle.
I spy @geofflorenz.bsky.social amongst this illustrious list: news.unl.edu/article/103-...
Please go shower him with congratulations!
Please go shower him with congratulations!
103 Nebraska faculty receive promotion, tenure honors | Nebraska Todaylogo-twitter-bird(logos)logo-facebook(logos)logo-linkedin(logos)
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure to 103 faculty in 2025. Each faculty member considered for promotion and tenure is held to the same high standard: a proven record...
news.unl.edu
April 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I spy @geofflorenz.bsky.social amongst this illustrious list: news.unl.edu/article/103-...
Please go shower him with congratulations!
Please go shower him with congratulations!
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This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Responding to Federal Research Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice and AAAS SEA Change for a roundtable discussion on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures ...
aaas.zoom.us
March 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
Dr McNealy is an incredible scientist doing incredible work on neural effects of hormonal contraceptives - give her a follow!
Welcoming myself to Blue Sky with a bang -- I am excited to announce that I successfully defended my dissertation yesterday. What a great culmination to nearly six years at UNL working with @rbevins.bsky.social!
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Dr McNealy is an incredible scientist doing incredible work on neural effects of hormonal contraceptives - give her a follow!
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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
March 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
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Would be very interested in anyone wanting to:
1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and
2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures
1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and
2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures
If you're looking to do a postdoc studying research methods in the close relationships/sexuality space, you can apply to work with me or @johnsakaluk.bsky.social or both!
www.uwo.ca/research/fun...
www.uwo.ca/research/fun...
Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.uwo.ca
March 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Would be very interested in anyone wanting to:
1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and
2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures
1) Work at the intersection of psychometrics and dyadic data analysis (am keen to train dyadic SEM, R package development, Monte Carlo, etc.), and
2) Apply quantitative synthesis + knowledge translation to psychological intervention literatures
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The Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab at UPenn will be hiring 1-2 post-bacc RAs and potentially a postdoc this year
Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks
Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)
Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks
Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab at UPenn will be hiring 1-2 post-bacc RAs and potentially a postdoc this year
Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks
Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)
Immune/phlebotomy/blood preprocessing exp will be a plus. Formal posting will follow in a few weeks
Excited to recruit the founding members of this team :)
You can’t get better than Justin, one of the hardest working scientists around!
I am actively looking for a research scientist position or research administration role within the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) area! Please reach out if my background and skillset might fit your labs needs :-) Lots of experience with preclinical models, translational neuroscience, and behavioral analyses!
February 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can’t get better than Justin, one of the hardest working scientists around!
Amen, and also true of sex research. Both fields act as if the goal is to overcome the glittering allure of pleasure to prevent (real, important) risks, without deeply understanding & honoring those pleasures.
'Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?' | @jamesnicholls.bsky.social and Geoffrey Hunt for @addictionjournal.bsky.social (via @professorpub.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun?
Background This paper invites discussion on whether pleasure should receive more attention in public health-oriented research on alcohol. While there is a history of sociological and anthropological...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Amen, and also true of sex research. Both fields act as if the goal is to overcome the glittering allure of pleasure to prevent (real, important) risks, without deeply understanding & honoring those pleasures.
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I feel ethically + professionally obligated as a clinical psychologist (and hope my peer feel the same) to state that sexual or gender diversity is empirically and definitively 1) not mental illness 2) is not treated as mental illness in any ethical and reputable treatment and 1/2
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
January 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I feel ethically + professionally obligated as a clinical psychologist (and hope my peer feel the same) to state that sexual or gender diversity is empirically and definitively 1) not mental illness 2) is not treated as mental illness in any ethical and reputable treatment and 1/2
Wonderful news for reproductive health. Even if infusions were only as good as oral tabs, this would be good: oral iron causes nausea (already a prob in pregnancy) and one-time infusions are much easier to roll out & track than daily pill use. So infusions having *better* outcomes? 🤩
“We found that a single iron infusion in the third trimester can achieve what oral iron tablets taken every day during a pregnancy cannot.”
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
Healthier mothers, healthier babies: Iron trial could transform pregnancy care worldwide
A major trial has found a single iron infusion in the third trimester can significantly reduce anemia in pregnant women and outperform the efficacy of iron tablets—the current recommended standard of ...
medicalxpress.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wonderful news for reproductive health. Even if infusions were only as good as oral tabs, this would be good: oral iron causes nausea (already a prob in pregnancy) and one-time infusions are much easier to roll out & track than daily pill use. So infusions having *better* outcomes? 🤩
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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process.
Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪
Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪
December 16, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process.
Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪
Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪
Want to halve your risk of death before age 75? 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️
17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of:
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.
Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.
December 18, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Want to halve your risk of death before age 75? 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️
Working on my syllabus for upper division human sexuality course next semester - Need recs for articles on gender/sexual minority health equity. Trick is this course is super-cross listed (eg psych, sociology, youth & family studies) so can’t assume shared background. #lgbtq #queer #healthpsych
a man wearing glasses and an orange beanie says let 's go find it
Alt: a man wearing glasses and an orange beanie says let 's go find it
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Working on my syllabus for upper division human sexuality course next semester - Need recs for articles on gender/sexual minority health equity. Trick is this course is super-cross listed (eg psych, sociology, youth & family studies) so can’t assume shared background. #lgbtq #queer #healthpsych
@geofflorenz.bsky.social , after patiently listening to me info dump on this paper and rant about how dope macrophages are: So the takeaway is macrophages are basically midichlorians?
Me: you know what, sure
Me: you know what, sure
Immunologists, time to embrace your inner neuroscientist 🧠🧪
Macrophages (yes, #macrophages) release glutamate (yes, #glutamate) to sensory neurons engaging in the muscle stretch reflex. Very cool paper! #neuroscience #immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Macrophages (yes, #macrophages) release glutamate (yes, #glutamate) to sensory neurons engaging in the muscle stretch reflex. Very cool paper! #neuroscience #immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion - Nature
A population of macrophages with exclusive molecular and functional signatures in the muscle spindles express machinery for synthesizing and releasing glutamate, and a cellular component, the muscle s...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
@geofflorenz.bsky.social , after patiently listening to me info dump on this paper and rant about how dope macrophages are: So the takeaway is macrophages are basically midichlorians?
Me: you know what, sure
Me: you know what, sure
Dr Malik puts to words a feeling I’ve had a while: “just say no!” is demeaning, terrible advice for academia. Would be better to teach our junior colleagues to ask for help, compensation, and equitable distribution of common goods labor such as mentoring.
But please dont share this as a mantra for success. If your success comes at the direct expense of your colleagues because they are doing all the work everyone is supposed to share in, it does not make you ‘successful’ it just makes you a horrible colleague.
Also see peer review
Rant over. For now
Also see peer review
Rant over. For now
December 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Dr Malik puts to words a feeling I’ve had a while: “just say no!” is demeaning, terrible advice for academia. Would be better to teach our junior colleagues to ask for help, compensation, and equitable distribution of common goods labor such as mentoring.
And all the genderqueers sighed a great sigh of regret that it could have been “Dapperverse”
Some of the names that I considered for the tidyverse were sleekverse, deftverse, and dapperverse!!
November 27, 2024 at 11:57 AM
And all the genderqueers sighed a great sigh of regret that it could have been “Dapperverse”
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There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every 28 days (on average) using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.
December 3, 2023 at 12:06 AM
There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every 28 days (on average) using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.
UNL is hiring in Law Psychology - please circulate widely! Application review starting Jan 6th. #LawPsych #Psychology
employment.unl.edu/postings/94405
employment.unl.edu/postings/94405
Associate or Full Professor
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Department of Psychology seeks to hire a tenured Associate or Full Professor in the Law-Psychology Program. Responsibilities will include leading the interdisc...
employment.unl.edu
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
UNL is hiring in Law Psychology - please circulate widely! Application review starting Jan 6th. #LawPsych #Psychology
employment.unl.edu/postings/94405
employment.unl.edu/postings/94405