Nock Lab at Harvard

📢 Want to gain clinical #psych research experience? We're #hiring 4 new full-time research assistants to join our team at Harvard led by Dr. @mk_nock. Submit app at bit.ly/3rSTIEN. Those of underrepresented backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. Please RT!

I'm thrilled to announce Harvard's first annual Prospective PhD and RA Event in Psychology (PPREP)! A two-day informational and mentoring event. See details: psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep

We are looking for a long-term lab manager (not traditional 2-year post-bacc position). No specific advanced degree required; however, management & admin experience are essential. Those of underrepresented backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply: rb.gy/8slwoi

How @AWS Machine Learning Solutions Lab, @NockLabHarvard and RallyPoint have teamed up to combat veteran suicide: rly.pt/30H26vv

I’m passionate about supporting our military community – and am SO proud that @AWScloud is teaming up with @RallyPoint and @NockLabHarvard to enable faster suicide intervention with #MachineLearning blog.aboutamazon.com/innovation/ena…

Sneak peek at some of the exciting work @NockLabHarvard is doing in collab with @RallyPoint and @awscloud to improve suicide risk detection and intervention on social media

Nice review in @nature of new work using mobile tech to predict and prevent suicide featuring @mk_nock @RosalindPicard @empatica @JustinBakerMD nature.com/articles/d4158…

Excited about this new paper with @LCDS_TC and @suicideresearch: suicide ideators' ID with life is more variable and easily weakened by negative mood relative to non-ideators. ow.ly/wxh830kDE1H #suicide @mk_nock

New paper on what aspects of suicidal thinking predict the transition from SI to SA among a large sample of ideators ow.ly/CD9w30jfRx2

Congratulations to the amazing Evan Kleiman on accepting a position as the newest Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University! We are so proud of you Evan!!!

New study suggesting that suicidal thoughts may be reinforcing. ow.ly/AY1d30iDTmZ

@mk_nock on the importance and value of good mentors. ow.ly/HIBG30iDSa7

New brief video with @mk_nock on the work we do (and why) ow.ly/pxLs30iDRQZ .

Not that anybody asked, but one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States.

Every now & then I get asked how folks can better support women of color in academia since we get asked to do so much service. Well, one answer is to accept our “no” to your request. Don’t ask for explanation or reconsideration. Just accept the “no” and move on.

The First 6 Pages of Bill Gates' Favorite Book Will Change Your Life (and the Next 500 Pages Aren't Bad, Either). Here's why Bill Gates is this Harvard psychologist's biggest fan. @carminegallo inc.com/carmine-gallo/… via @Inc

New lab paper: when people use technology to record and share experiences, they ironically remember those experiences less well. Great to work with @etemp17, @DianaTamir, and @adrianfward! paper: ssnl.stanford.edu/download/file/… open materials: osf.io/uqh5d/

Nice example of how 'fancier' models with more predictors are not always better. ow.ly/rWz930i3Lf0

"The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker" - Table for Three feature in today's NY Times. nyti.ms/2FmScRT