Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson, PhD

I've just made live the updated website that accompanies my R book (www.discovr.rocks) - it's mostly finished: almost all of the chapter solutions/task solutions are done, data are live, updated info about the `discovr` package of interactive tutorials, and it's had a face lift.

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...

After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.

If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.

eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...

PDHP workshop

Join us Friday for PDHP's hybrid half-day workshop on Adaptive Interventions with @d3center.bsky.social experts Shiyu Zhang, Walter Dempsey, and @leb112358.bsky.social. Details and registration at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/

Promotional graphic for a PDHP workshop titled “Adaptive Interventions,” featuring d3center faculty Walter Dempsey, Shiyu Zhang, and Lizbeth Benson, December 12, 1–5 pm ET, ISR/Zoom.

Today, 1–5 pm ET: d3center faculty @leb112358.bsky.social, Shiyu Zhang, and Walter Dempsey present on Adaptive Interventions in the PDHP Workshop Series at ISR.

Topics include adaptive intervention & JITAI foundations, SMARTs, MRTs, and Q&A.
📍 6050 ISR-Thompson + Zoom
🔗 pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops

Missing data in microrandomized trials: Challenges and opportunities - Behavior Research Methods The vision of leveraging digital technologies to deliver real-time psychological interventions in everyday settings is realized via just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI) – an intervention design...

🧪@d3center.bsky.social researchers discuss the sources and impact of missing data in microrandomized trials. They provide a conceptual framework to guide future investigators in anticipating missing data and making informed decisions to manage them myumi.ch/61MWn @leb112358.bsky.social

PDHP workshop

Mark your calendar for the next, hybrid half-day PDHP Workshop with @d3center.bsky.social experts, covering Adaptive Interventions: Dec. 12! Register at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/ @leb112358.bsky.social

“Set the provided protractor…” 😅😅😅
This is (a) great that you have a stash of protractors and (b) had any of them actually seen/used one before (now that so many school activities are computer based). Love this activity!

📢 Call for poster abstracts! The d3center invites submissions for the Conference on Intervention Optimization, May 18-20 in Bethesda, MD. Share your research in intervention optimization across health, education, engineering & more. Deadline: Oct 9. bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26

The d3center is thrilled to co-host the first-ever Conference on Intervention Optimization! We're bringing together brilliant minds from health, education, engineering & beyond. May 18-20 in the DC area. Registration opens soon: bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26

Thanks, Dom! Hoping we get to work on a project together one of these days too 🤩

Grateful to be launching this project soon with a great team of collaborators and students 🤩

Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar!

Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.

At this point, I might as well --
Here's an infographic showing different ways to include age as a predictor. The top shows two extremes, just as a plain old numerical predictor (imposes linear trajectory) vs. categorical predictor (imposes nothing whatsoever). And then three solutions in between!

Crossing my fingers for the funding to come in for your T32!!

Inclusive Data for 1.3 Billion: Designing Accessible Visualizations According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people (1 in 6 individuals) experience a disability, and nearly 2.2 billion people...

Making accessible data viz isn't just about compliance - it's about inclusion. Small changes, huge impact for 1.3 billion people with disabilities. @pavithraes.me‬ & @frank.computer‬ show you how in their recent talk at PyCon US. Watch the full session: → www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMo...

Looking forward to marching tomorrow in Lansing, Michigan! #standupforscience

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

Federal research cuts would rock Michigan economy, halt clinical trials, those affected say A Trump administration plan to cap reimbursement of federal research overhead costs could lead to job losses, stifle medical innovation in Michigan.

NIH funding slashes aren’t ‘cutting waste’ - they're cutting progress, innovation, and the livelihoods of hardworking Americans.

www.freep.com/story/news/h...

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science.

Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics".

Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about".

We need to sound the alarm.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Looks like Michigan science supporters can plan to head to Lansing on Friday, March 7 from 12-4! #standupforscience standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

INDIANA WE NEED A LEAD!!!! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

📣 DC friends - please consider supporting this rally on Wednesday, February 19th!

Congrats, Natalia!!! I’m crossing my fingers for you 🤞🙌🎉

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It definitely made me laugh

As a quant person, I love this cognitive reframe :)