Sara Eftekhari
@sara-eftekhari.bsky.social
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Psychology Graduate | University of Glasgow (She/Her)
Interested in community & public engagement, science communication, participatory and open research practices, and metascience.
www.linkedin.com/in/sara-eftekhari-787112322
Psychology Graduate | University of Glasgow (She/Her)
Interested in community & public engagement, science communication, participatory and open research practices, and metascience.
www.linkedin.com/in/sara-eftekhari-787112322
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
More than 1/3 of adults in England have high blood pressure and 2/3 of these are unaware of their condition according to a new study of 1.4 million adults. Oxford Population Health researchers analysed clinic blood pressure measurements collected by @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social buff.ly/h052TSQ
September 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
More than 1/3 of adults in England have high blood pressure and 2/3 of these are unaware of their condition according to a new study of 1.4 million adults. Oxford Population Health researchers analysed clinic blood pressure measurements collected by @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social buff.ly/h052TSQ
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social
Help yourself and help others like you be represented in health research.
Find out more about your own health through analysis of your blood sample, including your risk of developing certain diseases.
Free to take part, and you get a £10 voucher.
#OurFutureHealth
Help yourself and help others like you be represented in health research.
Find out more about your own health through analysis of your blood sample, including your risk of developing certain diseases.
Free to take part, and you get a £10 voucher.
#OurFutureHealth
October 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social
Help yourself and help others like you be represented in health research.
Find out more about your own health through analysis of your blood sample, including your risk of developing certain diseases.
Free to take part, and you get a £10 voucher.
#OurFutureHealth
Help yourself and help others like you be represented in health research.
Find out more about your own health through analysis of your blood sample, including your risk of developing certain diseases.
Free to take part, and you get a £10 voucher.
#OurFutureHealth
Plant child acquired. It's kind of enjoyable fussing and caring for another living thing in my household. Feeling like a parent insisting on a coat as I place this photosynthesising child in full bright sunlight. Apparently I need to treat it like a tomato plant. So here I go.
#Sarracenia
#Sarracenia
October 3, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Plant child acquired. It's kind of enjoyable fussing and caring for another living thing in my household. Feeling like a parent insisting on a coat as I place this photosynthesising child in full bright sunlight. Apparently I need to treat it like a tomato plant. So here I go.
#Sarracenia
#Sarracenia
Status report:
Things don't magically solve themselves when you reach goals you've been desperately swimming for, but they do get better. Things are better. Foot on the bottom rung of the ladder. Up and up this mountain.
Things don't magically solve themselves when you reach goals you've been desperately swimming for, but they do get better. Things are better. Foot on the bottom rung of the ladder. Up and up this mountain.
October 3, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Status report:
Things don't magically solve themselves when you reach goals you've been desperately swimming for, but they do get better. Things are better. Foot on the bottom rung of the ladder. Up and up this mountain.
Things don't magically solve themselves when you reach goals you've been desperately swimming for, but they do get better. Things are better. Foot on the bottom rung of the ladder. Up and up this mountain.
Also, who was going to tell me mid-market homes are a thing!?
And that private student accommodations sometimes let studios to professionals (non-students) and those studios aren't owned by them, just managed on behalf of a mysterious landlord they're tight lipped about.
#adulting
And that private student accommodations sometimes let studios to professionals (non-students) and those studios aren't owned by them, just managed on behalf of a mysterious landlord they're tight lipped about.
#adulting
August 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Also, who was going to tell me mid-market homes are a thing!?
And that private student accommodations sometimes let studios to professionals (non-students) and those studios aren't owned by them, just managed on behalf of a mysterious landlord they're tight lipped about.
#adulting
And that private student accommodations sometimes let studios to professionals (non-students) and those studios aren't owned by them, just managed on behalf of a mysterious landlord they're tight lipped about.
#adulting
When you discover automatic repeating table headers, AFTER having adjusted a bajillion tables manually for your dissertation.
I am glad. That this Word feature exists. The universe really is full of wonderful unknown things. I just REALLY wish I knew about this sooner. My soul weeps.
#unitips
I am glad. That this Word feature exists. The universe really is full of wonderful unknown things. I just REALLY wish I knew about this sooner. My soul weeps.
#unitips
August 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
When you discover automatic repeating table headers, AFTER having adjusted a bajillion tables manually for your dissertation.
I am glad. That this Word feature exists. The universe really is full of wonderful unknown things. I just REALLY wish I knew about this sooner. My soul weeps.
#unitips
I am glad. That this Word feature exists. The universe really is full of wonderful unknown things. I just REALLY wish I knew about this sooner. My soul weeps.
#unitips
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
This article has reconfirmed my opinion that questions about sex/gender/sexuality in behavioural science should be justified to ethics committees by explaining how they are essential to the research, omitted if they aren’t, and their use explained to participants.
The title is a little pointed, but I am very serious here. Academics, medical researchers, and other organisations should not collect data on birth sex. It is rarely relevant, and it almost always leads to privacy violations for transgender people. Please share. I would like people to read this one.
Separating sex and gender is statistical malpractice – Notes from a data witch
Statisticians and academics in Australia should ignore the terrible advice of most LGBTIQA+ organisations and read this post instead. The 2020 ABS standard is almost never the correct way to collect d...
blog.djnavarro.net
August 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This article has reconfirmed my opinion that questions about sex/gender/sexuality in behavioural science should be justified to ethics committees by explaining how they are essential to the research, omitted if they aren’t, and their use explained to participants.
The Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 is everything I've dreamed of. It's nuts that I can go home and not think about work. And, I earn money. Enough to save a good amount. What is this baffling reality I've entered. So bizarre. I'm freeeeeee.
#adulting
#adulting
July 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 is everything I've dreamed of. It's nuts that I can go home and not think about work. And, I earn money. Enough to save a good amount. What is this baffling reality I've entered. So bizarre. I'm freeeeeee.
#adulting
#adulting
Pro tip for moving: use a pair of gardening gloves, to protect your hands when moving lots of boxes.
July 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Pro tip for moving: use a pair of gardening gloves, to protect your hands when moving lots of boxes.
Nothing nicer than laying to rest impending tasks that have been haunting you for weeks.
Slain at my feet, you foul spectres! Nyehehehehe
Slain at my feet, you foul spectres! Nyehehehehe
July 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Nothing nicer than laying to rest impending tasks that have been haunting you for weeks.
Slain at my feet, you foul spectres! Nyehehehehe
Slain at my feet, you foul spectres! Nyehehehehe
Turns out that temp agencies are the way to go when trying to get your foot through the door.
Found a temp job. Buys me time and some much needed income.
Hopefully next will be a permanent role, and then... saving enough for a mortgage?
I so got this. Someone give me a sticker!
#adulting
Found a temp job. Buys me time and some much needed income.
Hopefully next will be a permanent role, and then... saving enough for a mortgage?
I so got this. Someone give me a sticker!
#adulting
July 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Turns out that temp agencies are the way to go when trying to get your foot through the door.
Found a temp job. Buys me time and some much needed income.
Hopefully next will be a permanent role, and then... saving enough for a mortgage?
I so got this. Someone give me a sticker!
#adulting
Found a temp job. Buys me time and some much needed income.
Hopefully next will be a permanent role, and then... saving enough for a mortgage?
I so got this. Someone give me a sticker!
#adulting
Status: Graduated.
July 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Status: Graduated.
Had an interview yesterday. Afterwards felt the usual rigamarole of nerves, anticipation, and the vulnerability of hope. Listening to some heavy metal/punk rock music helped burn off the excess adrenaline. All hail Last Resort by Papa Roach, a classic.
May 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Had an interview yesterday. Afterwards felt the usual rigamarole of nerves, anticipation, and the vulnerability of hope. Listening to some heavy metal/punk rock music helped burn off the excess adrenaline. All hail Last Resort by Papa Roach, a classic.
A gift from a friend! Made from air dry clay, acrylic paint, matt varnish, and an awesome creative mind.
Gonna name the frog Lily. Felt appropriately themed.
Gonna name the frog Lily. Felt appropriately themed.
May 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A gift from a friend! Made from air dry clay, acrylic paint, matt varnish, and an awesome creative mind.
Gonna name the frog Lily. Felt appropriately themed.
Gonna name the frog Lily. Felt appropriately themed.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
"Theories can make more or less correct assumptions and can provide
a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or
not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality."
Very interesting and concise pre-print!
a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or
not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality."
Very interesting and concise pre-print!
"No theory provides a perfect account of the world, so the only way to avoid the illusion of knowledge is to avoid theory. However, a lack of theory leads to a lack of explanations that is disorienting and stifles progress."
By Stefan, Pirrone, & @nathanjevans.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
By Stefan, Pirrone, & @nathanjevans.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"Theories can make more or less correct assumptions and can provide
a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or
not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality."
Very interesting and concise pre-print!
a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or
not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality."
Very interesting and concise pre-print!
Job hunting mood of today: at peace with myself and the universe.
I got a plan for what to do if I don't find a full-time job in Glasgow by July, so failure is not so scary anymore. Begone, Sword of Damocles!
Now, unto seducing an organisation with a defined pension scheme into hiring me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I got a plan for what to do if I don't find a full-time job in Glasgow by July, so failure is not so scary anymore. Begone, Sword of Damocles!
Now, unto seducing an organisation with a defined pension scheme into hiring me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
May 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Job hunting mood of today: at peace with myself and the universe.
I got a plan for what to do if I don't find a full-time job in Glasgow by July, so failure is not so scary anymore. Begone, Sword of Damocles!
Now, unto seducing an organisation with a defined pension scheme into hiring me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I got a plan for what to do if I don't find a full-time job in Glasgow by July, so failure is not so scary anymore. Begone, Sword of Damocles!
Now, unto seducing an organisation with a defined pension scheme into hiring me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Behold, my work companion; the seagull nesting on the mossy roof my window looks out into.
May 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Behold, my work companion; the seagull nesting on the mossy roof my window looks out into.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
We also argue that treating Open Science as merely one more “content area” to squeeze into graduate curricula is a category mistake. Transparency is to science what food safety is to culinary training: foundational hygiene, not an elective specialization.
5/8
5/8
May 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
We also argue that treating Open Science as merely one more “content area” to squeeze into graduate curricula is a category mistake. Transparency is to science what food safety is to culinary training: foundational hygiene, not an elective specialization.
5/8
5/8
As someone who did several courses and a dissertation on Psychometrics, there is a dry irony to having to sit through aptitude and reasoning tests, as well as gamified assessments during job hunting.
So here I am reading the scientific article on a gamified assessment for a grad scheme 😂
So here I am reading the scientific article on a gamified assessment for a grad scheme 😂
May 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
As someone who did several courses and a dissertation on Psychometrics, there is a dry irony to having to sit through aptitude and reasoning tests, as well as gamified assessments during job hunting.
So here I am reading the scientific article on a gamified assessment for a grad scheme 😂
So here I am reading the scientific article on a gamified assessment for a grad scheme 😂
Decided to make a "Job Applications Counter" with milestones set at 10, 15, 20, 30, etc. as a way of reframing things like farming quest points in a game.
I'm making progress, regardless of whatever the outcome is. Whatever happens, this is proof of my fighting spirit.
I'm making progress, regardless of whatever the outcome is. Whatever happens, this is proof of my fighting spirit.
April 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Decided to make a "Job Applications Counter" with milestones set at 10, 15, 20, 30, etc. as a way of reframing things like farming quest points in a game.
I'm making progress, regardless of whatever the outcome is. Whatever happens, this is proof of my fighting spirit.
I'm making progress, regardless of whatever the outcome is. Whatever happens, this is proof of my fighting spirit.
Reposted by Sara Eftekhari
I speak to a lot of undergraduate students who are interested in postgraduate study but don’t know where to start. This reminds me of myself & so I wanted to write “something” that would give people an idea of things to ask. Hope it helps: philmcaleer.github.io/thinkingmast...
#EduSky #HigherEd
#EduSky #HigherEd
Thinking about a Masters but not sure what to ask
philmcaleer.github.io
May 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I speak to a lot of undergraduate students who are interested in postgraduate study but don’t know where to start. This reminds me of myself & so I wanted to write “something” that would give people an idea of things to ask. Hope it helps: philmcaleer.github.io/thinkingmast...
#EduSky #HigherEd
#EduSky #HigherEd
And that's me done with my degree. Final assignment submitted.
April 21, 2026 at 10:38 AM
And that's me done with my degree. Final assignment submitted.
In other news, I'm enjoying how muscular my body is slowly becoming. Nice to see indisputable results of my efforts, unlike the other nebulous aspects of my life.
April 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM
In other news, I'm enjoying how muscular my body is slowly becoming. Nice to see indisputable results of my efforts, unlike the other nebulous aspects of my life.
Job hunting mood of today: we keep on persisting!
April 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Job hunting mood of today: we keep on persisting!