Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley | Researching mental health inequities in minoritized groups, risk and resilience, culturally robust mental health services, and digital mental health treatments
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. It's time to APPLY HEAVY PRESSURE. Call you Senators NOW: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/omb... I know, everyone hates calling. But this is CRITICAL. Make the calls today! (Use our super easy autodialer tool linked above) www.politico.com/live-updates...
Top senators consider blocking Trump’s grant shakeup in spending stopgap
It’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.
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With support from APF's Direct Action Visionary Grants, Amy Lee & the Lab for Youth Trauma Recovery are expanding access to a brief, skills-focused trauma intervention for parents and caregivers served by S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, a local organization specializing in youth gun & gang violence prevention.
Want to teach your undergrad Honors students or early grad students about peer review, but not sure how? 🤔 We'll do it for free! We're offering free peer review workshops for departments, ideal for advanced undergrad/early grad seminars in Psych, Neuro, and related fields. See below for details!
Reviewer Zero@reviewerzero.bsky.social · 3mo agoAre your students entering research culture without ever learning how peer review actually works? We'd love to help. We're offering free "Peer Review 101" virtual workshops for undergrad/grad seminars, tailored to Psych, Neuro, and related fields. Visit our website to learn more tinyurl.com/2ra56w72
Nayoung Kim and I are co-hiring a research assistant in the Columbia University psychiatry department in NYC! The RA will work on projects about depression/problematic smartphone use and digital mental health in adolescents.
Research Assistant - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
Job Type: Support Staff - Union Bargaining Unit: SSA Regular/Temporary: Regular End Date if Temporary: Hours Per Week: 35 Standard Work Schedule: Building: Salary Range: $63,234.71 - $63,234.71 The s...
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Have you ever #preregistered a #psychometric evaluation of a measure? We’re looking for examples! Shameless self-promotion encouraged! Or if you found one you really liked as an example, send it my way! #OpenScience #measurement
We're hiring! Open area search for assistant professor of sociology at UC Berkeley. Come be our colleague! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05416
Assistant Professor - Open Field - Sociology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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In a survey, 93% of cancer researchers who study disparities said federal policy changes have affected them. Funding is harder to come by and they worry it's slowing progress in their field. n.pr/4fnjyKB
Cancer disparities researchers say federal funding changes have disrupted their work
In a survey, 93% of cancer researchers who study disparities said federal policy changes have affected them. Funding is harder to come by and they worry it's slowing progress in their field.
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Nominate a colleague for an APS honor! APS Rising Stars: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars-nominations APS Fellows: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows/aps-fellow-nomination
Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine) on eating disorders and self-harm. 👉 Watch on ACAMH Learn · Free CPD/CME #ChildMentalHealth #EatingDisorders #SelfHarm
Eating Disorders Explained | ACAMH Learn
Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft dives into eating disorder diagnoses, shows you how to screen effectively, dispels common myths, and helps you spot the crucial warning signs.
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Well, that was a fun way to learn that I am allergic to Bactrim 🤒 🫣 🫠
I’m updating the “mediation” lecture for my grad stats class. What’s new in mediation these days? Is it still worth explaining the original Baron and Kenny method? Suggested R packages? Note: these are first-year grad psychology students in a larger GLM class. I have 2 hours.
Big Tech has become infamous for ‘moving fast and breaking things’. Policymakers rushing to enact youth social media bans risk repeating Big Tech’s mistakes and compounding the problems the bans are trying to solve. We cannot ban our way out of a youth mental health crisis. Editorial by me >>
‘We cannot ban our way out of a youth mental health crisis’: social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists say
Bans on teenagers’ social media use are gathering pace worldwide. Their proponents claim that social media bans will improve young people’s mental health, but w
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Some good news today methinks
Can less than 10 minutes daily on a mindfulness app improve the mental health of people of color exposed to discrimination? Based on our new publication in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (@jmirpub.bsky.social), the answer is yes! www.jmir.org/2026/1/e84328/ A 🧵:
A Self-Guided App-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Individuals Who Experience Discrimination-Related Mental Health Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Racially and ethnically minoritized individuals (REMs) who experience discrimination are at risk of developing stress, anxiety, and depression, and digital mental health interventions (DMH...
jmir.org
Today! Join us for the Latinx Research Symposium where my mentee Abigail Villa (Education Sciences major) and I will presenting research from our executive function and context study.
New paper— everyone is collecting intensive longitudinal data but recent review studies report that less than half of studies consider measurement/psychometrics. The paper covers a few foundational psychometric methods for ILD and provides a shiny app to apply them link.springer.com/article/10.3...
A primer on intensive longitudinal psychometrics - Behavior Research Methods
Many intensive longitudinal studies are interested in topics that are not always amenable to direct physical measurement and instead are often theorized as latent constructs (e.g., affect, emotion, mo...
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Want to contribute to scientific rigor and open science in clinical psychology? Apply to be the senior clinical editor at Collabra! Worried it's too much work or you are too junior? Please ask me about it. You might, in fact, be the ideal person!
Don van Ravenzwaaij@donvanraven.bsky.social · 5mo agoCollabra: Psychology is seeking a new senior editor for the clinical section and new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested in either of these positions and you believe you are qualified, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026! forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...
I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free.
My amazing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social colleague--Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social--has been selected for two highly competitive, NIH-funded training opportunities. The mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) and the Research in Implementation Science for Engagement (RISE)! Congratulations, Gio!
Full-time research coordinator position at UC Berkeley. Ideal for folk aiming 4 graduate study in clinical/health psychology who enjoys managing data and using R. This job posting is now listed on UC Berkeley Careers! In case helpful, you can use the Job ID #85111 to find the listing.
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation. n.pr/4v0nHek
Philanthropy in science has little oversight. Jeffrey Epstein exploited that
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation.
n.pr
**LION KING INTRO BLARING** 🎶🎶 IT’S THE CIRCLE… THE CIRCLE OF LIFE 🎶🎶
Frustrating thing about being an Assistant Professor: Knowing that I still have to be strategic about who I write papers with to preserve tenure letter writers. 1/2
a woman in a pink jacket says " i 'd like to file a complaint "
ALT: a woman in a pink jacket says " i 'd like to file a complaint "
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Concrete, actionable guidance on the application of DMHIs in everyday clinical work! This is something @stephenschueller.bsky.social has been teaching for years, and it was great to get together with him, Naomi Tabak, Madison Taylor, and Namrata Poola to create this "go-to" resource for clinicians!
See you in a couple of hours 🤓
Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center@techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow can we advance #equity in digital #MentalHealth interventions? Join us on Tuesday, March 3 for a seminar with @gramos.bsky.social, who will explore the state of the science in #DMHIs and share findings for creating more equitable models and expanding access for marginalized groups. Join us! ⤵️
How can we advance #equity in digital #MentalHealth interventions? Join us on Tuesday, March 3 for a seminar with @gramos.bsky.social, who will explore the state of the science in #DMHIs and share findings for creating more equitable models and expanding access for marginalized groups. Join us! ⤵️
Giovanni Ramos | Equity in Digital Mental Health Interventions
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu
Today I had the honor of presenting some of my work focused on advancing mental health equity for racially and ethnically minoritized youth at the CHLA's Adolescent Medicine Grand Rounds! I just wish we'd had more time to continue the conversation. Thank you for the invite, Caitlin S. Sayegh, PhD!
“Maybe, I would have been treated better if I had cited some of the editor in chief’s papers,” Bimonte, of the University of Siena, wrote in boldface in the email, which we have seen. Two days later, an unhappy editor at the journal quit, Retraction Watch has learned.
Exclusive: Unrest at Wiley journal whose EIC is cited in more than half of its papers
Timothy Lee (center) of Macau University of Science and Technology was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Tourism Research in 2023. On Feb. 18, a researcher in Italy sent a disgr…
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