Giovanni Ramos

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

2.2K followers2.4K following194 posts

Giovanni Ramos reposted

moin syed
@syeducation.bsky.social

New paper! Despite qualitative researchers claiming that generalizability is not a goal, their published work does indeed contain generalizable claims. We document this and provide recommendations for how all researchers can better calibrate their generalizability claims. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Tobias Gerstenberg
@tobigerstenberg.bsky.social

The Stanford Psychology Department is having a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Application deadline is 10/15. More infos here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
@lluaces.bsky.social

1: New @sadcatlab.bsky.social paper. TL; DR individuals with a good (predicted) prognosis benefit about as much from waiting as from iCBT (SMD=-0.14, 95% CI: -0.34, 0.06). Those w/a poorer prognosis see large intervention effect (SMD=-0.47, 95% CI: -0.67, -0.28). docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.comLorenzo-Luaces et al., 2026-prognosis.docxDevelopment and external validation of a multivariable prognostic index (PI) in nationwide samples of depressed adults in the United States Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD¹ EJ Jardas, BS¹ Allison Peipert,...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Lauren Forrest
@laurenforrest.bsky.social

I’m accepting a clinical psychology PhD student for Fall 2027 at University of Oregon!🌲 Applicants interested in suicide, eating disorders, and/or quant-y things, esp as related to LGBTQ+ people, would be a good fit. My website includes tons of info and pro tips for applicants. Good luck! ✨💪

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Andrea Howard
@drandreahoward.bsky.social

So if 40/42 studies in the meta are cross-sectional, it’s very reasonable to alternatively conclude that people who have more attention and self-regulation problems are more likely to be drawn to scrolling TikToks

Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social

Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Nicole Rust
@nicolecrust.bsky.social

A podcast near to my heart: fact check and dissect airport best selling books that oversimplify our reality. There’s so much pressure in the trade publishing world to write these. Academics are among the worst offenders. This episode on “The body keeps score” is a great example of how-not-to.

If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social

Episode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."

podcasts.apple.comThe Body Keeps The ScorePodcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · June 18 · 1h 50m

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Brian Nosek
@briannosek.bsky.social

Over the next several months, we will phase out some popular OSF features. These changes do not affect current public content, which remains safe and accessible. We have prepared support material to help users adapt. I am very sorry for the disruption to your work. Please read this post for details.

cos.ioOSF Changes | Center for Open ScienceWe are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Amanda Kay Montoya
@akmontoya.bsky.social

COS is making some big changes to projects. If you regularly use OSF this will impact your workflow. Our lab will be migrating data and file hosting to other places, but still use OSF for prereg and preprints. Happy to chat with people about how you’ll approach the transition!

Center for Open Science@cos.io

COS is announcing important changes to the Open Science Framework (OSF). OSF Projects—used for project collaboration, file mgmt, & storage—is being phased out as an active workspace over the next 6 months. This change does not affect persistence & accessibility of existing public projects. (🧵1/2)

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Colette Delawalla, PhD
@cdelawalla.bsky.social

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...

politico.comTop senators consider blocking Trump’s grant shakeup in spending stopgapIt’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

American Psychological Foundation
@ampsychfdn.bsky.social

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.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Carter Funkhouser
@carterfunkhouser.bsky.social

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.

opportunities.columbia.eduResearch Assistant - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United StatesJob 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...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Amanda Kay Montoya
@akmontoya.bsky.social

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

Giovanni Ramos reposted

NPR
@npr.org

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

n.prCancer disparities researchers say federal funding changes have disrupted their workIn 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.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Martin Pratt
@martinpratt.bsky.social

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

acamhlearn.orgEating Disorders Explained | ACAMH LearnDr. 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.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Andrea Howard
@drandreahoward.bsky.social

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.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Monika Neff Lind
@monikanlind.bsky.social

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 >>

frontiersin.org‘We cannot ban our way out of a youth mental health crisis’: social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists sayBans 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
Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social

This approach may represent a more immediate path to mental health equity: rather than waiting for group-specific digital interventions to be developed, we can leverage existing digital tools to make evidence-based interventions immediately available to these populations.

Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social

Reductions were not only statistically significant, but 61% achieved a clinically significant reduction in stress, 48% in anxiety, and 54% in depression. 100% of participants downloaded the app and engaged consistently for 4 weeks, with only 14% dropping out—a dramatic difference from most RCTs

Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social

One of the most important contributions of this work is that we intentionally used a commercially available, non-culturally adapted app. The field often assumes these tools won't work without extensive cultural adaptation, but our results challenge that assumption!

Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social

In this RCT, we tested the Mindfulness for Us (Mind-Us) program—a 4-week self-guided program—among Latinx, Asian, Black, Native American, and Multiracial adults exposed to elevated levels of discrimination between 2020 and 2022, a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic...

Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social

hostile political discourse against some communities of color, and high-profile instances of police violence. These were the results: Participants in the intervention group experienced significant reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression, with gains emerging in as little as 2 weeks.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Dan McNeish
@dmcneish.bsky.social

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...

link.springer.comA primer on intensive longitudinal psychometrics - Behavior Research MethodsMany 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...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Tom Rodebaugh
@drrodebaugh.bsky.social

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

Collabra: 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...

forms.gleApplication Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: PsychologyStarting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...

Giovanni Ramos reposted

Dr. Allison G. Harvey
@allisonharvey.bsky.social

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.

Giovanni Ramos reposted

NPR
@npr.org

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

n.prPhilanthropy in science has little oversight. Jeffrey Epstein exploited thatA 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.