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Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Co-Director of THRIVE Lab | Researching Mental Health Disparities among Latinx Youths/Families | He/Him | Views = Own | 🇨🇺🇺🇸
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🚨 New article with infographic! Kindly retweet! The full article is open-access and available here: doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

🚨New pub🚨 Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊 dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America. #StandUpForScience actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK

NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/

Grateful to @lluaces.bsky.social and the Association for Psychological Science for the invitation to present my work on Latinx caregivers’ beliefs about the causes of youth mental health problems. Survived not loading presenter view and having to do the talk without notes. 🙏🏼🍾

The Trump administration’s claim that everyone is male or female goes against science, according to a researcher who has studied the claims of biological determinists.

Grateful to have been selected for the Research Development Academy through @UTKnoxville Office of Access and Engagement! This year, I was able to learn the hidden curriculum from the Faculty Success Program, met campus leadership, and got seed funding for my research. 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️

Career Advice | Grad School Doesn’t Stop for a Crisis Jessica M. Vélez offers advice on supporting trainees and yourself when the world is on fire. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EAUVvv

Thanks to Kirsten Gonzalez and Marc Maley for throwing us a baby shower for baby Sofia! Grateful for the support for our friends and family. ❤️🍼👶🏻

🚨NLPA 2025 Summit - Call for proposals is live!🚨 Psychology at the Border: Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis via Psychological Science, Training, and Practice October 17-18, 2025 @ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Please share! 🙏🏼 Link: whova.com/call_for_spe...

Read Parenting Practices and Substance Use in Mexican Children on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Read How Parenting Affects Childhood Substance Use in Mexico on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

New official @UTKnoxville assistant professor action figure! Tenure anxiety sold separately. 🍊

Read Identifying Barriers to Mental Health Services for Latinx Families on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1

Read Risk Factors for Early Substance Use in Mexican Youth on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Read Mental Health Professionals in Puerto Rico Use Evidence-Based Therapies on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

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🚨New Paper Alert🚨 We did a qual. study to understand how providers justified agreement/disagreement w the BPD diagnosis. TLDR: No differences based on SGM status of the vignette. BUT differences found were based on professional status. In Personality & Mental Health Doi: doi.org/10.1002/pmh....

🚨New pub🚨 Evidence-based practice among mental health professionals in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, knowledge, resources, and treatments. Thanks to @natgiraldosa and @CMNavarroFlores for their leadership on this paper!🎉🎊 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

"My diagnosis was transformative—but it brought bitter regrets. I grieved for the life and career that could have been had my ADHD been detected earlier. … But I also came to understand how ADHD has given me unique strengths." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/3RuK3lv

If you are a graduate student planning on preparing an NIH individual graduate (F31) or postdoctoral (F32) research fellowship proposal this summer, check out my FREE webinar on Succeeding at NIH Fellowship Grant Applications: smart-workshops.com/fellowships-...

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Read Latinx Families’ Use of Telepsychology Services During the Pandemic on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.

Read Review of Mindfulness-Based Mobile Interventions: Current Methods and Future Directions on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Twenty Democratic attorneys general just filed a lawsuit challenging ED's recent layoffs.

Assessing the Damage After the Education Department’s Mass Layoffs The Trump administration’s deep cuts at the department hit some offices harder than others, but the effects will likely be felt by students, families and institutions across the country. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kO8wj7

This!!!👇👇👇🚨 www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Read Parents' Hopes for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works on two of the most urgent U.S. health problems and has generally received bipartisan support. By the end of this week, the staff of the agency could be cut by 50%, according to senior staff members.

Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest. Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG

"Trump administration cancels $400m in funds to Columbia University...because of what it alleges..the college’s repeated failure to protect students from antisemitic harassment." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Summer research internships are an incredible way to kickstart a scientific career. By cutting these opportunities, we are undermining the future of American science. www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/t...

Senate Republicans say they won’t go along with a call from President Donald Trump in his address to Congress Tuesday night to “get rid of” the CHIPS and Science Act. Follow that story and more of our coverage of President Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/4hexS6I

Read How Sleep Affects Emotional Reactivity in Anxious Youth on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Read COVID-19 Vaccine Barriers in Underserved Latino Communities on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

Some employees who were previously fired received emails saying they're "clear to return to work."

Read Adapting an Evidence-Based Practice Scale for Brazilian Mental Health Providers on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

New pen holder that captures my current mood…. 🗑️🔥🦝

Patterns in Child Mental Health Services and Evidence-Based Practices www.growkudos.com/publications... @growkudos.bsky.social

Big thanks to Drs. Natalia Giraldo-Santiago and Cynthia Navarro Flores for their leadership on this paper. Excited to see it published soon! 🎉🎊🙌🏼

🚨 New publication🚨 Process of emancipation for Latinx Migrant Farmworkers Youth Grateful for our leading author @CarlosChavezPhD and amazing group of collaborators #LatinoTwitter #racism #Farmworkers #Immigrant #MentalHealthMatters 🔗 Paper psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

Honored to be co-chairing the National Latinx Psychological Associate conference at the U.S. southern border. Grateful to be drawing attention to an ongoing humanitarian crisis and give back to my academic home! 🙏🏼

Happy to announce that I have joined the editorial board of Development and Psychopathology! 🎉🎓 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...