Asst Professor of Psychology @ CSUDH | prenatal/early life stress, resilience, & developmental psychopathology | advance equitable systems of training | she/her
Joined June 2019
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In our new study published in #JCCAP, pregnant adolescents with strong sense of trust/closeness with a parent during pregnancy experienced more emotions like joy, confidence, & calm. These positive prenatal emotions uniquely predicted better birth outcomes bit.ly/3uxza
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Working on infusing your psychology syllabus with anti-racism (e.g., psych 101, history of psych, clinical psych, forensic psych, research methods)? Looking to update your reading list? We can help! 🧵
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Here’s what @Harvard gives their students to write perfect CVs and cover letters.
The document includes examples, action verbs and expert guidance to perfect your resume like Harvard students and graduates 🎓
Access it here: hwpi.harvard.edu/files/ocs/f…
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We are hiring full-time research staff who can start this summer. The deadline for the application is June 17th. If you are interested in applying, please find the application details in the link below. hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applica…
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We have a full-time research assistant position open working with @ElysiaPDavis and me! Please share and apply! Contact me at Jena.Doom at du.edu with any questions about the position. jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/496332…
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Our scoping review on maternal stress and cortisol during pregnancy is now available open access in PNEC. We used a life course approach to review studies reporting on associations of stress before and during pregnancy with maternal cortisol in pregnancy sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A write-up of our new study, led by @@gwc225, testing meaning-making processes in childbirth narratives.
Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust theconversation.com/birth-of… via @ConversationUS
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🚨 New pub! We examined experiences of cultural taxation and racism in clinical psych programs! If we want to diversify the field, we need to better attend to toxic racial climates that push people of color out! 🚨 @equity_scholars @JCCAP_Editor
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The initial result from @denver_care published in JAMA Psychiatry! We saw a huge reduction in depression following our brief prenatal intervention funded by NIMH @NIMHgov. Follow the link to read more.
A randomized clinical trial of prenatal interpersonal psychotherapy showed rapid decreases in depression. Depression in the intervention group dropped from 37% before intervention to 6% after (vs. 26% in control group). ja.ma/41wX7Ki
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Follow along for a graphical breakdown of our latest paper “Psychology’s Contributions to Anti-Blackness in the United States within Psychological Research, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health”, published in Perspectives on Psychological Science: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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SEED is teaming up with @SSNScholars to host a "Getting Inspired, Setting Goals Policy Workshop" on Feb 27 at 1:00PM EST.
It is open to everyone!
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
And please share with your networks!
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New paper alert! We show the intergenerational impacts of mothers' exposure to adversity during her childhood AND pregnancy on children's early mental health - once again highlighting the critical role of trauma #prevention and #intervention across generations.
Our new national @ECHOChildHealth findings (N=1948) in @sppejournal show maternal exposures to #adversity/#stress during her #childhood & #pregnancy independently predict offspring #pediatric #mentalhealth at age 5, but ALSO interact to exacerbate risk. 1/ link.springer.com/article/10…
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The process of confronting, celebrating, and centring researcher bias is necessary for all methodologies, including quantitative research. New paper with @themichjam and @GiselaGovaart, where we provide a rationale, worked examples, and reflexive prompts
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ALT A table from a published paper which describes "broader reflexivity prompts" for four stages of research - research question and design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and conclusions nad framing.
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A work retreat with two of your closest friends to process, reflect, and laugh is simply the best way to start the year. @RachelAnnVC @IreTung
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Want great research experience? And $4000?
And $1000 for the research mentor you select?
Learn all about @APA's SUPER program for underrepresented scholars. We pay for you to go to a campus and get psych science experience! Q&A on how to apply here 👇
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Do you work with undergrads (or are you one) looking to pursue a clinical psych PhD?! This path is complex & NOT at all easy to navigate. That’s why my lab and @sci_simplified @rutgers_psych created a practical guide to make this information accessible! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Congrats in getting grad school applications in!
Next step: Preparing for potential interviews, pre-interviews, other forms of contact.
This video from @mitchprinstein is absolutely stellar & on point: youtu.be/3ueGQY8mHJo
The bit about cheat sheet I highly recommend
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My colleague Steven Roberts was recently invited to comment on a "debate" about diversity at a @PsychScience journal.
His experience was troubling and surreal, and lays bare the very biases he studies. He describes it in this important pre-print.
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psyarxiv.com/xk4yu
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How does a prenatal wellness intervention affect LONG-TERM maternal mental health? We looked at 8-year effects of a brief program in pregnancy on maternal depressive symptoms...🧵
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I have been seeing lots of ads selling me things that promise to improve my child's development. Instead of feeling guilty about not buying her things, I reflected on what we know about child development and wrote this. I hope this helps others let go of the guilt, too!
6 factors that matter most when it comes to healthy child development—and how parents can stress less about everything else, by @thetruedrdoom bit.ly/3EvNIcb