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Health Equity Researcher, Clin Psych & Asst Professor @HarvardMed @MassGeneralNews | Mamá, First Gen, Immigrant, Boricua y China 🇵🇷🇨🇳 (Bluesky: DrJennyZD)

Boston, MA

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Excited that I’ve received the NOA from @NIAAAnews !🎉 Despite knowing that the HPA axis and epigenetics play important roles in addiction, these are rarely studied together. In my K08, I will be testing biological (epi-endo) pathways linking ACEs & alcohol misuse in Latinx youth

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Then: recently emigrated from Colombia🇨🇴 to Puerto Rico🇵🇷. Now: faculty at Harvard Med & Mass Gen. I was the 1st in my fam to go to college. Never in my wildest dreams did I envision working in an ivy. Road was difficult but made possible by persistent mentors & pestañas quemas.

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Celebrating my promotion to Assistant Professor at @harvardmed with my greatest source of pride and joy. 👶🏽 De Bayamón pa’l mundo. 😉

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Nos enviaron la lista de estudiantes que matchearon en mi dept para la residencia y en la lista llena de universidades prestigiosas estaba uno de la UPR. Se me salió una lagrimita. 🥲

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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BIPOC kids (& adults) have repeatedly shared how experiencing racism, poverty, migration stress,and violence can be traumatizing & impact health. It is crucial to expand our focus beyond family-level ACEs to include the structural drivers of health inequities ( @AMJPublicHealth )

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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New paper with my amazing 🎶 Latino gang, gang, gang🎶 of co-authors (🇵🇷🇻🇪🇲🇽). This is 2nd of 3 papers I’ll be sharing highlighting the need to expand our conceptualization and measurement of ACEs, especially as community-level adversities disproportionately affect BIPOC youth.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Hoy voy a enseñar una clase en mi alma mater, @uprrp , y no puedo estar más emocionada. 🎉🎉🎉 Es la primera vez que enseño en la UPI y espero poder hacerlo mucho más en el futuro.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Since academia mostly feels like it’s one rejection after the other, I want to celebrate the tentative wins. Yesterday, I found out my K08 resub received a near perfect score, my 1st author paper was selected for a special issue, AND my husband and I celebrated our anniversary /1

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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We rarely talk about the invisible labor BIPOC faculty engage in to protect BIPOC mentees from experiencing the same traumas and injuries inflicted from racist academic spaces. It’s a lot. 🥵

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

En las últimas olimpiadas, no dejaron de evaluar “cuán puertorriqueña” es Mónica Puig si “no habla bien el español y no se crió en la isla.” Ya veo el mismo discurso con Jasmine Camacho Quinn. ¿No se cansan de seguir aislando a otros? Lo viví toda mi vida y ya me cansa.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I was also pushed out of my first PhD program and it was frankly a traumatic experience. To this day, what bothers me the most is that the person who targeted me is a racial/ethnic minority faculty who prances around preaching equity in academia. 🙃

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anthony christian ocampo 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈

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not at an R1 but…11/12 of the undergrads i’ve mentored toward PhDs (McNair, Mellon, filipino, black, & latinx) have been pushed out of academia—in their first year, before comps, while ABD, while on the market. honestly, i can’t in good conscience push students to pursue PhDs.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

Telemundo is coming to interview me and mi mamá tomorrow. 😱I think I will explode from the excitement and nervousness. #CienciaBoricua tips? 😅

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

In this new paper, we found that for immigrant Latinx youth, social support from friends and adults buffered the effect of ACEs on alcohol use. Many Latinx immigrant youth spend extended time separated from family and may rely more on extrafamilial supports to cope with stress.1/

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Hiring my first full time staff (EVER). Looking for a bilingual person w/ a psych (or related) background who’s interested in working in community engaged quant and qual projects. CRC will publish with me, perfect for a future PhD or MD applicant. Link below, please re-share! 🙏🏽

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Getting on my soapbox again. Underrepresented students have a really hard time accessing the “unwritten rules” of academia. Not all of us have the privilege to be surrounded by people and resources to learn the skills early on. Before I had words for them, my mentors were

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I disagree with this take. I'm writing and publishing in my third language & scientific writing is its own thing. I learned to write because mentors took the time to heavily edit my documents. Plus, the best collaborators are ones that heavily contribute to ongoing docs anyways.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Is there running a list of BIPOC professors in clinical or counseling psychology departments? I swear I saved a crowdsourced sheet and cannot find it. Maybe I should start it if it doesn't exist. BIPOC students always ask me for BIPOC faculty names and I wish I knew them all!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

New paper with my amazing 🎶 Latino gang, gang, gang🎶 of co-authors (🇵🇷🇻🇪🇲🇽). This is 2nd of 3 papers I’ll be sharing highlighting the need to expand our conceptualization and measurement of ACEs, especially as community-level adversities disproportionately affect BIPOC youth.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

This is the 1st of 3 papers I will be sharing, where I argue for the increased need include ACEs items rooted in oppression and marginalization. These expanded ACEs (eg.,discrimination, migration stress, violence) can impact the health of minoritized individuals&are overlooked.4/

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Primer chinchorreo y ruta del lechón de mi bebé. ❤️🇵🇷

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

I’m overwhelmed with happiness from all the love and support I received from the last post. I will get back to each and every one. I’m OVERJOYED to connect with other Latinxs in science and medicine! Much like in real life, Larinxs have always been my #1 hype crew. ¡GRACIAS!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I attended the same school in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, from K-12. They recently invited me to deliver the commencement speech, and I do not think any other invite will ever top this one. I feel so incredibly honored. 🥰 But also, how does one prepare to do a commencement speech!?

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Los boricuas nos podemos ver diferente, hablar dif, y criar en diferentes lados. No es un título otorgado por otros, es parte de la identidad de uno, lo llevamos con orgullo y no es un tema para ser debatido. Uno se identifica como quiera, y ya, punto.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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After being in Boston for almost 5 years, I am finally gonna be part of a true CBPR project. A community partner straight up asked me if I could start a project to improve their SUD tx services for Latinos. We set goals & are applying for a grant together. We’re energized. 🤩

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Remembering the time I disclosed that Spanish was my 1st lang in a qual paper and the reviewer told us to have a native English speaker review some horrendous sections. The “horrendous sections” they illustrated was actually written by the "native English speaker" co-author 🤡

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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#YoSinLaUPR no hubiese sido la primera de mi familia en ir a la universidad. Ahí aprendí de la psicología por primera vez, donde me enseñaron a pensar críticamente, a ser científica y practicar el activismo en todo lo que hago. #YoSinLaUPR simplemente no hubiese estudiado, punto.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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The most perfect little human just made me a mom for the first time. Of all the hats I wear, being a mommy is definitely one of the ones I enjoy the most. ♥️

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

@taylor_vandoren What are you supposed to do? Water it once every 2 months? 😂

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Reflecting on the fact that I’ve been doing minority mental health research for 15 years now. Before, we were mostly able to publish our work in specialized “minority journals” bc reviewers/editors didn’t find the work to be important for the general readership.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

My first LRP payment hit and it felt amazing. 🤩🤩 It’s the biggest payment made towards my loans to date and I can’t wait to see that happen again and again for two years. 🥳 Make sure to apply for the @NIH_LRP this year, deadline is only 2 weeks away!

@NIH_LRP

NIH Loan Repayment

3 years

Did you know that we put together a tip sheet for writing a competitive #NIHLRP application? This is your friendly reminder that this year's application cycle will close on Nov. 18. #AcademicTwitter #ecrchat

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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@TorresGotay No. Había una pequeña diáspora de Colombia a PR y se de quienes hablas. Mis papás tuvieron restaurante en Guaynabo y luego tuvieron uno en Naranjito. Que estes bien.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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HUGE shout out to @sarahevictor , @LisaJaremka & @kareylo8 who despite now knowing me, sent me their materials to help me secure a K supp! Thanks @NIAAAnews again for investing in me & my ideas. FYI. This is a $70k admin supp,which I’ll use to fund staff. Happy to share materials!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Has anyone ever submitted a K-award Admin Supplement to support researchers "during critical life events" like childbirth, and is willing to share their application with me? :D

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

For the first time in my life, an editor encourages me to be "bolder and stronger" in an opinion piece I am writing on structural racism. I feel this is the slight nudge I need to unleash la problemática rebulera in me. Soy de Bayamón, after all. 😅

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I did it! What an amazing opportunity it was to share some words with the graduating class and to reconnect with my wonderful teachers, some who have seen me grow since I was 5 years old!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I attended the same school in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, from K-12. They recently invited me to deliver the commencement speech, and I do not think any other invite will ever top this one. I feel so incredibly honored. 🥰 But also, how does one prepare to do a commencement speech!?

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I’ve peer reviewed about 10 papers in the last two months. 🫣 And, today, I received my first ever accept (w/ minor revisions) after just one submission. Is it… good karma? 🙏🏽

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I disagree with this take. I'm writing and publishing in my third language & scientific writing is its own thing. I learned to write because mentors took the time to heavily edit my documents. Plus, the best collaborators are ones that heavily contribute to ongoing docs anyways.

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Chenxin Li, PhD (@chenxinli2.bsky.social)

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I am not sure. If I were a PI I would try to preserve my mentee’s writing as much as possible-light edits only. If substantial changes are needed, I leave a comment instead. This is their writing, and they should express their individuality, not mine.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

Here’s the interview with @ddematteis for Telemundo. Grateful to be able to highlight the diversity within Latinx community & ecstatic to share this exp with mom, who sacrificed a lot as an immigrant parent. In Spanish, will summarize in English below.

Joven inmigrante llega a Harvard y genera impacto en los latinos

www.telemundonuevainglaterra.com

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Don’t slide into DMs mid meeting to tell people how brave they are. 😫 When URMs have to stand up for themselves/others it can often be a dysregulating process and any vocal support in the moment makes a huge difference.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Does anyone have a list or have crowdsourced threads of community-engaged researchers within clinical and counseling PhD programs? I’m asked by prospective students & prefer to have a more thorough list of these PIs. Feel free to drop your, or anyone’s, info below, too. 👇🏽

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

In the last 6 months, I submitted two NIH proposals, three 1st author pubs, and passed the EPPP (today 🥳). I wish I had a better way to explain how I feel but alas... I’m TIRED. I’m gonna hibernate, someone wake me up when I can get the vaccine.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Reimbursement practices will be the reason I leave academia. I don’t get paid enough to wait months and (in some cases) years to get reimbursed. 😵‍💫

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

OVERJOYED & ugly crying.😭 My Loan Repayment award @NIH_LRP from @NIMHD has been funded. The 1st memory that came to my mind: recently moved to the US for grad school, dad had passed away a few weeks before me leaving, mom telling me to take all her savings so I can pay rent /1

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Academic Twitter is so messy. I love it. 😂 I can’t believe I only used to use this account in 2009 to ask Justin Bieber to tour in Puerto Rico. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Had a tough week work-wise, BUT I’m focusing on celebrating that ALL my mentees who didn’t get a single PhD interview invite last year, have received interview invite(sss) this year. 🥳🥳🥳 Mentoring is my favorite part of my job and I get excited about prepping them for these!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

The Disparities Research Unit at Mass General is looking for a diversity supplement postdoc candidate. The Seguimos Avanzando project (PI: Dr. Margarita Alegría) studies ways racism and discrimination affect Latinx youth mental health. More info here:

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

SO incredibly proud of my amazing team for finishing the bio data collection on the 150 Latinx KIDS in 14 months! I am doing focus groups w Latine parents & youth to understand how to better engage them in biomed research in a culturally responsive and ethical way. Stay tuned👀

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Excited that I’ve received the NOA from @NIAAAnews !🎉 Despite knowing that the HPA axis and epigenetics play important roles in addiction, these are rarely studied together. In my K08, I will be testing biological (epi-endo) pathways linking ACEs & alcohol misuse in Latinx youth

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Who’s making the “Types of Health Disparities papers” meme? I could but I’m not tenured enough. 😅

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

I have hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that makes me excessively sick during pregnancy, making it extremely hard to function. Newborn tiredness feels “easy” in comparison. Venting bc it’s hard to be a pregnant person & mom. Friends, consider this my X preggo announcement. 😅

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Seeing lots of Ford Fellowship awardees on my timeline (yay, congrats!) and remembering I was given THREE honorable mentions. I was disappointed but I have to believe that all those years applying and reapplying for awards I never got prepared me to be a strong grant writer today

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Bottom line: Black individuals experienced a 38% increase in opioid overdose deaths. Equity could look like ⬆️ funding & support specifically ro reduce risk among Black Americans and participatory interventions— I’m sure the community has great ideas.. is anyone listening?

@The_BMC

Boston Medical Center

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ICYMI on #HealthCity : BMC's Dr. Marc LaRochelle, lead researcher of the #HEALing Communities Study, discusses the aim to reduce #opioid overdose deaths w/ a focus on #equity & widening disparities for Black communities: @DrJennyZD @DrAyanaJordan

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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I’m the 1st person to ever attend college in my fam and I will never be able to fully explain how difficult it was. I almost missed the standardized exams bc I didn’t know they were necessary to get in. At least with undergrad under my belt I was socialized into the school system

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Antoine J., PhD

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Not to play oppression Olympics but I honestly thought “first gen” meant first in your family to graduate college, not first to earn a PhD. Color me shocked to learn this today lol

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1 year

Here @ChoShrader is presenting on using social network analysis to improve HIV care interventions in racial/ethnic minoritized SGM folxs!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

📍Hogar dulce hogar ❤️

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

LinkedIn is reminding me that I have been at MGH/Harvard 4 years this month (1 as a postdoc, 3 as faculty) and, honestly, the predominant feeling is gratefulness for being able to do work I am passionate about and with people I really care and admire.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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. @Melorejuela presenting on the development of culturally responsive tool to assess suicide prevention efforts in rural dwelling Puerto Rican veterans @theNHSN

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

The superwoman, the myth, the legend! I was finally able to meet my dear mentor @sjbeckerphd in person for the first time, and it truly made my week. ♥️

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💯‼️I’ve been studying Latinx (mental) health for 13 years. Reviewers and funders have told me in million ways how unimportant my work is. If equity is suddenly important, the LEAST y’all can do is publish and fund minoritized ppl & those who’ve been at this for a while.

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Natalie N Watson-Singleton

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Since 2020, a STAT study found increased health equity research happening with "a disturbing trend: a gold rush mentality where researchers with little/no background or training in health equity research, often white and already well-funded, are rushing in to scoop up grants..."

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

New paper in JCCAP❗️What factors impact intergenerational continuity of psychopathology? In our 4 wave study spanning 20 years with PRicans,🇵🇷 we found that parental psychopathology during childhood (T1) was associated with post traumatic stress symptoms in young adulthood (T4)

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#MonganScienceMinute featuring @DrJennyZD , Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, PhD, Irene Falgas-Bague, MD, PhD, and Maggie Alegria, PhD

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Ba-ya-món :) Aquí para contestar cualquier pregunta o apoyar a otres STEAM100X35!

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STEAM100x35

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¡Wepa! El #STEAM100X35ID de hoy resalta a la Dra. Jenny Zhen Duan, investigadora clínica y psicóloga, enfocada en la salud física y mental de Latinos, quien aconseja a “contactar a personas que admiramos y pedir ayuda o consejos sobre tus próximos pasos.” #PRWomenInSTEAM 🎉🇵🇷💪

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Are you applying for an NIH Loan Repayment award this year? I applied twice before getting it and am definitely not an expert but I am willing to read over materials and support BIPOC applicants if needed. My DMs are open. :)

@NIH_LRP

NIH Loan Repayment

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Did you know that we put together a tip sheet for writing a competitive #NIHLRP application? This is your friendly reminder that this year's application cycle will close on Nov. 18. #AcademicTwitter #ecrchat

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Taking your toddler on international trips should be considered an extreme sport. Home at last. ❤️

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

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Growing up low-income has taught me to be savvy with limited resources and I think I have carried these skills into academia well (as I launch my 3rd mini project on my 1 funded baby grant ). 😅😅

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Me gustan las navidades que sepan a Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

A few years ago, I decided to stop devoting paragraphs to convince ppl why X community was important (even when there were clear health disparities). It felt like an act of resistance. I’m so glad I stuck with it even when I was encouraged to pursue different lines of studies.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

There is still lots of work to do but I feel grateful that there’s more health equity scholars now. I’m hopeful that the field will keep evolving, where most will have equity built into their programs even if they don’t necessarily self identify as equity scholars. Adelante.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

"A paucity of studies exists on intergenerational associations in father-child dyads and minoritized families in and outside of North America." Well, it's a good thing I have a paper under review looking at the roles of fathers' ACEs (+ mother's ACEs) on Latinx youth outcomes!😄

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Dr. Nicole Racine

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📡Our new paper on the intergenerational transmission of ACEs to child mental health and development outcomes is out: with @AADeneault @sherimadigan Parental ACEs were most strongly associated with children's internalizing and externalizing difficulties.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

@danielbowmanjr Reading this made me very sad. I have felt lonely during COVID too despite me having lots of people around who love me very much. I can’t recommend anything helpful but can offer my solidarity and share that many of us are feeling the same right now.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

I’d like to give a shout out to one of my OG mentors, Dr Guillermo Bernal, who took me under his wings in 2008 and put so much effort into guiding me. Without him, many of us wouldn’t be able to do what we do or be where we are. Other ppl I 🫶🏽 @CynthiaGarciaC9 , Dr Maggie Alegria

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Oswaldo Moreno

@DrOswaldoMoreno

1 year

Feliz #HispanicHeritageMonth . To celebrate, help me amplify Latine/Hispanic scholars whose expertise, experience, mentorship, and research have helped shape the field to where it is today. I will start and please help me tag your networks. @1NLPA @AmplifyLatinx

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

There is a typo in my first tweet, it should be "illustrated were" instead of "illustrated was," which adds to the irony but I really don't need to prove anything to anyone. English is my third language and I'm proud to be able to write and publish in multiple languages.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Returned to work after 4 months of maternity leave to find that my labmates left me very sweet “welcome back” notes and gifts. 💙 Working w/ ppl I like a lot makes being away from my baby a bit easier.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Building on community partnerships is one of my favorite things about my work. Today, it took me ~4 hours to meet a community partner (inc. transport) and it will prob be years before anything “academic worthy” materializes. In those years, the focus is on building trust,aligning

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Recently met with someone who told me they’ve been wanting to meet me 1 on 1 since that time I said in a group meeting “Yo, that’s racist” and I want to be remembered by this forever

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

This is the 1st of 3 papers I will be sharing, where I argue for the increased need include ACEs items rooted in oppression and marginalization. These expanded ACEs (eg.,discrimination, migration stress, violence) can impact the health of minoritized individuals&are overlooked.4/

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

I wasn’t going to share outside of my close circles unless I had a NOA or an accepted paper.But I choose to share w #AcademicTwitter bc we have to celebrate wins whenever possible. I’m allowing myself to feel joy without restrictions, even if things don’t materialize in the end:)

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Congrats to all the NIH LRP awardees on my timeline! I'm a bit sad this year to not have been chosen for a renewal (posting for transparency) but I am so happy so many people are getting theirs. This award has changed my life!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

I recently served as an NIH Reviewer as an ECR and am strongly encouraging anyone eligible to sign up . It was an awesome learning experience and it clarified, for me, why the evaluation process took so long, 🤔 why we get scores first and summaries later.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

A reputable organization posting this without fact checking with actual psychologists? I saw patients the entire 5 years I was in training and this is closer to the norm than the exception. 🤨

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Another gold medal 🥇 for Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. Second one in history and both won by women. I am in 😭😭.

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Adriana De Jesús Salamán

3 years

JASMINE CAMACHO QUINN LE TRAE A PUERTO RICO SU PRIMERA MEDALLA DE ORO EN #TokyoOlympics ¡Patentizado el #Quin ñeta!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Collabofriend extraordinaire @lluaces presenting on “A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single Session Intervention for Depression in Online Workers.” #aps23dc

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

Really proud of our new pub (w/ N. Gade, @Ifalgasbague , @DrKimSue , @melissa_dej and M. Alegria). The pandemic exacerbated structural vulnerabilities among low-income folx with SUDs but flexible treatment regulations can help reduce structural inequities in care for this group

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

trimming the excess of words to highlight significance, impact, gaps, etc to address a scientific question. Moreso than getting comments like “vague,” most people learning to write need concrete examples of what it means to be “un” vague to the scientific reader.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

FYI to the health equity folks in my network. “If you are a researcher at one of the eligible minority-serving institutions, you could receive up to $333,000 to fund your health equity research.”

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Traveling to DC tomorrow for the @PsychScience #APS2023 conference. I’ll be presenting with @Claudia_I_Lugo and @EdmarieGV on a panel “Latinx Well-Being Across the Lifespan: Clinical, Health, and Neuropsychological Outcomes.” Who else is going? Would love to meet Tweeter friends!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

@ashleyscastro @sasha_zabelski Thank you for the deep dive. I recently had a paper reviewed where the reviewer stated there is "no therapist shortage" and my jaw hit the floor....

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

I just realized my 15mo has said words in Spanish (his main language), English, Portuguese and Chinese. 🥲 So proud.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

ChatGPT's suggestions after I copy and pasted my study aims 😮

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

I need desperate help to name my K project. Being concise and creative with names and titles is not a particular strength. Where do people with these deficiencies get help? Where do I start?!

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

1 of my fave humans sent me this candid picture of us. Twitter-less Dr Cara Fuchs was my internship supervisor @The_BMC (now, Chief of Psychology 💅🏽). I’ve been thinking of her these past weeks as I take on a new supervisor role at MGH and plan to channel all the things Cara. 🫶🏽

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Received an unexpected gift from @AltafSaadiMD to congratulate me on my recent promotion. So grateful for Altaf, one of the kindest and brightest people I know. She cheers me on during life (great job surviving 1st year of motherhood!) and work accomplishments. ❤️ #academicmoms

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

Primera vez que me veo incluida 😂

@anarcoantillane

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@anarcoantillane

1 year

apparently this needs clarifying again: PUERTO RICAN IS NOT A RACE. YOU CAN BE A WHOLE WHITE RICAN. YOU CAN BE A WHOLE BLACK RICAN. YOU CAN BE A WHOLE ASIAN RICAN.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

All my mentees are coauthoring papers w/me.🥳 I just realized that 2x this week I zoom-shared a word doc and brainstormed the “problem-gap-hook” w/them while I typed and structure the intro based on that. How do y’all teach writing papers? This algarete mode may not be the best😅

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

I'll be speaking in this mentor panel, alongside some awesome researchers (more details to come). Join if you'd like to join a discussion on gaining more research experience and publishing! Please RT

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APA Division 45

2 years

Join us to hear from our mentors about research, scholarship, and publishing! March 16th at 5pm ET. Register now! ✨

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

I really appreciate the transparency of the process @CraigAnthonyRS has described here. I empathize as someone who was on the other side and is mentoring students who are getting rejections. But, I also empathize with faculty who have to make these difficult decisions...

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Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, PhD 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 (he/him)

@CraigAnthonyRS

3 years

Just a small comment on PhD applications: After narrowing down from >190 applications I've sent out invitations to the 4 who will be interviewing in person (see virtually). See this blog from last year on the process; will update at the blog soon.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

Had a negative experience w/ a journal and was reminded that the sudden surge in focus on minority health is no more than virtue signaling for some. Turning this around by volunteering a lot of time to support my POC peers in getting their papers published or meeting other goals.

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

4 years

@JSantosParker This is incredibly heartening. I was the first to attend college in my family. My 95yo grandpa attended my PhD graduation and kept saying “i wish I could go back to China and tell everyone that my granddaughter has a PhD now!!” 🥺

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

My LRP award was through this call. I was advised to apply to this call (instead of Health Disparities) if I was eligible bc less people apply via this route. Proving I was low-income 😅 was fairly easy bc I showed I received Pell grants. I’m so glad it got expanded to other ICs.

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NIH Loan Repayment

1 year

NEW: Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds LRP Expands Participation to Include all @NIH Institutes and Centers 💻🧪🔎 #NIHLRP #AcademicTwitter #ecrchat

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Anyone know of postdoctoral opportunities in Boston within the areas of health services research, disparities, Latinx mental health? : )

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

Glad I learned to not work evenings or weekends towards the end of my grad school journey. I was worried this would change as a new mom, but I’m happy to report that I’ve sustained these boundaries, unless scrolling through academic Twitter counts as work. 🤪

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Andrea Baccarelli

2 years

Message to past self: don’t work evenings and weekends. Too late for my past self to hear it, but I hope others who are there can hear it . See 👎

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

I’m a CBPR researcher and worked for YEARS to become a locally trusted person. Bc of this, I recruited 100 KIDS in ~2 months. No easy feat, that’s why my acknowledgment section is long and my gratefulness, expansive. We CAN do important science while respecting target comms. 3/

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

@mitchprinstein @JCCAP_Editor @AnaBridges14 @GarciaPsych @DrOmarGudino @RosalieCorona @AEPuentePhD Thanks for the tag @DrNicoleLorenzo ! I know so many now, which is GREAT news! Here are some: @kalvarezphd @AnaliaAlbuja , my University of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 crew: @EdmarieGV @Claudia_I_Lugo @lluaces @RosauraOrengo , and my tweeter-less mentors Maggie Alegria and Farrah Jacquez

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

2 years

@jp_shann @ABCole25 This paper looks fire based on the title alone. Can you email me a PDF? 😂😂

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

3 years

@BlackInMH @BPTwellbeing @NkasiStoll My dad had died and I wouldn’t allow myself to cry. I was seeing women with postpartum depression in clinical rotations and would often see them cry in therapy. My therapist asked me “do you think they’re weak because they cry, too?” This is when the true healing started for me

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD (she/ella)

1 year

I have two codes for 💙🌥️! Who wants them? First come, first serve. Comment below.👇🏽 Let’s be friends there, too. Same username: DrJennyZD

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