Fun to work on this with superstar team of Gio Ramos, PhD Rosa Hernandez-Ramos and Madison Taylor, State of the Science: Using Digital Mental Health Interventions to Extend the Impact of Psychological Services sciencedirect.com/science/articl… ABCTtechsig

Spent the last few days in Accra, Ghana sharing research ideas with our colleagues at the University of Ghana. Incredibly interesting work. Plus I LOVE it here.

Spent the last week in Accra connecting with our CERES researchers and their students. The bonds I formed with my students here over zoom were solidified by in person hugs.

Reading the reports just couldn’t bring to life the impactful work being done by our CeresJacobs partners at the University of Ghana. From generative AI, to country wide conferences, to training the teachers, there’s so much happening.

Edtech has so much to offer but how do we bring its power to low resourced settings? Our CERES researchers and their school partners have thoughts.

Many common environmental toxicants are associated with depressive symptoms, providing potential targets for intervention measures and mechanistic research. ja.ma/3zBB9Nm

Study from Jun J. Mao & Kevin Liou finds Hispanic patients w/ cancer have a higher expectation of benefit from acupuncture & massage therapy compared to non-Hispanic counterparts. Understanding these expectations could improve pain management strategies. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

UC Irvine to launch the first School of Population & Public Health in Orange County, promoting community engagement & health equity. Approved today by UC Board of Regents, the school is 4th within 10-campus UC system. Wen Public Health University of California bit.ly/3WvPBQk

Unlike a bunch of my colleagues, I don’t mind flying Spirit (or Frontier), and they’ve gotten me home when other airlines were canceling flights. Not surprised by this low number. Spirit Airlines

In 2022, Molly Jong-Fast spoke to Kamala Harris about protecting abortion rights post-Roe and tackling immigration, along with how, as a woman of several firsts—from DA to AG to VP—she hopes to “create a path and widen the path for others.” Read more: vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/k…

I’m not sure how I feel about an IFRIT contributing to my document.

This review outlines the care components of school-based substance use prevention interventions used in low-and-middle-income countries and the common theories, models or frameworks that underpin those interventions. Research by Abdul Cadri and colleagues buff.ly/3YsI7ij

#Announcement: The first #CallForProposals is open for the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE)! 📢 This global initiative aims to improve our understanding of #LearningVariability.💡 ➡️ For more details on how to apply, visit: bit.ly/3Au1htY

The experiences and goals of care for each cancer survivor are unique and dynamic. This figure depicts one way to think about the different types of #cancersurvivors. Learn more about the phases of cancer survivorship and cancer survivorship research at cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/definitions.

I have this amazing all volunteer group of undergraduates and masters students helping me for the last six months. After every meeting I’m just so impressed by them.

Mortality rates have been increasing in the US, but not from COVID-19. Many factors are responsible for this trend—ranging from the opioid epidemic & increasing obesity rates to intensifying economic precarity. A new JAMA Viewpoint examines these causes. ja.ma/3Z0QEsT

Wow this hit home

New in Advance Access: This article provides a blueprint for using human-centered design to build an mHealth intervention aimed at promoting healthcare transition readiness with early teens Caitlin Sayegh #digitalhealth doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy…

Often research conferences are intellectually stimulating and sometimes they make you ugly cry and vow to continue to devote your life to help, any way we can. Thank you CeresJacobs for these days.