This fall, we are recruiting parents of LGBTQ people for a paid study assessing programs designed for parents of LGBTQ people 🍁! See if you qualify for our research study by completing our eligibility screener at the link in bio 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Happy to share that next week I start my postdoc fellowship @yalesph.bsky.social @yalelgbtqmhi.bsky.social, where I will be working to bridge the gap between clinical psychology and public health to promote mental and sexual health equity within LGBTQ+ communities. The work must continue! 🌈 #YAPT

Elated (and very relieved) to have finally completed my 2,070-hour doctoral internship in health service psychology at #CMTP @bumedicine.bsky.social! #wedidit 🥳 By August 31, my degree will be conferred and I’ll officially be Dr. Shepherd. #PhDone (I’ve been waiting 6 years to use this hashtag!)

Excited to present my research on belonging, minority stress, and burnout among psychology trainees with concealable stigmatized identities (with a focus on LGBTQ+ identities) tomorrow at #APA2025! 🌈 @apadivision44.bsky.social

Sharing a study of Hispanic SGM mental health! I'd take it but I'm too old 😂 -Lorenzo

Thrilled and grateful to be surrounded by loved ones at my graduation! Now equipped with a fancy new doctorate in Clinical Psychology, I’m excited to continue learning and growing from and through relationships, both personal and professional. -Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD #finally

Dissertation successfully defended! 🥳 Graduation imminent! 🎓 Dr. Shepherd incoming! 🧠 🔍 See Acknowledgments section. ❤️ #finally

🚨 New #Publication in Health Psych 🚨 Led by Shayna Skakoon-Sparling and Susan Chow, our lab coordinator: "Social-support buffers the effect of internalized homonegativity on intrusive sexual thoughts/behaviors" 🔓Postprint (accepted version): osf.io/preprints/ps... 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1037/hea0...

Dating apps boast millions of users and billions in revenue. But a new study reveals a darker side: they may be linked to poorer body image and mental health. #DatingApps #BodyImage #MentalHealth #SelfEsteem #HealthyRelationships

#ValentinesFacts #lovedata #datalove #demography

Dismayed at attacks on LGBTQ people atm and very glad I get to at least work to get more affirmative care out in the world. Giving a workshop on LGBTQ-affirmative CBT in a couple of weeks! Come if you want to learn more about how to support queer people through all of *waves hands* this

We are recruiting LGBQ+ Veterans in the Boston area for a study testing a brief intervention for anxiety and depression. Please spread the word! 🌈 #LGBTQhealth #LGBTQResearch #VeteransHealth

Connect with folks through this LGBTQ Youth & Families Research starter pack. Happy to add others who are here! go.bsky.app/M2dCSHy

Thanks to #CSHRB's Dr. Jason Kimer for helping us all stay alert and safe this holiday season. Excellent interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta featured on CNN www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/h...

How do LGBTQIA+ youth learn what it means to be LGBTQIA+? Who are the key players in this process? Chosen family play a BIG role, and origin family contribute but much less. LGBTQIA+ socialization may be another way we can support youth. Here's a preview from presentation at @ncfr.bsky.social

Started a #HealthEquity starter pack—feel free to suggest additions or request to be added! Still in formation, hoping to find other similar lists so drop your recs below, too!

That’s a wrap @abctnow.bsky.social! Loved getting to reunite with friends old and new at #ABCT2024! One of the best parts of academic conferences is getting to learn with and from people who are so passionate about what they do! #AcademicSky