Giovanni Ramos
@gramos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley | Researching mental health inequities in minoritized groups, risk and resilience, culturally robust mental health services, and digital mental health treatments
The @apnews.com recently interviewed me to discuss the impact that Roblox can have on youth's mental health when used to reenact and protest against ICE immigration raids.
My takeaway: It can be a healthy process by which youth build community and obtain social support!
apnews.com/article/robl...
My takeaway: It can be a healthy process by which youth build community and obtain social support!
apnews.com/article/robl...
Young people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox
Some young people on Roblox, the popular online gaming platform, have been using a roleplaying game to embody Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The @apnews.com recently interviewed me to discuss the impact that Roblox can have on youth's mental health when used to reenact and protest against ICE immigration raids.
My takeaway: It can be a healthy process by which youth build community and obtain social support!
apnews.com/article/robl...
My takeaway: It can be a healthy process by which youth build community and obtain social support!
apnews.com/article/robl...
First day of classes, professor edition!
This is the first time I get to teach Latinx Mental Health here at Berkeley, and I am already inspired by my students and their interest in learning more about their communities.
By the way, check the last slide of my lecture. If you know, you know 🤓
This is the first time I get to teach Latinx Mental Health here at Berkeley, and I am already inspired by my students and their interest in learning more about their communities.
By the way, check the last slide of my lecture. If you know, you know 🤓
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
First day of classes, professor edition!
This is the first time I get to teach Latinx Mental Health here at Berkeley, and I am already inspired by my students and their interest in learning more about their communities.
By the way, check the last slide of my lecture. If you know, you know 🤓
This is the first time I get to teach Latinx Mental Health here at Berkeley, and I am already inspired by my students and their interest in learning more about their communities.
By the way, check the last slide of my lecture. If you know, you know 🤓
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Huge news: Our lab's first Monte Carlo Simulation Registered Reports was recommended by @pci-regreports.bsky.social. Led by the indominable @jessicalfossum.bsky.social! To my knowledge this is the first completed Registered Report of a Monte Carlo Simulation! rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
Maximally specify models in moderated mediation
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January 21, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Huge news: Our lab's first Monte Carlo Simulation Registered Reports was recommended by @pci-regreports.bsky.social. Led by the indominable @jessicalfossum.bsky.social! To my knowledge this is the first completed Registered Report of a Monte Carlo Simulation! rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
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AI doesn’t just learn data—it learns our biases. A UC Berkeley researcher is working to ensure machine learning helps improve fairness in criminal justice and health care. news.berkeley.edu/2026/01/20/a...
AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter? - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley computer scientist Emma Pierson believes we can use AI to improve our healthcare and criminal justice systems — but only if we design these algorithms with an eye toward equality.
news.berkeley.edu
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
AI doesn’t just learn data—it learns our biases. A UC Berkeley researcher is working to ensure machine learning helps improve fairness in criminal justice and health care. news.berkeley.edu/2026/01/20/a...
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Only two days before Early Bird Registration closes for SIPS@SPSP Virtual Preconference. Register now for a day of productive and enjoyable community building! Extra discounts for students/trainees and low/middle income countries. @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social #openscience #psychology
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Only two days before Early Bird Registration closes for SIPS@SPSP Virtual Preconference. Register now for a day of productive and enjoyable community building! Extra discounts for students/trainees and low/middle income countries. @improvingpsych.org @spspnews.bsky.social #openscience #psychology
I submitted five grant applications, and today I got the final rejection (0/5). Trying to get results from a pre-registered report published has also been an uphill battle, including reviewer comments that my work is not science but "activism," and rejections despite glowing reviews.
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I submitted five grant applications, and today I got the final rejection (0/5). Trying to get results from a pre-registered report published has also been an uphill battle, including reviewer comments that my work is not science but "activism," and rejections despite glowing reviews.
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After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
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Just learned I've won the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the area of psychopathology, and am feeling pretty delighted!! So grateful to @aidangcw.bsky.social for nominating me, and very proud of the work it's based on.
January 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Just learned I've won the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the area of psychopathology, and am feeling pretty delighted!! So grateful to @aidangcw.bsky.social for nominating me, and very proud of the work it's based on.
I finally received this editorial decision! Many excellent comments from reviewers that will help improve this study and a very firm reminder that, we as a field, still don't know how to peer-review the results from pre-registered reports 🤷🏽♂️
I hope this gets published soon 🤓
I hope this gets published soon 🤓
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I finally received this editorial decision! Many excellent comments from reviewers that will help improve this study and a very firm reminder that, we as a field, still don't know how to peer-review the results from pre-registered reports 🤷🏽♂️
I hope this gets published soon 🤓
I hope this gets published soon 🤓
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ABCT’s 60th Annual Convention is now accepting abstract submissions for ticketed sessions! Detailed instructions for submission are found after logging into the portal below.
Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ABCT’s 60th Annual Convention is now accepting abstract submissions for ticketed sessions! Detailed instructions for submission are found after logging into the portal below.
Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
After this holiday break, I am honored to learn that our work on co-designing ethical guidelines for AI mental health tools with youth was featured in The Berkeleyan, the official weekly newsletter of the University of California, Berkeley!
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New football coach // Garden holiday pop-up shop
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January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
After this holiday break, I am honored to learn that our work on co-designing ethical guidelines for AI mental health tools with youth was featured in The Berkeleyan, the official weekly newsletter of the University of California, Berkeley!
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This paper led by doctoral student Lucy Liotta of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social examined different forms of future-oriented repetitive thought as predictors of suicide ideation among treatment-seeking teens. Free access for a few more weeks:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mJvybXYiyukA
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December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This paper led by doctoral student Lucy Liotta of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social examined different forms of future-oriented repetitive thought as predictors of suicide ideation among treatment-seeking teens. Free access for a few more weeks:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mJvybXYiyukA
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mJvybXYiyukA
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
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Young also has found "pervasive racial discrimination in selecting grants" to cut that will require a permanent restraining order to prevent the government from continuing this.
He also finds an "unmistakable pattern of discrimination against women’s health".
He also finds an "unmistakable pattern of discrimination against women’s health".
Judge Young is beyond livid — and fuming. He has another hearing that was supposed to begin minutes ago, and he's still going.
"I've never seen a record where racial discrimination is so palpable. I've been on the bench for 40 years. I've never seen government racial discrimination like this."
"I've never seen a record where racial discrimination is so palpable. I've been on the bench for 40 years. I've never seen government racial discrimination like this."
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Young also has found "pervasive racial discrimination in selecting grants" to cut that will require a permanent restraining order to prevent the government from continuing this.
He also finds an "unmistakable pattern of discrimination against women’s health".
He also finds an "unmistakable pattern of discrimination against women’s health".
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Wow! Honored that my essay was named one of Science’s Top Personal Essays of 2025 for the second year in a row!
It means a lot that honest stories about the real pressures + joys of research resonate. Grateful to all who read, shared, and reached out.
Read here ➝ www.science.org/content/arti...
It means a lot that honest stories about the real pressures + joys of research resonate. Grateful to all who read, shared, and reached out.
Read here ➝ www.science.org/content/arti...
Academic betrayal, tapping into silliness: Science’s top personal essays of 2025
Our Working Life essays highlight the people behind the research and lessons learned as they overcome personal and professional challenges
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December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wow! Honored that my essay was named one of Science’s Top Personal Essays of 2025 for the second year in a row!
It means a lot that honest stories about the real pressures + joys of research resonate. Grateful to all who read, shared, and reached out.
Read here ➝ www.science.org/content/arti...
It means a lot that honest stories about the real pressures + joys of research resonate. Grateful to all who read, shared, and reached out.
Read here ➝ www.science.org/content/arti...
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Líderes del Futuro podcast (tinyurl.com/rafapod) and radio show (tinyurl.com/kbbfr), where I spoke with El Profe Rafael Vásquez about the mental health of our Latinx communities!
Si hablas español, déjame saber qué opinas ;)
tinyurl.com/y28zmsvf
Si hablas español, déjame saber qué opinas ;)
tinyurl.com/y28zmsvf
Dr. Gio Ramos – La Salud Mental es Posible Para Todxs. De la UNAM a UC Berkeley
El psicólogo que empezó en la pobreza de Michoacán y se graduó de la UNAM, ahora es profesor en la prestigiosa universidad de UC Berkeley. El Dr. nos visitó para hablar de su experiencia en la educación y el trabajo que ahora hace para mejorar las vidas de la comunidad migrante y las siguientes generaciones. #sonomacounty #familia #podcast #migrantes #inmigrantes #lakecounty #napacounty #daca #dacamented #dacadreamers #undocuprofessionals #ucberkeley #unam #michoacán #michoacan
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December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Líderes del Futuro podcast (tinyurl.com/rafapod) and radio show (tinyurl.com/kbbfr), where I spoke with El Profe Rafael Vásquez about the mental health of our Latinx communities!
Si hablas español, déjame saber qué opinas ;)
tinyurl.com/y28zmsvf
Si hablas español, déjame saber qué opinas ;)
tinyurl.com/y28zmsvf
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My time to shine! @jonasdora.bsky.social and I never find anything but nulls!
All I want for Christmas is... published nonsignificant findings and more Registered Reports?
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Are Psychological Scientists Overvaluing Significance?
Some scientists are hesitant to submit nonsignificant results to journals, citing reputation as a major factor.
www.psychologicalscience.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My time to shine! @jonasdora.bsky.social and I never find anything but nulls!
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When your paper gets rejected after a long (long) review process, but you‘re on vacation starting tomorrow 🇲🇽🤠🌵
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lol
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Lol
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Are you working in the personalized treatment/ precision medicine space?
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Behavior Therapy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Are you working in the personalized treatment/ precision medicine space?
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
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Inviting submissions to a new special issue on precision and personalized treatment approaches led by @cherilev.bsky.social and @aaronjfisher.bsky.social! It’s gonna be a fantastic collection so send us your favorite new work :) www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Behavior Therapy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Inviting submissions to a new special issue on precision and personalized treatment approaches led by @cherilev.bsky.social and @aaronjfisher.bsky.social! It’s gonna be a fantastic collection so send us your favorite new work :) www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Last invited talk of the year! I am honored to go back to my alma mater, UCLA and its STAND ALACRITY Center, to talk about the state of the science in digital mental health interventions for racially and ethnically minoritized individuals. Friday 12/19 from 11am-12pm. See you there 🤓
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Last invited talk of the year! I am honored to go back to my alma mater, UCLA and its STAND ALACRITY Center, to talk about the state of the science in digital mental health interventions for racially and ethnically minoritized individuals. Friday 12/19 from 11am-12pm. See you there 🤓
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UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties:
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor
The Department of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor level), to begin August 1, 2026. The Department of Psycholog...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties:
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557
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Amidst mass tech layoffs, what will be the next hot career in an AI-driven world?
Ph.D. candidate @laurenmarietta.bsky.social says we need a new generation of "advocacy technologists" who work in the public sector.
Read her full Local News Matters op-ed at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/3XyqKef
Ph.D. candidate @laurenmarietta.bsky.social says we need a new generation of "advocacy technologists" who work in the public sector.
Read her full Local News Matters op-ed at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/3XyqKef
Beyond Big Tech: Why 'advocacy technology' will be the next hot career in AI-driven world - Local News Matters
RECENTLY, IBM ANNOUNCED it will lay off thousands of employees; Amazon announced over 14,000 layoffs. Companies like Google and Microsoft have also faced
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December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Amidst mass tech layoffs, what will be the next hot career in an AI-driven world?
Ph.D. candidate @laurenmarietta.bsky.social says we need a new generation of "advocacy technologists" who work in the public sector.
Read her full Local News Matters op-ed at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/3XyqKef
Ph.D. candidate @laurenmarietta.bsky.social says we need a new generation of "advocacy technologists" who work in the public sector.
Read her full Local News Matters op-ed at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/3XyqKef
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Congrats to Gio Ramosfor recently receiving the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Latinx Special Interest Groups Early Career Rising Star Award. A former UC Chancellor’s and Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellow in UC Irvine's TEAM Lab, Gio is now an assistant professor at UC Berkeley.
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congrats to Gio Ramosfor recently receiving the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Latinx Special Interest Groups Early Career Rising Star Award. A former UC Chancellor’s and Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellow in UC Irvine's TEAM Lab, Gio is now an assistant professor at UC Berkeley.