Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
@alvazquezphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Co-Director of THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab | Researching Mental Health Disparities among Latinx Youths/Families | He/Him | Views = Own | 🇨🇺🇺🇸
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
Please share widely! Review starts 9/19. 🟧⬜️ 🟧⬜️
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please share widely! Review starts 9/19. 🟧⬜️ 🟧⬜️
Its counseling and clinical psych Ph.D. program application season! If you are looking for potential mentors to apply to, check out the following resource:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
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September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Its counseling and clinical psych Ph.D. program application season! If you are looking for potential mentors to apply to, check out the following resource:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Bridging Traditional-Statistics and Machine-Learning Approaches in Psychology: Navigating Small Samples, Measurement Error, Nonindependent Observations, and Missing Data - Rosa Lavelle-Hill, Gavin Smi...
In recent years, machine learning has propagated into different aspects of psychological research, and supervised machine-learning methods have increasingly bee...
journals.sagepub.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Reading the first round of discussion questions for my class and they are all criticizing the PHQ-9 as an outcome measure and talking about the weaknesses of ignoring individual symptoms when analyzing data
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September 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Reading the first round of discussion questions for my class and they are all criticizing the PHQ-9 as an outcome measure and talking about the weaknesses of ignoring individual symptoms when analyzing data
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
The Big Ten is airing a video advertisement defending higher education at its sporting events and on broadcasting channels. The effort comes after faculty leaders within the conference pushed their institutions to adopt a "mutual-defense compact."
It’s Not a ‘Mutual-Defense Compact.’ But a New Ad From 18 Universities Aims to Send a Message.
The Big Ten’s member institutions have collaborated on a 30-second TV spot that will air during conference football games and other sporting events.
www.chronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Big Ten is airing a video advertisement defending higher education at its sporting events and on broadcasting channels. The effort comes after faculty leaders within the conference pushed their institutions to adopt a "mutual-defense compact."
🚨New pub🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
Diversity among college students has increased and, yet experiences of discrimination persist and predict mental health symptoms. The role of various overlapping demographics in predicting discriminat...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨New pub🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...
Our department has a new name: 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️
artsci.utk.edu/new-name-ref...
artsci.utk.edu/new-name-ref...
New Name Reflects Neuroscience Growth at UT - College of Arts and Sciences
With an expansion of its name, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is showcasing wide opportunities for studying systems that control behavior in humans and other animals. The neuroscience major and minor began as a College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) interdisciplinary program in 2013 and became part of […]
artsci.utk.edu
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our department has a new name: 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️
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artsci.utk.edu/new-name-ref...
Big life event! Nearly two weeks into being a girl dad. Barely slept but grateful that my wife and baby Sofía are healthy. Going to have to learn some new time management techniques. 👶🏻👨🏻🍼
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Big life event! Nearly two weeks into being a girl dad. Barely slept but grateful that my wife and baby Sofía are healthy. Going to have to learn some new time management techniques. 👶🏻👨🏻🍼
Visitor on the deck today 🦅
June 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Visitor on the deck today 🦅
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
🚨 New article with infographic! Kindly retweet! The full article is open-access and available here: doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
June 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 New article with infographic! Kindly retweet! The full article is open-access and available here: doi.org/10.1037/amp0...
🚨New pub🚨
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨New pub🚨
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America. #StandUpForScience actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
actionnetwork.org
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America. #StandUpForScience actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK
NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/
June 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/