Dr. Mike Stanton
@drmikestanton.bsky.social
Prof, Clinical Psych, Tech | alum @Stanford @DukeU @BrownUniversity | #stress #health #disparities #AfroLatino | my opinions
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New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
Applications are open for LookUp grants for young people working on Youth Mental Health and Digital Wellness!
Let me know if you have questions.
#funding #grants #young #college #youth #highschool #wellness #AI #online #health
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Youth Voices in the Age of AI 🌟 2026 Applications Open!
Applications for the 2026 LookUp Innovation Challenge are now open! "In the age of AI, students feel the need to be perfect." Jen Chiou, an alum from the 2025 cohort of the LookUp Innovation Challenge...
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October 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Congrats, Katie and MoveOn!
Today, MoveOn announces that Katie Bethell, a nationally recognized advocate for working families, is joining us as the next executive director! We welcome the people-first champion taking the helm at a time when President Trump and Republicans are choosing billionaires over everyday people.
July 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Congrats, Katie and MoveOn!
May 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congrats, Mr. Riddick!
I cried, so now y’all can too. Mr. Riddick graduated at 80 years old! It’s never too late, and this is important as I constantly doubt myself. 💙💙💙 congratulations to you sir!!!
May 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congrats, Mr. Riddick!
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
This is just heartbreaking
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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April 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is just heartbreaking
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SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
Trump EEOC Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They Were Jewish
“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.
theintercept.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
April 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
Just wow
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Just wow
April 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Everyone should read this story to know how cute to USAID are hurting real people
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
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This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Everyone should read this story to know how cute to USAID are hurting real people
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Do NOT miss this brilliant @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social episode with the ever so wise, @heathermcgee.bsky.social.
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DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · Episode
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April 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Do NOT miss this brilliant @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social episode with the ever so wise, @heathermcgee.bsky.social.
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Some hopeful news
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Some hopeful news
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
This #GoldenLoopholeAwards thread for #TaxDay2025 is great satire—hilarious yet deeply disturbing. Kudos to @Trillions_Trump for laughing us into painful truths. Let's #TaxTheRich and stop the #BillionaireTaxBailout
🎩 ANNOUNCING: The 2025 GOLDEN LOOPHOLE AWARDS!
Presented by #TrillionairesforTrump ™
Today, we celebrate the congressional elites who turned tax laws into personal ATMs.
Why serve the people… when you can serve your offshore account?
#GoldenLoopholeAwards
Presented by #TrillionairesforTrump ™
Today, we celebrate the congressional elites who turned tax laws into personal ATMs.
Why serve the people… when you can serve your offshore account?
#GoldenLoopholeAwards
April 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This #GoldenLoopholeAwards thread for #TaxDay2025 is great satire—hilarious yet deeply disturbing. Kudos to @Trillions_Trump for laughing us into painful truths. Let's #TaxTheRich and stop the #BillionaireTaxBailout
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🗣️ Please share this call widely to support early career opportunities for folks in biobehavioral medicine, health psychology, or related disciplines! The ECEB is a great way to gain experience that is often not emphasized in grad or postdoctoral training. #healthpsych #affectivescience #psychscisky
📢 Deadline extended! 📢
The deadline to apply for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine's Early Career Editorial Board has been extended to May 1st!
Apply to join this vibrant community of early career scholars and feel free to reach out with any questions you may have about the ECEB!
The deadline to apply for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine's Early Career Editorial Board has been extended to May 1st!
Apply to join this vibrant community of early career scholars and feel free to reach out with any questions you may have about the ECEB!
The ECEB has openings with applications due April 15th. More information can be found here: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🗣️ Please share this call widely to support early career opportunities for folks in biobehavioral medicine, health psychology, or related disciplines! The ECEB is a great way to gain experience that is often not emphasized in grad or postdoctoral training. #healthpsych #affectivescience #psychscisky
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New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
April 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
So great to meet up with colleagues in person after working together remotely for so many months.
And the paper got published!!
#Latinx #Research #PublicHealth #Mindfulness
And the paper got published!!
#Latinx #Research #PublicHealth #Mindfulness
April 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So great to meet up with colleagues in person after working together remotely for so many months.
And the paper got published!!
#Latinx #Research #PublicHealth #Mindfulness
And the paper got published!!
#Latinx #Research #PublicHealth #Mindfulness
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Glad to hear it!
Our local Dad book club is deep into The Demon of Unrest—and wow, it reads like today’s headlines. Gripping, urgent, and painfully relevant. Thanks for making history feel so alive.
@exlarson.bsky.social
@exlarson.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Glad to hear it!
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New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
April 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
New Publication! As a Black and Latino professor of public health, this work is deeply personal. When I was a student, stress was constant—and culturally relevant mental health support was rare. #MentalHealthEquity #FacultyOfColor
There are 72M people on Medicaid
Conservatives in the House say they won’t back any budget plan without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect Medicaid. Some Senate Republicans say they won’t accept such cuts.
Republicans Clash Over Medicaid in Hunt to Pay for Trump’s Agenda
Conservatives in the House say they won’t back any package without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect the health program. Some Senate Republicans say they won’t accept such cuts.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There are 72M people on Medicaid
Our local Dad book club is deep into The Demon of Unrest—and wow, it reads like today’s headlines. Gripping, urgent, and painfully relevant. Thanks for making history feel so alive.
@exlarson.bsky.social
@exlarson.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our local Dad book club is deep into The Demon of Unrest—and wow, it reads like today’s headlines. Gripping, urgent, and painfully relevant. Thanks for making history feel so alive.
@exlarson.bsky.social
@exlarson.bsky.social
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The EPA ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to two people briefed on the decision.
E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Officials are moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases they emit.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The EPA ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to two people briefed on the decision.