Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
drjennyzd.bsky.social
Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
@drjennyzd.bsky.social
Health Equity Researcher, Clinical Psychologist & Assistant Professor @ Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital | Views=mine | Mamá, First Gen, Immigrant, she/her/ella, Boricua y China 🇵🇷🇨🇳

Long press #pubs to see papers from me and my team
Honored to present our work at #TogetherForHope2025 and inspired by the collective commitment to advancing addiction care.
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Congratulations to Blessing Adeleke for getting offered a spot in the wonderful clinical psych PhD program at DePaul! We will miss you so much and wish you the best in Chicago!
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I made a slide with pics of my team & interns (current and former) since joining MGH/Harvard. I have had the honor to mentor some of the brightest and most hardworking people. Hands down the best part of my job & a great reminder of my commitment to training the next generation of pure excellence.
February 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Almost 3 years ago, I was awarded a K08 grant to learn about DNA methylation & incorporate it into my research. My first DNAm paper is out. We studied how religion & spirituality affect DNAm among Latinos to better understand the biological impact of resilience factors (as opposed to stress). #pubs
December 23, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Did the “holiday picture in a box” trend with my lab and am pleasantly surprised with how it turned out (I am not very crafty or artsy 😅). Happy holidays to everyone!
December 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM
It’s snowing in Boston! ❄️
December 20, 2024 at 8:57 PM
❗NEW PAPER ❗
Moms exposed to family ACEs (maltreatment, household dysfunction) as children are more likely to have children w/ACEs & have worse mental health. Are the trends similar w/dads? And does the intergenerational continuity of ACEs extend to community adversities (discrimination, violence)?1
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This just reminded of this picture I took 11 years ago. It was my first day in the lab and my lab mates showed me a very warm welcome.
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 AM
New paper in JCPP❗️What factors impact intergenerational continuity of psychopathology? In our 4 wave study spanning 20 years with PRicans,🇵🇷 we found that parental psychopathology during childhood (T1) was associated with post traumatic stress symptoms in young adulthood (T4)
October 26, 2023 at 7:08 PM
My OG collabofriends for over 15 years now. We have similar pictures of us as undergrads in Puerto Rico, to meeting in Chicago during internship interview season, to many more now as professors.

Por 15+ años más de amistad. @claudialugo.bsky.social @egv.bsky.social
October 18, 2023 at 11:58 PM
Plz help me repost? 🙏🏽

I’m trying to connect with more health equity scholars & hope this thread can be useful. Feel free to describe your work👇🏽.

I’ve worked on topics related to “minority mental health” for 15 years (mostly Latines) & have an NIH grant to study how Latinx youth embody adversities.
September 4, 2023 at 2:45 AM