Amy Gower

Research Associate, UMN. Child psychologist. Data nerd. Wellesley alum. Tweeting about LGBTQ youth, bullying, data, equity, and PhDMama. 🏳️‍🌈 she/her

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Check out this fact sheet to see what youth tell us about making school safe for all students to learn. Educators make great allies! #BackToSchool

[University of Minnesota Medical School @umnmedschool]

The Dept. of Pediatrics has released a youth-driven resource to help educators mitigate bias-based bullying.

With the amazing graphic design skills of the Youth Advisory Board, we encourage you to share this PDF with friends & colleagues ➡️: https://t.co/H0AatX8LgL. @UMNPeds

[University of Minnesota Medical School @umnmedschool]

Parents and teens want to talk with their primary care clinicians about sensitive topics. TALK: Toolkit for Adolescent Care helps start the conversation. Use free resources on a dozen topics like screen time, gender identity, and healthy relationships ➡️: https://t.co/AQKRLBqis0.

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@RebeccaShlafer Same. It's indefensible...

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@KatyMiller100 Three babies, none of whom sat in a pumpkin. That sounds... slimy. 😬 I think you're good!

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

"There are no populations that are hard to reach." -Dr. Ana Maria del Rio Gonzalez on the importance of community connections and support in conducting research. #NIH #SGM

[Ellen MacKenzie @EllenJMacKenzie]

This Thursday marks the start our new seminar series examining historical and ongoing forms of racism in the field of public health.

It is free and open to the public - register here for the first installment, which looks at the origins of epidemiology.

https://t.co/5pNuszZWk2

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@jessdwee @MomsDemand Great to meet you today!

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Excited for the work CARHE is doing! This website will be a great resource!

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Find yourself a colleague who sends pride cupcakes to your family, and work will be infinitely better.

[Integrative Health and Spirituality SIG @sbmintegrative]

Check out these #LGBTQ health researchers for #FollowFriday! #PrideMonth

@MarlaMunro @mariajosepaton @Cindy_J_Chang @DirkADavis @HECole20 @torimgleason @NerileeCeatha @DrTiffanyABrown @Stigmatologist @Advocacy_Praxis @YaleLGBTQhealth @ARCHESLab @MoisesPsicologo @m_simonephd

[tey meadow @dr_tey]

Since some have asked: here are my thoughts on the @nytimes magazine story about trans adolescents:

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

But these exhaustive CHAID findings are much more nuanced than a tweet or two. Check out the paper for more. Many insights for intersectionally-informed prevention. #LGBTYouth #Intersectionality 3/

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Delighted to have our first paper from Project PIQTOC out in @JAdolesHealth today! We harmonized three large datasets (N=602,470) to investigate adolescent substance use rates by overlapping social positions. @DrRyanJWatson @g_nic_rider @StephnTRussell 1/
https://t.co/RgASkbFUO7

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Exhaustive CHAID decision trees allowed for quantitative analysis with an intersectional lens. Alcohol, binge drinking, and marijuana use were highest among Latina/x/o trans and gender diverse youth and Black trans, gender diverse, and gender questioning youth. 2/

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

Happy pride, y'all! Here are two more great follows to add to the list: @AlvinAkibar @taramckayphd

[Integrative Health and Spirituality SIG @sbmintegrative]

Check out these #LGBTQ health researchers for #FollowFriday! #PrideMonth

@DrAmyGower @laurenbbeach @ant_duran @JKWolf21 @SabrinaCluesman @HMayEadeh @PsychTerpJune @jorgrapentine @Anthonytamato @JimboMcGraw @DrMNewcomb @BenWKatz @fernpaveltchuk

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@Sam_E_Lawrence Can't wait to work with you!

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@DrSportPsych Ugh. Yes. The last 2.5 years are not normal! We need new ways to heal and recover, led by real change. A break from bias and then right back to its terribleness still feels... terrible.

[UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent @CDA_Adolescence]

Firearms are the number one cause of death among youth in the U.S. Here is our statement on gun violence and adolescents: https://t.co/043Vx06jmd

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@jen_doty @uoregon @UO_PSI Congratulations, Jen!

[Amy Gower @DrAmyGower]

@KLothPhD Please step away from the snowpants. For all of us.