
Isabel Benjamin
@isabelbenjamin_
she/her 🌈
Clinical Psych PhD candidate @RFUniversity
@WilliamsCollege '19
SGM mental health, bisexuality, affirmative psychotherapy
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07-11-2020 21:53:05
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More from #TheSHaGLab at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies today (Sat): Kate Dorrell on partner sexual orientation, minority stress, & relationship satisfaction among bi+ adults @ 8am Brian Feinstein (he/him) on the value of experience-sampling methods for understanding the health of SGM people @ 12pm

So proud of Roberto Rentería for submitting his 1st NIH grant today! It’s a 🔥 proposal focused on bi+ people of color, who are extremely underrepresented in research on health inequities. Here’s hoping for a positive review, but regardless, I couldn’t be more proud of Roberto!


New pub w/ Benjamin W. Katz, M.S. Isabel Benjamin Taylor Macaulay Christina Dyar & Ethan Morgan! We examined risk factors for dep & anx among #SexualMinority #OlderAdults.

Happy #BiHealthMonth! I’m so proud of all the members of #TheSHaGLab who are committed to improving our understanding of bi+ people’s experiences & health! Kate Dorrell Isabel Benjamin Zig Hinds (they/them) Taylor Macaulay Roberto Rentería


608 PhD students were studied during their first year of grad school. Those from lower SES backgrounds felt less integrated as they struggled to make academic friends, lost non-academic connections, felt misunderstood inside and outside of academia. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

New publication 🚨 Eric Manalastas Helena Blumenau (She/Her) & I synthesized data from 61 studies to examine gender differences in attitudes toward bisexuality. Overall, men held more binegative attitudes than women, especially when considering male bisexuality.

Congratulations to Brian Feinstein (he/him) for winning outstanding the outstanding advisor award at Rosalind Franklin U! Your mentorship inspires Kate Dorrell, me, and the rest of the #shaglab everyday 😇


Thrilled to receive my 1st R01 today! So grateful for my amazing colleagues Fallon Goodman, PhD Steve Miller @JeremyGoldbach & Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, & for the support of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)!


📢 I'm hiring 3 FT staff at Rosalind Franklin U for an National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded study of sexual minority adolescents' mental health: - Study Coordinator - Research Assistant - Data Management Specialist Links below for job descriptions & to apply. On-site preferred; remote considered.

On August 2nd, from 12:30-2:00 PM EST, Christina Dyar & I will be presenting a webinar sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) titled "Advancing Mental Health Disparities Research Focused on Bi+ People Through an Intersectional Lens". Learn more & register (for free) here: odwdwebinars.org/august-2-2023/


🚨 I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psych PhD program at Rosalind Franklin U for the 2024/2025 academic year. Those with research interests in #SGM health, especially #bi+ and/or adolescent populations, are encouraged to apply. #psychtwitter #AcademicTwitter @ABCTSGMSIG

New paper with Brian Feinstein (he/him), Kate Dorrell, and Aaron J. Blashill, Ph.D.! Out now in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Our new study examined longitudinal associations between sexual orientation and mental health over 2 years in a US cohort of children and two potential (1/3) doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.1…


Huge congratulations Roberto Rentería!!!!


📢 I'm hiring a full-time Study Coordinator at Rosalind Franklin U to work on an NIMH-funded study of sexual minority adolescents' mental health. Start date ASAP but flexible. On-site preferred, remote considered. Apps reviewed on a rolling basis. More info & link to apply below!

Congrats to Kate Dorrell for successfully defending her master’s thesis today! Stay tuned for the latest findings on #bisexual women’s romantic relationship experiences & mental health!

📢 Call for unpublished data for a meta-analysis on interventions to reduce anti-bisexual prejudice. Details: tinyurl.com/ys4w55hv Email/DM by 7/31! @APADivision44 @ABCTSGMSIG BPS- Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity International Academy of Sex Research
