Pausing #academictwitter to brag on my wife Jess Romeo today for becoming a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from @MGHInstitute to add to her degrees in psych &social work! While I study poverty from behind the scenes, she’s on the front lines directly treating the underserved. 1/ 
The darker side of poverty that no one wants to acknowledge is that it is a direct contributor to massive disparities in mental health and access to care. Jess specializes in treating addiction, major mental illness, dual diagnoses, and corrections/offender rehabilitation. 2/
Nearly all of her patients are on Medicaid and many are LGBT, as we are at a drastically increased risk of mental illness and addiction. Most importantly, she treats the forgotten and stigmatized with compassion and humanity. 3/
She chose PMHNP after working in addiction neuroscience & social work where she recognized major gaps in the care of these stigmatized groups. Too many researchers never interact w/ patients & practitioners are too overworked to continue evidence based study of best practices. 4/
She wants to bridge these gaps to provide holistic, person-centered care to those most in need. I’m so proud she’s accepted an incredible position in Boston to continue affirming practice & ending stigma. She makes me a better researcher & clinician every day! Congrats Jess! 5/5
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