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Cassie Boness, PhD

@cassie-boness.bsky.social
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I talk about substance use a lot. BAL.UNM.edu #addictionsci

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
UNM is a great place to work. CASAA is a great group of people (scholars too) & reflects the greater good of the Psych Dept. New Mexico is a great place to live. If you're open to relocating, this is a fantastic position.
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Come work with us! The Psych Department @unm.edu has an open search for a new Director of Clinical Training (at Associate or Full rank). Best consideration date is Jan. 5, 2027! Sometimes we're even funny. unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Associate or Full Professor (Tenured) – Director of Clinical Training-Psychology
The Department of Psychology at The University of New Mexico (UNM) invites applications for a Clinical Psychologist faculty position at the ...
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Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Div.12) @scpdiv12.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Congrats to Dr. Cassandra Boness reviving the David Shakow Early Career Award for Contributions to Clinical Psychology! Dr. Boness is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico where she is working to expand access to evidence-based substance use treatment.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Note: “Letters of collaboration should be limited to stating the intent to collaborate or provide material support as described in the application and should not contain endorsements or additional information about or evaluations of the proposed project. “
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm updating UNM's grad level Intro to Clinical Science course for this Spring. What readings/topics would you all add?!
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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The best colleagues! “You’re a wizard, Harry!”
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 16/05/2026
Wizard time with @cassie-boness.bsky.social and @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social and the blueskyless cal reynolds
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I am so beyond proud of our REACT team and their collaborative efforts on our project to develop a measure of community-engagement in research. Thank you @unm-ce.bsky.social for championing us!!!
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research @acerjournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Validation and measurement invariance of the Alcohol-Induced Blackout Measure-2 (ABOM-2) among non-college young adults doi.org/10.1111/acer...
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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Some HUGE names in this year’s Rising Stars! @cassie-boness.bsky.social! @schwartz-psyres.bsky.social! @dpmoriarity.bsky.social! @emoriebeck.bsky.social! @ajwright.bsky.social! Iony Ezawa! Heather Davis! Aaron Reuben! Even more! Congratulations, everyone 🤩
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Congrats @cassie-boness.bsky.social @emoriebeck.bsky.social @dpmoriarity.bsky.social Brian S (are you on BS?) and everybody else!
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign. (1) $48.7 billion for NIH (2) Full IDC recovery (3) No more multi-year funding (4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨Faculty position just dropped. We are seeking a Psychology Clinic Director at the @unm.edu Dept of Psychology psychclinic.unm.edu, this position is focused on clinical training of PhD students in sunny, affordable, and progressive New Mexico. Come join us! unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data. 1/19 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Seven Symptoms Over Nearly 4,000 Days: Item-Level Variability in the Psychometric Properties of Daily Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adult Drinkers - Kevin M. King, Dahyeon Kang, Megan E. Schu...
People experience symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in their daily lives, including more impairment-based symptoms (e.g., hazardous use, interpersonal pro...
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National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org · 13/01/2026
🧵Our Peer Foundational Training Program is back! This in-person program, hosted @ our NYC office, runs from April-June. The free weekly peer sessions, covering a range of #HarmReduction topics, are held every Wednesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. w/ an hour lunch break. Peers are expected to attend all...
Pink gradient fills most of graphic, with black-and-white patterned border separating gradient from white block at bottom of graphic. In bold, all caps, black font at top, copy reads, "COMING UP: PEER FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM". The words "COMING UP:" are highlighted in yellow. In smaller white font below this, copy reads, "Join us at our NYC office for this free annual program for peers happening weekly on Wednesdays, kicking off April 15 and running through June 10. The trainings cover most basic harm reduction topics, including but not limited to safer injection, outreach, self care, HIV and HCV, safer sex and sex work, LGBTQIA+ 101, and overdose prevention. Peers are expected to attend all trainings." NHRC 30th anniversary rainbow logo at bottom left. At right, font mostly in black with some in pink reads, "WEDNESDAYS 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET" and "RSVP: collins@harmreduction.org".
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Happening soon!
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Podcast episode with Dr. Marissa Esser that's worth a listen - she discusses some of the impacts of the federal funding cuts that eliminated CDC's Alcohol Program omny.fm/shows/health...
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Alcohol - Health Wanted
We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, which usually comes with enough liquid cheer to kill a horse…or at least get some people to consider wringing themselves out in the new year. This...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The Addiction Science Defense Network is hosting a congressional briefing series, "Protecting Federal Leadership in Addiction Science and Public Health." The series will start on January 13th. Learn more and register here: www.npscoalition.org/congressiona... Please share!
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Protecting Federal Leadership in Addiction Science and Public Health
The Assiction Science Defense Netowrk (ASDN) is hosting a six-part congressional briefing series on the urgent need for sustained federal support for addiction research, prevention, treatment, and rec...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Very proud of our @projectechohq.bsky.social program on alcohol use and mental health and the community of practice we have built over the last 3.5 years! projectecho.unm.edu/story/the-ne...
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The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO: Building Communities For Supporting People in Recovery
The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO launched in 2022 to address the state’s high rates of alcohol-related illness and death. Participants from across the state meet online twice a month,...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I would like to take a moment to congratulate @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social on the award he received yesterday, "Most likely to crash into @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social's Cybertruck."
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The Addiction Science Defense Network is hosting a congressional briefing series, "Protecting Federal Leadership in Addiction Science and Public Health." The series will start on January 13th. Learn more and register here: www.npscoalition.org/congressiona... Please share!
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Protecting Federal Leadership in Addiction Science and Public Health
The Assiction Science Defense Netowrk (ASDN) is hosting a six-part congressional briefing series on the urgent need for sustained federal support for addiction research, prevention, treatment, and rec...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We will still consider applications submitted today and tomorrow!
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I will be reviewing applications for @unm.edu's Clinical Psychology as well as Diversity and Health Data Science Across the Lifespan PhD programs. Both deadlines are December 1! psych.unm.edu/graduate/ind...
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Graduate Program Overview :: Department of Psychology | The University of New Mexico
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Come work with us @unm.edu 🤩
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Still waiting on 3 institutions to give their decisions...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Great turnout for No Kings in Albuquerque today!
little girl on shoulders holding a sign with bluey and bingo that reads "blue and bingo say no kings only healers" and a second sign to the right that reads, in rainbow letters, "protest is patriotic" photo of protestors lined up carrying American flags and protest signs, facing away from the camera
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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Applications are now open for our next cohort of the Data Management for Data Sharing workshop, funded by NIH! Come join us for 5 days of learning in Nashville next June! Learn more: lnkd.in/p/gA_JAdmy Apply: datamanagementdatasharing.weebly.com/upcoming-wor...
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Upcoming Workshops
The  2026 Data Management for Data Sharing workshop will take place June 8-12th 2026 on Vanderbilt University's Campus in Nashville, TN.  Applications for 2026 cohort are LIVE!  Click here to...
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NPR @npr.org · 17/09/2025
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
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Ousted CDC director testifies on why she was fired
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
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Kristi Carrasquillo @kristicarrasquillo.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I would like for both @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social & @cassie-boness.bsky.social to know that the groupchat we have combining our labs has been named “BAAALD” (ty @karalink.bsky.social )
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Proud of this one. Thanks @apadivision50.bsky.social!
Photo of a glass award presented to Cassandra Boness for 2025 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"wasteful grantmaking" www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Stops Wasteful Grantmaking
ENDING GRANT ABUSE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order stopping unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from wasting taxpayer dollars
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Great piece by @noelvest.bsky.social on the need for colleges and universities to prioritize sustainable funding to support students in recovery. "Over half of the programs we surveyed rely on school-level funding, often leaving them vulnerable to budget cuts." www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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College Shouldn’t Be a Relapse Risk: Why Collegiate Recovery Programs Deserve Sustainable Funding
Colleges and universities that are committed to fostering inclusive and supportive educational environments must prioritize sustainable funding for collegiate recovery programs, writes Noel Vest in a ...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It's the guns. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
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UNM shooting: One dead, one injured; suspect at large
One person was killed and another injured in a shooting early Friday at the University of New Mexico.
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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Not too long ago there was bipartisan support for supportive “housing first” for people on the streets: it’s safe, humane, reduces crime, reduces hospitalization, & saves the community $. This ain’t it.
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
📣 Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and Overdose and Reverse Gains docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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SOC Press Release 7-22-25.docx
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2025 – Chapel Hill, NC Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and O...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
⚠️ UNM has a new non-clinical PhD program, Diversity & Health Data Science Across the Lifespan! This area adopts a multidisciplinary lens to frame research questions at the intersection of human development, health, and sociocultural diversity. Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...
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New Doctoral Degree Area :: Department of Psychology | The University of New Mexico
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16/07/2025
Researchers take note: 👇🏼👇🏼 analysis of changes to words in 232 datasets from HHS, CDC, & VA sources btwn Jan 20 & Mar. 25, 2025, compared to archived versions: 49% substantially altered 106 had "gender" switched to "sex" 15 logged/indicated change occurred 🛟😷🧪📈 Sociology demography policy medsky
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Data manipulation within the US Federal Government
A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...
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tfrohe.bsky.social @tfrohe.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Our final APA programming is out now! Looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver this year!
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Great resource from @drugpolicy.org drugpolicy.org/resource/pro...
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Protecting Federally-Funded Drug Research: An Advocacy Toolkit for Researchers
A toolkit that highlights stories of the lifesaving studies of drug researchers whose funding has been cut and how to fight back against funding cuts.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Addiction destroys lives. And the current administration is dedicated to destroying the careers of scientists who seek to alleviate the pain and suffering of Americans with addiction. I cannot think of a more certain way to do this than by defunding training grants for early career scientists.
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Today our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 training grant is no longer funded. We are waiting for our renewal that is pending. I spent most of yesterday crying with worry about how I will support our amazing trainees. Today I celebrate them and the joy of seeing them present at CPDD and RSA. 🧵
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers
The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thanks to KUNM for helping to spread the word about the devastating impacts of federal funding cuts on addiction prevention and treatment, especially for New Mexico. www.kunm.org/public-healt... @casaa.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social @apadiv28.bsky.social
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Advocates say progress on the battle against addiction could backslide with federal funding cuts
For the first time in years, overdose deaths have been declining recently after reaching a peak of about 111,000 in 2022. However, advocates are worried about a backslide on that progress as federal g...
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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congrats to @jeremyhogeveen.bsky.social who won APA's 2024 Research and Creative Works Leadership Award! I must say, UNM Psych is the place to be ✨
Dr. Jeremy Hogeveen headshot with text that reads "psychologists in the news, American Psychological Association)
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mjarnett.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it. If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle.... Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
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Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
NPR story about the #BethesdaDeclaration www.npr.org/sections/sho... 1/n
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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