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Carolyn Rodriguez

@crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social
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Psychiatrist | Neuroscientist | Author | Deputy Editor American Journal of Psychiatry | Deputy Editor Neuropsychopharmacology | AI for Mental Health Initiative | OCD Research | Human Neural Circuitry (HNC) Program

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN) @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
How do we move AI from raw model performance to effective and impactful mental health care? Building on insights from a pivotal @acnporg.bsky.social study group, the authors set 5️⃣ priorities to embed AI into clinical workflows with safety and equity at the core. 🧠💻 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Responsible and innovative AI for mental health care: five priority themes - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
This paper synthesizes insights from a 2026 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) study group examining how to responsibly translate AI into clinical mental health care. Building on this ...
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Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congratulations to Brenden Tervo-Clemmens, recipient of the Flux Society 2026 Young Investigator Award! Brenden’s work advances precision neuroimaging in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Read more: buff.ly/sJUFglL #Flux2026 #DCN
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Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS @umarchatterjee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
SO honored to share I’m a 2026 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience #OSNAP awardee! 🧠✨ It’s surreal to receive this as a grad student! Eternally grateful to my incredible thesis advisor @cahill-lab.bsky.social & mentor @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social — your unconditional support is why I’m here! 🙏🏾
Graphic announcing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2026 Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award. The dark blue graphic features the NIH logo at the top, the title “2026 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award,” a professional headshot of Uma R. Chatterjee, and a description of the award program. Along the bottom is the Cahill Lab logo and the title of the recipient’s research project: “Bridging Genetic Risk to Neurobiological Mechanisms: A Region-Specific, Reverse-Translational Approach to OCD Pathophysiology.”

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National Institutes of Health
Turning Discovery Into Health

2026 NIH OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS IN NEUROSCIENCE

AWARD

2026 RECIPIENT

The Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP) is designed to recognize those who are conducting exceptional neuroscience research across the nation and have great academic potential in their scientific training.

UMA R. CHATTERJEE, MS
PhD Candidate – Cahill Lab
Neuroscience Training Program
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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NIH OSNAP 2026

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CAHILL LAB

BRIDGING GENETIC RISK TO NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS:

A REGION-SPECIFIC, REVERSE-TRANSLATIONAL APPROACH TO OCD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY



Graphic announcing the 2026 NIH OSNAP Award with excerpts from an acceptance email. The graphic includes the NIH logo, the title “2026 NIH OSNAP Award,” a screenshot of the congratulatory email informing Uma Chatterjee of her selection, and a summary of what the award includes, including an invitation to present research at the NIH and meet with NIH leadership and program officers.

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National Institutes of Health
Turning Discovery Into Health

2026 NIH OSNAP AWARD

Subject: NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP)-Acceptance

Dear Ms. Chatterjee,

We are pleased to notify you that you have been selected as an award recipient for the 2026 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP). It was clear from the nomination package we received that your research and scientific training are exceptional, that you are a rising star in the neuroscience community, and that you are deserving of this distinguished honor.

The OSNAP Award includes:

• a certificate honoring selection as an NIH OSNAP recipient;

• an invitation to visit the NIH either in person at the Bethesda, MD campus or virtual (if necessary) for an Award Symposium where awardees share their science, meet with NIH leadership, investigators, program staff and research trainees to learn about the unique resources and research conducted in the Intramural Research Program (IRP);

• the opportunity to give a brief talk and present a poster about their own research; and

• the opportunity to meet Program Officers from institutes of interest to learn about extramural funding opportunities.

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NIH OSNAP 2026
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Arielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thank you @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social, @htagerf.bsky.social and co-chair Kale Edmiston for contributing your valuable insights in this important conversation!
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Also big thank you to @ariellekeller.bsky.social for organizing an outstanding @sobp-org.bsky.social Fireside Chat and discussion on protecting scientific integrity including Dr. Kale Edmiston and Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg! #SOBP2026 #OCD
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Congratulations to @matildevaghi.bsky.social on her Society of Biological Psychiatry travel award for her work on precision functional mapping in #OCD - she is from Birkbeck, University of London! What a joy to see colleagues who are travelling from Australia like @drlizziemanning.bsky.social ♥️
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Arielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
BONUS: Don't miss the 🔥 Fireside Chat 🔥 on Friday at 11:30 on "Protecting Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misinformation" - we've got some amazing panelists lined up: Dr. Kale Edmiston, Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social & Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg @htagerf.bsky.social
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
At @IOCDF, I was approached by Mr. Milan, who shared with me his long journey searching for relief from #OCD, and I suggested he share his experiences, which may be of kind benefit to many others. We are both happy to share that his piece is now online: psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BIG thank you to @mpwpaulus.bsky.social for his talk "Using AI to Compare What-If Treatment Paths in Depression Care" Stanford AI for Mental Health (AI4MH) Very inspiring! #AI @eadeli.bsky.social @jkim-1003.bsky.social @coreykeller.bsky.social @manishsaggar.bsky.social
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 21/01/2026
This is a really fun story - thanks to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for telling it so well!
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We hope you took the opportunity to Meet the Editors today at #ACNP2026 Thank you to our co-Principal Editors Drs Lisa Monteggia & Tony George for all their work to keep us moving forward🤩 📈
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Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés @madrelabutd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thrilled to share that I was promoted to Full Member! 🎉 🙌Grateful for the incredible mentorship, support, and community that made this milestone possible. Thanks to everyone who believed in me, including Tony Grace + @jaredwyoung.bsky.social for their letters, and to @acnporg.bsky.social 🙏 #ACNP2026
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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN) @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If you're attending #ACNP2026 and would like to learn more & discuss this important topic with the authors, come to this study group👇👇 on Tues morning (1/13) at 9 AM! See you there 😄
Screenshot of study group at upcoming ACNP 2026 annual meeting
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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Huge congrats to the @acnporg.bsky.social Athina Markou travel awardees, Isaac Kauvar and Elizabeth Sneddon-Yepez! she was an amazing scientist and person, and so glad to see you carry on her legacy 🧠💗#ACNP2026
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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@deisseroth.bsky.social kicking off #ACNP2026 @acnporg.bsky.social Presidential Plenary in true Natural Philosopher style, combining William James & cutting edge tools to dissect cardiac-brain interactions ♥️🧠♥️🧠♥️🧠♥️🧠
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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Settling in for the AI in Mental Health study group in Imperial Ballroom B- starting off with a great overview from Martin Paulus @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026
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Olu Ajilore, MD, PhD @pshrink.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Thanks for the shout-out @ahmarilab.bsky.social!
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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Kicking off #ACNP2026 at @acnporg.bsky.social Council meeting and so lucky to be seated next to @thebalelab.bsky.social!!! Are you getting on the #TracyTrain? 🚂🧠💪🏼
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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social discussing guarding against bias in use of AI. A quote that bears repeating: “AI models are only as effective as the data that they’ve been trained in, and the assumptions of the model.” #ACNP2026
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Happening now! International OCD Foundation "Strengthen Your #OCD Practice: Ethics, AI, and Options for Care" Thank you Dr. Brian Zaboski for organizing our session today "Beyond the Algorithm: A Human-Centered Approach to AI in OCD Treatment" w/ Kevin Jin Greg Muller, Jiyeong Kim & Brian Zaboski
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The Ornelas lab investigates the neurobiology of traumatic stress & alcohol use disorders Current research in the lab explores the role of corticolimbic circuitry & the endocannabinoid system in regulating maladaptive stress coping behaviors and alcohol drinking #ACNP2026 / @lcornelas.bsky.social
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thank you to Dr. Colleen Hanlon and Dr. Jovana Lubarda for inviting me to "Hear from Her: The Women in Healthcare Leadership" podcast series to talk about "The Brain's Electric Circuitry: Harnessing Neuromodulation to Transform Mental Health" Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Brain's Electric Circuitry: Harnessing Neuromodulation to Transform Mental Health
Podcast Episode · Hear From Her: The Women in Healthcare Leadership Podcast Series · 11/25/2025 · 27m
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Karl Deisseroth @deisseroth.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Thank you @samvesuna.bsky.social‬ and the whole secret cake team! And congrats to all the amazing laboratory and clinical presenters from our program– the surprise cake got us through (I had forgotten how physically challenging being a poster presenter can be). I'll train harder for next year...
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Sam V @samvesuna.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
#Stanford Human Neural Circuitry (HNC) showcasing years of hard work and interdisciplinary team efforts @sfn.org !... icing on the cake was a mid-session surprise Bday celebration for HNC and Karl :). #Dlab poster session first? Thanks for being a good sport @deisseroth.bsky.social!
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Karl Deisseroth @deisseroth.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Our microbial-opsin work (and most of the field ) is basic science, but it was intriguing to review clinical progress–direct & indirect–with a wonderful team of co-authors t.co/JrJen2WGBV & adapt a fig. of PMID:28912215 (2017) with my long-time collaborator Peter Hegemann (pic: a memory from 2017).
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Now at #Sfn2025 Poster MM4 “Exploring the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on cognitive control circuit and behavioral task performance in hoarding disorder” led by Dr. Paula Munoz Rodriguez @pineurosci.bsky.social
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Big thank you to @ksarma.com for an outstanding talk to Stanford AI4MH 👏
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Welcome to new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Member @drlaramieduncan.bsky.social - we're so happy you're here! #WelcomeToACNP👋
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Congratulations🌟Dr.🌟 Paula Munoz Rodriguez!! Thank you to my wonderful colleague Lea Williams for co-mentoring Paula's neuroscience PhD w/ me & @pineurosci.bsky.social Xue Zhang Appreciate Paula's committee chair @agoldpie.bsky.social members Drs. Knutson, Hosseini, Moya🙌 & Paula’s classmates
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Thank you @pbs.org Emmy-nominated public TV program "Healthy Minds" for highlighting hoarding disorder on (new) Season 10 Episode 7⭐️Great questions from host & executive producer Dr. Jeff Borenstein; "with help there is hope" @bbrfoundation.bsky.social www.pbs.org/video/hoardi...
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Healthy Minds With Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein | Hoarding Disorder | Season 10 | Episode 7
Cognitive behavior and virtual reality therapies for excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding.
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Cecile Ladouceur, PhD @cdladouceur.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Spread the word!! DANS 2025 registration is opening very soon…take a look at some of our amazing speakers! You can present a poster you will present or have presented elsewhere…the goal is to foster discussion. Check dans.pitt.edu for updates!
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Leah Mayo @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Excited to be co-chairing a panel with @argelaguilarvalles.bsky.social featuring Sophie Holmes, Ellen Bradley, & Craig Ferris for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎
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Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS @umarchatterjee.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
2) I’m honored to be selected as a mentee for the @acnporg.bsky.social Near-Peer Mentorship Program! 🎉 I’m deeply grateful to everyone in our field who has supported me as a scientist with lived experience! I wouldn’t be here without your belief in me & you challenging the stigma! 🙏🏾 #ACNP2026
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Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS @umarchatterjee.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
THRILLED to share @acnporg.bsky.social news x2! 1) Our study group “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research” @ericjnestler.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social @viscidula.bsky.social @noelvest.bsky.social @cahill-lab.bsky.social=ACCEPTED! 🤩 #ACNP2026
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Nicole Provenza @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I’m very excited to share that I got the NOA for my first R01 to study approach-avoidance behaviors after DBS for OCD! We have an awesome team: Sameer Sheth, Wayne Goodman, Eric Storch, and Ben Hayden at BCM, and Han Yi at JHU APL. 🧠⚡️@bcmocd.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social @jhuapl.bsky.social
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kate Fitzgerald @KDFitzgerald_MD, professor at @columbiapsych.bsky.social and expert in child and adolescent psychiatry, as the newest Associate Editor at NPP! "Meet the Editor" with Dr. Kate Fitzgerald youtu.be/zDnOFSm9kxg?... via @YouTube @npp-journal.bsky.social
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npp's "Meet the Editor" with Dr. Kate Fitzgerald
YouTube video by NPP Journal
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We worked so well as a team for the #GRCPsychedelics @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social and congrats to @theborislab.bsky.social and @mikaelpalner.bsky.social, who will be the future vice-chairs!
Chairs and vice chairs for the Psychedelics GRC
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Great panel this morning on the human and clinical studies of psychedelics - my impression is we have come a long way in the last few years in terms of design and quantification #GRCPsychedelics
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Daria Ricci @daria-ricci.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
My first time at a GRC had to be #GRCPsychedelics. Drop by my poster today to talk about 5-MeO, Calcium transients and Gamma bands in the anterior insular cortex 🧠🐭
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🌈🧠 The Trip Between Bedside and Bench 🌈🧠 Join us at #SfN2025 for a deep dive into cross-species research in psychedelic neuroscience! 🧬 Posters, 🎤 panels, 🔑 keynotes, 🍸 cocktails, and 🥟 tasty apps await. RSVP, explore speaker profiles, and help spread the word: 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#GRCPsychedelics 🔥🔥🔥🔥poster session and our first ever Honorary Best PI poster award to @zenbrainest.bsky.social 🤣🤣🤣
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Anna Beyeler 🐝 @anna-beyeler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
👨‍💻 Open PI position in our institute 👨‍💻 !! If you are an expert in Computational Neuroscience and want to start your lab in Bordeaux, contact us ! www.fens.org/careers/job-... @neuromagendie.bsky.social @neurobordeaux.bsky.social
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Good morning! An excellent panel today on the evolving theory for explaining psychedelic drug action #GRCPsychedelics
Morning panel at the GRC meeting.
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Stanford Center for Digital Health @stanfordcdh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New research from #StanfordCDH's @jkim-1003.bsky.social & team analyzed 528k patient messages, developing AI to support clinicians with tailored diabetes care. AI is seen as highly useful for education and admin support, but deeper data integration is perceived as risky. go.nature.com/4jKaVKB
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Leah Mayo @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔 Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...
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Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
How much is the psychedelic experience influenced by what we see, hear and read? We made a way to measure it: The Psychedelic Media Exposure Questionnaire - developed by Audrey Evers, Chris Kelly, @shaylalove.bsky.social , @tehseennoorani.bsky.social, validated on >600 respondents. Link below:
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The Psychedelic Media Exposure Questionnaire: The development and validation of a new scale assessing psychedelic-related media exposure
Rationale: A reliable and valid instrument is needed to measure exposure to psychedelic-related media to examine the impact of media and expectations on outcomes in psychedelic clinical trials. Object...
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
BIG thank you to Russ Altman @rbaltman.bsky.social for having me on to Stanford Engineering's The Future of Everything podcast to talk about Hoarding Disorder. For those w/ loved ones who struggle w hoarding disorder, there is hope and help, including CBT therapy. @IOCDF #OCDCon youtu.be/mY97ePrY0M4
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The future of hoarding disorder
YouTube video by Stanford University School of Engineering
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Carolyn Rodriguez @crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Single-dose (10 mg) psilocybin reduces symptoms in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pharmacological challenge study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Single-dose (10 mg) psilocybin reduces symptoms in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pharmacological challenge study
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common and disabling condition. A large proportion of patients fail to respond to first-line treatment with s…
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks! We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting. w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social
GRC Neurobiology of Psychedelics conference (July 13-18, 2025).
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