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Leslie Brick

@lesliebrickphd.bsky.social
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substance use/cannabis and trauma/stress + genetics/epigenetics + statistics + r programming. associate professor at unm and casaa. views are my own.

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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Longitudinal Investigation of Sexual Minority Stress, Community Connectedness, and Alcohol use and Problems among Sexual Minority Young Adults (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social) by Karen L. Alvarez, Lauren R. Grocott et al. @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Sexual Minority Stress, Community Connectedness, and Alcohol use and Problems among Sexual Minority Young Adults: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 0, No ja
Objective: Sexual minority (SM) people face a heightened risk for alcohol use relative to heterosexual people. SM people experience stressors related to their stigmatized identity that increase their ...
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Frida Kahlo born 6th July 1907: "They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
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Laura Bringmann 🟥 @bringmannlaura.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Have you seen MATILDA (matilda.fss.uu.nl)? Which stands for Measurement, Analysis & Theory for Intensive Longitudinal Data. MATILDA is a website with educational articles that help researchers align theory, measurement, and analysis when studying processes using intensive longitudinal data.
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MATILDA
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026
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The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NPP and Member in the News: Repeated teen cannabis use may disrupt dopamine-related brain development, MRI data suggest bit.ly/4xlugcI Check out the original @npp-journal.bsky.social article at bit.ly/4dY3saO
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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
#CPA2026 Attendees! Come see our talk tomorrow (5/1) from 1:45pm - 3pm “Context Counts…” in Century AB to hear about cutting edge methods for assessing substance use. Dr. Mark Prince, Dr. Margo Hurlocker, and I are all excited to present our work & hope to see you there! @apadivision50.bsky.social
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Yasmin Hurd, PhD @neurovoice.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Many of today’s #cannabis products are manufactured to create addiction. Thank you to Dr. Jonathan Avery for speaking with me about the misconceptions we often hold about cannabis and the importance of understanding its impact on the brain 🧠 🎙️ Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FLs...
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My first R01 submission was ND too — don’t give up!!
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I should have said “Attention Cannabinerds!!”
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
#psychology #phd #grad #addiction #cannabis #trauma #ptsd #cognition #brain #behavior #diversity #health #quantitative #EMA
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
^^^ autocorrected to “peak”, but it more or less works 😄
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Albuquerque is a beautiful place, especially if you love mountains, hot air balloons, amazing sunsets, and green chile! Here’s a sneak peak of how I spent spring break:
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Deadline is flexible, so apply soon for best consideration!
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
See my website for current projects, but broadly my lab is focused on examining the biological basis and intersection of cannabis and other substance use and trauma/PTSD. 🍃🧠 I also do a lot of quantitative and methodological work with intensive longitudinal data, wearables, and EMA. 📈
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🔔Attention Prospective Grad Students! 🔔 I have an open slot to accept a graduate student to join my lab fall 2026 at @casaa.bsky.social ! I am accepting Psychology students in either Cognition, Brain, and Behavior or Diversity and Health Data Science tracks. bricsslab.com
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My Website - Announcements
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Amazing work Lizzie!!
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Lizzie Hoelscher @ehoelscher.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New Research Alert! 🚨 Our findings highlight the link between negative emotion differentiation and negative affect inertia & variability during EMA among adults at high risk for suicide. w/ the best team @sarahevictor.bsky.social @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social (and others not on Bluesky)
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Emotion Differentiation and Dynamics Predicting Suicide Outcomes in High‐Risk Adults
Objectives Negative emotions have been well studied in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs); however, little research in these areas have been informed by affective science frameworks ...
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I got the automated call to shelter in place 2,000 miles and two time zones away yesterday afternoon. I am heartbroken for my friends, colleagues, and former community at Brown University. My heart is with you all 🤍
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Jonas Haslbeck @jmbh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🚨Model Checking for Vector Autoregressive Models 🚨 In a new preprint, @joranjongerling.bsky.social, @bsiepe.bsky.social, @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, Lourens Waldorp and I provide a tutorial on model checking for Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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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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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Research Assistant Professor position at @unm.edu - join a dynamic team working with @cassie-boness.bsky.social. This position is to work on an NIH grant evaluating personalized medicine approaches for the treatment of alcohol use disorder. Submit via UNMJobs by Nov 26: unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Research Assistant Professor in Personalized Medicine for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Seeking applicants for a Research Assistant Professor faculty position at the University of New Mexico on an NIH funded grant evaluating personalized ...
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Laura C. Ornelas, PhD @lcornelas.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
UNM representing at National Science Network on Drug Abuse! @unm.edu @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @drtarab20.bsky.social
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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Hi all, the Morgan Sneed Memorial Scholarship honoring a late peer of mine at Colorado State University is close to becoming endowed. Please consider donating here!: give.colostate.edu/schools/Colo...
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Support the Morgan Sneed Memorial Scholarship!
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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📣 New Pub 📣 Studied PTSD and opioid use across 60 days in people in the community who use opioids and have a history of trauma. 75% met criteria for current OUD 67% met criteria for current PTSD www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Daily-Level Trajectories of Opioid Use Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals in the Community Who Use Opioids
Objective: Individuals who use opioids are at elevated risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The objective of this study was to examine the influence of PTSD diagnosis on opioid use outcome...
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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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Nancy Lucía López @cybergata.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings Downtown Albuquerque, Oct. 18, 2025. Video courtesy VisionBroadcast Media LLC. I love my city. #Albuquerque #NewMexico
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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Excited to share recent collaborative work led by Hayley Thorpe published in Molecular Psychiatry: Genome-wide association studies of lifetime and frequency of cannabis use in 131,895 individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genome-wide association studies of lifetime and frequency of cannabis use in 131,895 individuals - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Genome-wide association studies of lifetime and frequency of cannabis use in 131,895 individuals
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Balloon Fiesta is the greatest and it’s even more fun with friends and colleagues 🎈
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
💥UPDATE: I've got a (rough) website up! I am also looking for 1-2 graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows to join the team in Fall 2026! Apply via @casaa.bsky.social for the T32 Fellowship or via @unm.edu psychology for graduate study. Links to applications here: bricsslab.com/announcements
Logo for the Biomarkers of Risk, Cannabinoids, Substance Use, and Stress (BRiCSS) Lab.
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
@casaa.bsky.social
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Ready to join? Apply here 👉 unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... DM me with questions — I’d love to hear from you! 💡 (5/5)
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Research Scientist 1 (CASAA)
SummaryUnder direct supervision, the Research Scientist 1 will work on research projects with the Brick Lab at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, a...
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📍 Albuquerque is beautiful! if you love mountains, year-round sunshine, and hot air balloons, this is it ⛰️☀️🎈 📅 Full-time with benefits 🎓 Bachelor’s required 🚗 Local travel involved (4/5)
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
What you’ll do: 👇 ⚫ Help me start up and manage ongoing studies ⚫ Conduct interviews, biospecimen collection, and laboratory sessions ⚫ Support recruitment, consent, and follow-ups ⚫ Work with REDCap + R ⚫ Contribute to manuscripts and grant submissions (3/5)
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The role is ideal for someone who: ✅ Has a background in psychology, neuroscience, biology, or related fields ✅ Has experience with phlebotomy (or willing to learn) ✅ Interested in psychophysiology, wearable biosensors, and psych assessment ✅ Hopes to build skills before grad or med school (2/5)
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨 Position Alert! 🚨 I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Long post ahead! I am very excited to be recruiting 1 to 2 #PhD students during this upcoming application cycle for Fall 2026 admission! The Clinical Psychology PhD program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) is absolutely stellar and accredited by both #APA and #PCSAS (Clinical Science model). 1/
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is such an important study — I’m excited to be a part of it!
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Pumped to be here!!
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Laura C. Ornelas, PhD @lcornelas.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Welcome to UNM @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social!!! So excited for you to join us!
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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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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We’re heading in to Day 2 of our pre-college summer course at Brown 🧬 🧠 Conducting Research at the Forefront of Science: Mental Health, Policy, and Social Implications of Cannabis Use in the U.S. It’s always a blast teaching with @sarahathomasphd.bsky.social
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
@quincymbeck.bsky.social championed this work!
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
📣 Out now: Those with early life stress & psychiatric dx had ⬆️ rates of mtDNAcn compared to controls and compared to those with early life stress but 🚫 dx pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40517524/
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Early life stress, psychiatric conditions, and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) in medically healthy young adults - PubMed
Increased rates of mtDNAcn among individuals with ELS+Psych, but not among those with ELS-Psych, compared to Controls indicates that observable effects of ELS may only occur in the presence of psychia...
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/06/2025
HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them. Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure. grant-watch.us/nih-data.html @rcmedphys.bsky.social
A word cloud made from flagged terms in terminated NIH grant proposals. The most prominent words in large font include “trans,” “diverse,” “diversity,” “minority,” “sex,” “expression,” “mental health,” “gender,” and “women.” Other visible terms include “LGBTQ,” “racial,” “underrepresented,” “disability,” “barriers,” “black,” “equity,” “health equity,” “vaccine,” “bias,” and “intersectionality.” The word cloud highlights terms related to identity, inclusion, and marginalized communities.
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
We’ve got quite the dream team!!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Women with POTS are 4 times more likely to have endometriosis. both conditions have a devastating lack of awareness, effective treatments & punitive time to diagnosis. Endometriosis sufferers often need multiple surgeries, and Dysautonomia can & does complicate the recovery. Quick diagnosis is key
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New research reveals shared genetic link between endometriosis and
Research published in the journal Human Reproduction reveals that women with endometriosis are at a significantly higher risk for developing a range of autoimmune, autoinflammatory, and mixed-pattern
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/04/2025
After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities. scim.ag/4ikYp2T
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NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them
Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors
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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
4. Working with super efficient and productive colleagues is fun and rewarding @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social @rachnaiyer.bsky.social and Alexa Raudales
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