Excited to share that I’ve received the 2026 Young Investigator Award from the International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC). Grateful to Dr. Anne Murphy for the nomination. Looking forward to presenting our lab’s work on #pain, #opioids, and #addiction in Denver this July.
New paper out in Molecular Psychiatry on the endocannabinoid system in alcohol use disorder.
Really proud of our team for conducing this large translational review and meta-analysis (63 studies).
Strong preclinical signal, but a clear translational gap in humans. We outline what needs to change.
Honored to join Drug and Alcohol Dependence as Associate Editor—the flagship journal of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD).
Excited to support rigorous, constructive peer review in #addiction #science. Grateful to the editorial leadership!
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Can #cannabidiol (CBD) help #pain in people with #OpioidUseDisorder? Our proof-concept study suggests CBD may modulate pain differently depending on whether people are on #methadone or #buprenorphine, with promising signals at lower doses and good tolerability.
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🎤 Call for Symposia Proposals topics related to clinical practice, basic science or mechanisms, and translational research related to pain. Ideally, presentations include multiple disciplines.
The deadline to submit proposals is October 15, 2025
We are now accepting applications for the third annual USASP Leadership Academy (LA), which aims to develop the next generation of leaders in the pain field. We aim to recruit pain scholars with high potential to accelerate the development of leaders in pain research, practice, policy, and education
Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉
Applying psychophysiological measures during an emotion reappraisal task, we show that emotion regulation capacity predicts #Cannabis use frequency more than #Pain severity among #ChronicPain patients on long-term #Opioid therapy.
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Thrilled to share our new Journal of #Addiction Medicine paper!
We found that childhood #trauma correlates with worse #pain, higher #alcohol use & earlier #cannabis initiation, highlighting the need for trauma‑informed care in #OpioidUseDisorder treatment. 👇
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Pain, addiction, and metabolism are fundamentally intertwined.
Our new work in @acerjournal.bsky.social quantifies how heavy #drinking and #obesity additively worsen #pain, while each extra hour of #sleep and higher physical activity are protective.
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