Dissecting the role of mineralocorticoid receptors in binge-like alcohol drinking in mice: Finerenone as a potential pharmacotherapy - Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology - Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a serious public health issue, for which only few pharmacological treatments are currently available. The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) has been...

The last publication from my postbac era is also out - this was truly a labor of love. Eternally grateful to the trainees who picked up where I left off to help pull this story together!

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Behavioral phenotypes associated with cannabis and alcohol substitution - Harm Reduction Journal Objective Alcohol and cannabis co-use is the most common form of polysubstance use in the U.S. Some evidence suggests that there is an association between cannabis use and reduced alcohol consumption,...

Pre-proof is out for a secondary analysis from our laboratory study :)

We found that individuals who drank less alcohol after using cannabis (vs using alcohol alone) in the laboratory had lower levels of negative emotionality and impulsivity (vs those who drank the same or more after cannabis).

The pre-proof is up for my first first-author publication of graduate school! Many thanks to my co-authors for pushing this forward @ciannapiercey.bsky.social @holliskaroly.bsky.social, and cheers to contributing much needed experimental data to co-use literature 😊 doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

I am so grateful for the support of my thesis committee (Drs. Hollis Karoly, Noah Emery, and Lauren Schomaker), former mentors, and peers, who have all helped me get where I am today ❤️

For my first bsky post, I’m pleased to share I just passed my master’s thesis defense! I’m coming out of this semester feeling very accomplished and am excited to announce I will be continuing my graduate training through the Clinical Psych PhD program at CU Boulder this fall ☺️

NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.

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