Vote for PhD student Shayini Rattambige in the People's Choices award for her submission to ACU's THREE MINUTES competition. In just 3 mins, she explained her study of how trauma & alcohol influence brain development ✅✅✅ acu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5…

Our online Sex Differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop has officially begun!! See the post below to join now ⬇️🥳

Congratulations to our final year #PhD student Emillie Beyer on a fantastic poster presentation at the 37th #ECNP Congress in Milan and lab visit in Verona to present her research 🧠📊 #Neuroscience

It was a privilege to have Dr. Robin Cash present on "Targeting dysfunctional circuits using brain stimulation". He explored the use of circuit-based frameworks to identify optimal stimulation targets in psychiatric disorders, highlighting the benefit of personalised stimulation.

This was an amazing opportunity to present findings from our systematic review at Lisbon Addictions ! Sarah Whittle Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her) Eugene McTavish Govinda Poudel Ethan Murphy

Had a fantastic Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre conference today. Our brilliant students & staff across the country, shared their work & learnings. On days like this I remember why I chose academia & the beautiful teamwork it entails. Many congrats Amir Hossein Dakhili for being awarded best presentation!

Thank you Addiction Neuroscience Australia for giving me the opportunity to share our work on neurodevelopment , early life adversities and alcohol misuse behaviours in youth 🧠 Sarah Whittle Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her) Eugene McTavish Ethan Murphy Govinda Poudel @Michael_H_Cole Daryl Higgins

Thank you to all who attended the Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre 2024 Research Conference! 📊 It was a fantastic opportunity to come together as a centre and celebrate the achievements of our programs this year. Well done to all the students who presented and for their continued hard work 🥳

First time OHBM Australia & had a blast presenting my poster! Great to connect with neuroimaging pros, students, and friends from around the world.🧠✨ #neuroimaging #neuroscience #addiction #fmri #neurofeedback

Enjoyed presenting at #SSAPhD24 today! 🧠🚬

Thanks team for such a fantastic 2024 retreat day with reflections on our year, mindfulness & fun activities, it is invaluable to do science with such a great bunch. Looking forward to an exciting 2025!

We are pleased to announce and celebrate HBMRC member promotions to: Professor: Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her), Michael Cole Senior Lecturer: Thomas McGuckian These milestones reflect their commitment to excellence & the significant contributions their respective research fields Congratulations!

Huge congratulations to RA Isabella Goodwin on submitting her PhD 🎉🎉🎉 Issy has worked part-time in the Addiction Program for over a year & we're looking forward to her transition to full-time in the coming weeks. Well done! 🙌

The HBMRC is #hiring - join our team! We're currently recruiting for a Senior Technical Officer (Full Time, Fixed Term) to join the Addiction Program Details: candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/production… Deadline: 19th March 2025 Please share with your networks or anyone who may be interested 🙏

Elon Musk Starlink +The SDG Academy could beam free open education resources to every corner of Earth via public libraries digital repositories. Add AI for 24/7 updates & personalization—global learning, anywhere. Let’s make it happen! #EducationForAll

We recently hosted our Centre Welcome for 2025 🥳 It was a great opportunity to come together as a team and extend a warm welcome to all the new students/staff that have joined the centre 🙏 We’re looking forward to a collaborative and productive rest of the year!

🏃‍♀️Run to read our latest preprint fresh off the press🏃‍♀️ Titled: The addiction neurocircuitry during Resting-State Functional Connectivity fMRI in people with Cannabis User Disorder who tried to cut down or quit Congrats to Dr Hannah Thomson, PhD + team 🥳 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

Excited to have this pre-print out in the world, been a while in the making!

🚨new preprint🚨 See below the Addiction Programs latest output from the 'BrainCann' project on MedRxiv! Titled: The neurocircuitry of cue-induced cannabis craving in Cannabis Use Disorder: An fMRI study 🔗doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Well done to all authors involved (tagged⬇️)

We're happy to share the Neuroscience of Addiction & Mental Health Program's latest staff promotions 🙌 Congrats to Hannah Thomson, PhD & Isabella Goodwin on their new positions as Senior Research Officer & Senior Technical Officer!