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Heather Burrell Ward, MD JAMA Psychiatry Congratulations Heather Burrell Ward, MD and team!! 🎉👏🎉

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In this Research Highlight, studies like Petersen et al. that use single rTMS sessions with fMRI to probe the mechanism of rTMS for substance use disorders are critical stepping stones that line the path toward highly effective neuromodulation interventions for substance use

Another fun The College on Problems of Drug Dependence #cpdd2025 in the books! We had a fun panel this morning chaired by Muhammad A Parvaz and Rachel Rabin including Christie Fowler and Joanna Jacobus titled Double Trouble: Unraveling the Dual Impact of Cannabis and Nicotine Co-Use on Brain and Behavior in humans and animals!

Individuals with cannabis use disorder showed elevated midbrain dopamine function, potentially linking cannabis use to an increased risk of psychosis. ja.ma/44pyTpr

Appreciate being able to pen this piece - the experience brings into focus the importance of pragmatic precision brain stimulation. For the interested reader, see some recent outcomes of accelerated TMS for PTSD published in Brain Stimulation - brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-…

New from CCNC PI Alexandra Moussa-Tooks, Heather Burrell Ward, MD & colleagues! "Grip Strength as a Marker of Resting-State Network Integrity and Well-Being in Early Psychosis." American Psychiatric Association

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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