Leslie Brick
@lesliebrickphd.bsky.social
substance use/cannabis and trauma/stress + genetics/epigenetics + statistics + r programming.
associate professor at unm and casaa.
views are my own.
associate professor at unm and casaa.
views are my own.
Pinned
💥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
Apply via @casaa.bsky.social for the T32 Fellowship or via @unm.edu psychology for graduate study.
Links to applications here: bricsslab.com/announcements
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UNM representing at National Science Network on Drug Abuse! @unm.edu @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @drtarab20.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
UNM representing at National Science Network on Drug Abuse! @unm.edu @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @drtarab20.bsky.social
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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...
Morgan Sneed Memorial Scholarship
Support the Morgan Sneed Memorial Scholarship!
give.colostate.edu
October 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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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📣 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....
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....
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...
www.tandfonline.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📣 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....
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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Great turnout for No Kings in Albuquerque today!
October 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great turnout for No Kings in Albuquerque today!
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No Kings Downtown Albuquerque, Oct. 18, 2025. Video courtesy VisionBroadcast Media LLC. I love my city. #Albuquerque #NewMexico
October 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
No Kings Downtown Albuquerque, Oct. 18, 2025. Video courtesy VisionBroadcast Media LLC. I love my city. #Albuquerque #NewMexico
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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...
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
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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...
Balloon Fiesta is the greatest and it’s even more fun with friends and colleagues 🎈
Coolest department ever! UNM Psych faculty and grad students at Balloon Fiesta 🤗 @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social @katiew.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Balloon Fiesta is the greatest and it’s even more fun with friends and colleagues 🎈
🚨 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)
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)
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🚨 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)
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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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/
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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/
Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.
August 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.
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Welcome to UNM @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social!!! So excited for you to join us!
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Welcome to UNM @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social!!! So excited for you to join us!
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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. 🧵
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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. 🧵
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
It’s always a blast teaching with @sarahathomasphd.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
It’s always a blast teaching with @sarahathomasphd.bsky.social
📣 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/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40517524/
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...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📣 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/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40517524/
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If you're at @downloadfest.bsky.social check out Dr Kate Quinn and Heavy Metal Therapy... here's their recent article www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘From their screaming I found feeling and meaning’ | BPS
Kate Quinn (clinical psychologist), Andy Kerrigan (social care worker) and Jess Ing (counselling psychologist) on merch, memes and metalcore as tools for community engagement in men’s mental health; b...
www.bps.org.uk
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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
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
June 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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
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
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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
Endometriosis sufferers often need multiple surgeries, and Dysautonomia can & does complicate the recovery.
Quick diagnosis is key
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
www.ox.ac.uk
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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
Endometriosis sufferers often need multiple surgeries, and Dysautonomia can & does complicate the recovery.
Quick diagnosis is key
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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
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
scim.ag
April 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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
Excited to share that our S-GIMME paper is out! This was a fun foray into idiographic networks that we wanted to share, but has left me with many methodological questions.
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
Heterogeneity across idiographic network associations among emotion dysregulation, alcohol use, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and intimate partner violence
Nearly half of women in the United States experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, which is linked to deleterious sequelae related to health outcomes. To better understand these ...
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Excited to share that our S-GIMME paper is out! This was a fun foray into idiographic networks that we wanted to share, but has left me with many methodological questions.
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
doi.org/10.1002/jts....
Figure 1 should be part of every research design course. ✅
Are you doing a study exploring longitudinal relationships between substance use and mental health problems among youth? Unsure what covariates to include and how to report on them?
Check-out our new meta-epidemiological review!
doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...
Check-out our new meta-epidemiological review!
doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...
April 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Figure 1 should be part of every research design course. ✅
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New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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Director Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D. Overview The STRESS Lab is directed by Dr. Nicole Weiss in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. Research in the STRESS Lab is funded by the N...
web.uri.edu
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New to Bluesky! Will have a post a day introducing us and our work. We are in the Department of Psychology @universityofri.bsky.social & Directed by @nicoleweiss.bsky.social. We use community-engaged and culturally responsive methods to inform treatments for PTSD and SUD web.uri.edu/stress/
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For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Developing a qualitative and quantitative ambulatory assessment-based feedback system within cognitive behavioural interventions for people with persecutory beliefs
Although the application of self-monitoring (ambulatory assessment) and visual feedback in psychological interventions has yielded promising results, …
www.sciencedirect.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This is what democracy looks like in Providence, RI #handsoff @indivisibleri.bsky.social @indivisible.org @alexagagosz.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @tednesi.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social @steveahlquist.bsky.social @nancyklavin.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is what democracy looks like in Providence, RI #handsoff @indivisibleri.bsky.social @indivisible.org @alexagagosz.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @tednesi.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social @steveahlquist.bsky.social @nancyklavin.bsky.social
Early results from our study looking at cannabis use among acute trauma exposed young adults presented by the amazing @gg296.bsky.social #CPA2025 #AddictionPosters2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Early results from our study looking at cannabis use among acute trauma exposed young adults presented by the amazing @gg296.bsky.social #CPA2025 #AddictionPosters2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social