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Cassie Boness, PhD

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I talk about substance use a lot. Probably going down with twitter if I’m being honest. BAL.UNM.edu #addictionsci

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · May 19

New op-ed out in the Albuquerque Journal. I share about the importance of federal substance use and addiction funding for families like mine.

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and in case you hit a paywall: unmm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

OPINION: Federal cuts put addiction treatment and recovery at risk

I vividly remember growing up and my grandmother warning me to be careful with alcohol — because addiction “runs in our family.” She wasn’t wrong. For generations, both sides of

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 18d

Applications are now open for our next cohort of the Data Management for Data Sharing workshop, funded by NIH! Come join us for 5 days of learning in Nashville next June!

Learn more: lnkd.in/p/gA_JAdmy

Apply: datamanagementdatasharing.weebly.com/upcoming-wor...

Upcoming Workshops

The 2026 Data Management for Data Sharing workshop will take place June 8-12th 2026 on Vanderbilt University's Campus in Nashville, TN. Applications for 2026 cohort are LIVE! Click here to...

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NPR @npr.org · 21d

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

Ousted CDC director testifies on why she was fired

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Sep 4

hahahahah

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Kristi Carrasquillo @kristicarrasquillo.bsky.social · Sep 3

I would like for both @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social & @cassie-boness.bsky.social to know that the groupchat we have combining our labs has been named “BAAALD” (ty @karalink.bsky.social )

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Sep 4

Awww BAAALD like Josh!

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 10

LOL

Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks Tessa 🖤

Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 8

Aw thanks friend

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 8

Proud of this one. Thanks @apadivision50.bsky.social!

Photo of a glass award presented to Cassandra Boness for 2025 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 7

"wasteful grantmaking"

www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Stops Wasteful Grantmaking

ENDING GRANT ABUSE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order stopping unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from wasting taxpayer dollars

www.whitehouse.gov

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Aug 7

Grateful for both of you!! 🖤

Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 28

Great piece by @noelvest.bsky.social on the need for colleges and universities to prioritize sustainable funding to support students in recovery.

"Over half of the programs we surveyed rely on school-level funding, often leaving them vulnerable to budget cuts."

www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

College Shouldn’t Be a Relapse Risk: Why Collegiate Recovery Programs Deserve Sustainable Funding

Colleges and universities that are committed to fostering inclusive and supportive educational environments must prioritize sustainable funding for collegiate recovery programs, writes Noel Vest in a ...

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 25

It's the guns.

www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

UNM shooting: One dead, one injured; suspect at large

One person was killed and another injured in a shooting early Friday at the University of New Mexico.

www.abqjournal.com

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is a death sentence

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · Jul 25

Not too long ago there was bipartisan support for supportive “housing first” for people on the streets: it’s safe, humane, reduces crime, reduces hospitalization, & saves the community $. This ain’t it.

Sean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social · Jul 24

The president just issued an executive order to curb "Crime and Disorder on America's Streets"

Its primary target: unhoused people share.google/1JD7LxJ9oW2r...

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 24

📣 Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and Overdose and Reverse Gains

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SOC Press Release 7-22-25.docx

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 24, 2025 – Chapel Hill, NC Leading Addiction Scientists Warn: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Will Devastate Research, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction and O...

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 23

*this program

Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yes! I can be a primary mentor for students in his program.

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 22

Please share!

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 22

⚠️ UNM has a new non-clinical PhD program, Diversity & Health Data Science Across the Lifespan! This area adopts a multidisciplinary lens to frame research questions at the intersection of human development, health, and sociocultural diversity.

Details and faculty here: psych.unm.edu/graduate/pro...

New Doctoral Degree Area :: Department of Psychology | The University of New Mexico

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Jul 16

Researchers take note: 👇🏼👇🏼

analysis of changes to words in 232 datasets from HHS, CDC, & VA sources btwn Jan 20 & Mar. 25, 2025, compared to archived versions:
49% substantially altered
106 had "gender" switched to "sex"
15 logged/indicated change occurred

🛟😷🧪📈 Sociology demography policy medsky

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

www.thelancet.com

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tfrohe.bsky.social @tfrohe.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our final APA programming is out now! Looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver this year!

APA Division 50 Society of Addiction Psychology @apadivision50.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join @apadivision50.bsky.social at #APA2025! We’re bringing together the best of our Division for three days of memorable programming, check it out! Registration is open now! 👉 convention.apa.org

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazing news, Jen! Congratulations.

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Cassie Boness, PhD @cassie-boness.bsky.social · Jul 10

Great resource from @drugpolicy.org drugpolicy.org/resource/pro...

Protecting Federally-Funded Drug Research: An Advocacy Toolkit for Researchers

A toolkit that highlights stories of the lifesaving studies of drug researchers whose funding has been cut and how to fight back against funding cuts.

drugpolicy.org

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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