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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · 4d

Love this crew @wsuthinklab.bsky.social @wsucandid.bsky.social @waynestateresearch.bsky.social

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 29d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Aug 22

Huge congratulations to @wsuthinklab.bsky.social's own Sam Ely for winning a Graduate Student Poster Award at the Cannabinoid Gordon Research Symposium 2025!!!!

#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social

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VoteVets @votevets.org · Aug 19

Trump calls those who serve “suckers and losers.” Now he’s gutting the housing program that alleviates Veteran homelessness.

Same contempt, different day.

MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s easy to feel discouraged in today’s climate, but teaching younger students about the brain—even all these years later—reminds me why I started. Seeing their excitement about science makes it all worth it ❤️🧠

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 31

That escalated quickly!!!

(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you!!!! Would love to hear more content like this and please keep fighting the good fight 💪👏👏

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 15

🎉 Huge congrats to TNP graduate student extraordinaire, Sam, on receiving the Corrine F. Resta Award! We’re so proud of you! 👏💙

📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social

Wayne State Translational Neuroscience Program (TNP) @waynestatetnp.bsky.social · Jul 14

Samantha Ely has received the $25K Corrine F. Resta Award for her project on endocannabinoids and adolescent suicidal ideation. We're proud to celebrate this impactful work in youth mental health—congrats, Sam! 💙

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 12

So honored to collaborate with this powerhouse group led by @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social 🌟

Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠

Leah Mayo @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 11

What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔

Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Leah Mayo @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 11

What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔

Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you for contributing!!! ❤️

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jul 10

🎉 New paper! Led by @waynestateresearch.bsky.social medical student Sneha Bhargava, we show how puberty & sex impact fear extinction retention—key to understanding anxiety risk in females.

Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · Jul 8

#ThisWeekInNPP

⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;

SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;

Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds

@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social ‬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 30

NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a “Declaration of Dissent” against the Trump administration’s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership.

This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.

EPA Staffers Demand Change in ‘Declaration of Dissent’

“Today, we stand together in dissent against the current administration's focus on harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”

www.importantcontext.news

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨 New paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We combined data from 3 studies (including an SSRI RCT) to explore how endocannabinoids relate to anxiety & treatment response in kids + teens. Team science w/ Jeanne Barcelona, Jeffrey Strawn & more!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

www.nature.com

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jun 26

Excited to share my new edited book Cannabis and the Developing Brain—a deep dive into how cannabis impacts the brain during pregnancy, childhood, & adolescence. Thanks to all the amazing contributors! 💚🧠

Available via Springer, Amazon + more: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#Cannabis #Brain

Cannabis and the Developing Brain

This book describes on the latest scientific research to explore the potential impact of cannabis use on the developing brain.

link.springer.com

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jun 26

Grateful to kick off a new NIH-funded study w/ my dream team (Christine Rabinak @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social & Leslie Lundahl) testing whether CBD can boost therapy for anxiety. Excited, but also heavy-hearted given the tough climate for so many colleagues... 💚🧠
research.wayne.edu/news/wayne-s...

Wayne State researchers examine how combining CBD and therapy may have greater effects on anxiety disorders

research.wayne.edu

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · Jun 21

People are dying and more will die because of this administration.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 21

The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines

The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · Jun 21

If anything, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is too soft on Sen. Cassidy, who has betrayed everything he once stood for, as well as the medical profession, by ignoring RFK Jr.’s lies, all to delude himself into thinking he could control RFK Jr.’s worst impulses. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Bill Cassidy: A Profile in Cowardice

The Louisiana Republican knew better than to vote for public health enemy RFK Jr. He did it anyway.

www.thenation.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · Jun 20

Trump sabotages
- Ag, family farms
- US health care and public health
- Science, research, academia
- fiscal health of US
- our democracy and our humanity
- our global reputation
Eternal shame to his Congressional enablers.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Jun 19

Trump's ICE raids mean Washington farmers cannot harvest this year's cherry crop, and that many will now go out of business. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers

The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until fruit gets over ripe, which...

www.spokesman.com

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Hilary Marusak, PhD @hmarusak.bsky.social · Jun 15

We're hiring at the THINK lab @wsuthinklab.bsky.social! Join our NIH-funded study on anxiety, CBD & CBT (w/ Drs. Christine Rabinak & Leslie Lundahl).

Full-time RA—great for psych/neuro grads. Hands-on research incl. fMRI & biomarkers. Based in Detroit.

Apply:
waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · Jun 14

Neuroscientist Clara Zundel explains how NIH funding brought her back to Michigan to study how pollution and lead exposure harm brain development. Without science, we lose the ability to protect kid’s brains from environmental threats. 🧪🏠
@clarazundel.bsky.social
www.voicenews.com/2025/03/12/f...

From New Baltimore to neuroscience: Why science funding matters

Federal science funding is more than just a line item in the budget — it drives the growth, innovation and services communities rely on.

www.voicenews.com

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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · Jun 9

My deepest respect and gratitude for the courageous #NIH employees who wrote and signed this Bethesda Declaration. I've read it in full, as well as the letter from #StandUpForScience - and I've signed on in support. www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Jun 7

This parade will cost at least the equivalent of 180 years worth of an NIH biomedical research grant.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 7

NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.

They departed Texas 5 days ago.

What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.

(🎥 DW)

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