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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 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)

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 1d

💥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

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JennaBlue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈⚢🟦🟧 @jennablue01.bsky.social · 1d

More from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta yesterday morning.
#AlbuquerqueBalloonFiesta #BalloonFiesta

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha ha! This is so perfect! Especially for yesterday. Not where the balloon pilot wanted to land, and the pilot and crew made it work. Sometimes jumping barbed wire fences and getting nearly being bitten by a rattlesnake is part of the hobby... @lcornelas.bsky.social @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social

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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 2d

My partner Stephanie and I had a fantastic time at our 1st Balloon Fiesta! Woke up at 3:15 am to catch Dawn Patrol and Mass Ascension! Even got to witness @unm.edu Psych faculty @lcornelas.bsky.social & @katiew.bsky.social and the rest of the Besos Amigos team launch Amore!

#BalloonFiesta2025 #ABQ

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s always that time of year here! But this was my first time ever seeing one in the wild!

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 3d

In @katiew.bsky.social’s words, “Sundays are for balloons” 🎈 🩵

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely amazing balloon fiesta day!! Made the full NM experience complete with a close call with a western diamondback rattlesnake during balloon retrieval. 🐍😬 @lcornelas.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social

Laura Ornelas and Katie Witkiewitz holding a balloon throat open

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 3d

So great to meet you!!! Yay! See you out on the field!

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 4d

Saturdays in Albuquerque NM are for 500+ balloons. @lcornelas.bsky.social

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 8d

Yay!!! Congratulations!

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 11d

Superstitious beliefs when gambling may be more relevant in driving irrational beliefs and decision-making than otherwise thought, according to an article in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Read a summary from the lead author: https://bit.ly/4moGoTj @katiew.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social

Illusion of control or passive superstition? A comparison of two explanations for irrational gambling beliefs.

When gambling having the ability to choose your own options is believed to increase senses of control over winning even if choice has no effect on the likelihood of the outcome. Although this idea is ...

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 20d

Hope this helps.

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Laura C. Ornelas, PhD @lcornelas.bsky.social · 24d

@katiew.bsky.social 1st NM SNOW for the year!!!

Grant Tosterud @granttosterud.bsky.social · 24d

Snow is coming down on the mountain peaks around the Taos Ski Valley!!! #NMwx

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 24d

Woohooo!!!! ❄️❄️❄️🏂🎿❄️❄️❄️

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Sep 6

Also great to get in a few days of running in Brussels before/after the meeting. I love exploring new cities by getting lost on foot!

Domed building with flowers and trees and grass.

Old Roman building with Belgium and European flags and rainbow sidewalk

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Sep 6

Talking to European colleagues about the state of science and life in the U.S. at ESBRA was both depressing and validating.

@matwmccool.bsky.social gave a phenomenal talk and ❤️ shoutouts to @cassie-boness.bsky.social by @pierremaurage.bsky.social and to Tori Votaw by George Koob!

Matison McCool standing at podium delivering presentation

Man standing in front of slide that displays figures and reference to work by Cassie Boness

George Koob standing at lecture desk with slide that includes reference to work by Tori Votaw

Large building in sunlight with Belgium flag.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 2

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H.

The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 1

House LHHC bill is out. Lots of hits to HHS, but the top line number for NIH is 1% decrease, mostly due to cuts ARPA-H. This seems like a huge rejection of the president's budget request.

democrats-appropriations.house.gov

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Sep 1

Amazing game!!! Woohoo!

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Aug 31

New Mexico is an amazing place and so proud of the efforts to support public health.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 31

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Aug 22

'SARG researcher @ambercopeland.bsky.social secures major Wellcome funding to model how context influences alcohol consumption' | | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s...

SARG researcher secures major Wellcome funding to model how context influences alcohol consumption - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

Dr Amber Copeland from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust fellowship worth £591,755 over five years. The funding will support a new project to...

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Aug 20

🤣 so at first I laughed hysterically, but then as a former artist I remembered that the numbers are pencil lead softness or hardness. A 2 is perfect for writing. 1 is too light/hard.

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Aug 18

Well, today is mostly blocked off to review everything and probably tinker a bit, so... 😉🙃 Have fun teaching SEM! My favorite course to teach.

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your amazing coworkers who greatly appreciate the many talents of your incredibly gifted daughter also really love perfect caramel. Just saying. 🙃😉

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Aug 17

Awww Battle Creek is great. Haven’t been there for balloons but would love to see it. I use Navarro learningstatisticswithr.com for intro/foundation and then Darlington and Hayes for textbook.

Learning Statistics with R

learningstatisticswithr.com

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