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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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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

@casaa.bsky.social

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

Ready to join?
Apply here 👉 unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

DM me with questions — I’d love to hear from you! 💡 (5/5)

Research Scientist 1 (CASAA)

SummaryUnder direct supervision, the Research Scientist 1 will work on research projects with the Brick Lab at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, a...

unm.csod.com

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

📍 Albuquerque is beautiful! if you love mountains, year-round sunshine, and hot air balloons, this is it ⛰️☀️🎈

📅 Full-time with benefits
🎓 Bachelor’s required
🚗 Local travel involved (4/5)

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

What you’ll do: 👇
⚫ Help me start up and manage ongoing studies
⚫ Conduct interviews, biospecimen collection, and laboratory sessions
⚫ Support recruitment, consent, and follow-ups
⚫ Work with REDCap + R
⚫ Contribute to manuscripts and grant submissions (3/5)

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 5d

The role is ideal for someone who:
✅ Has a background in psychology, neuroscience, biology, or related fields
✅ Has experience with phlebotomy (or willing to learn)
✅ Interested in psychophysiology, wearable biosensors, and psych assessment
✅ Hopes to build skills before grad or med school (2/5)

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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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Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social · 8d

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/

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 21d

This is such an important study — I’m excited to be a part of it!

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Aug 23

Had a great time at #cannabinoidgrc2025 !! Top notch science, great people, and I’m already looking forward to 2027.

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Aug 9

Pumped to be here!!

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Laura C. Ornelas, PhD @lcornelas.bsky.social · Aug 9

Welcome to UNM @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social!!! So excited for you to join us!

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Jul 1

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. 🧵

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Jun 20

@quincymbeck.bsky.social championed this work!

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣 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/

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

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Jun 14

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · Jun 14

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

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

A word cloud made from flagged terms in terminated NIH grant proposals. The most prominent words in large font include “trans,” “diverse,” “diversity,” “minority,” “sex,” “expression,” “mental health,” “gender,” and “women.” Other visible terms include “LGBTQ,” “racial,” “underrepresented,” “disability,” “barriers,” “black,” “equity,” “health equity,” “vaccine,” “bias,” and “intersectionality.” The word cloud highlights terms related to identity, inclusion, and marginalized communities.

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · May 17

We’ve got quite the dream team!!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 17

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

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

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 18

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

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Apr 14

4. Working with super efficient and productive colleagues is fun and rewarding @nicoleweiss.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social @rachnaiyer.bsky.social and Alexa Raudales

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Apr 14

3. While this was an applied study, data characteristics (like missing data patterns in ESM studies, distributional properties of variables, and timing of dynamic processes) likely impact the conclusions we come to. More work is needed here (lmk if you want to collaborate 🙂)

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Apr 14

2. Those that were identified as being a part of a subgroup based on their network pattern, tended to form small subgroups.

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · Apr 14

1. We found substantial heterogeneity among individual networks. In fact, almost one third of folks had unique patterns that did not fit into any subgroup.

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