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Reagan Fitzke

@reaganfitzke.bsky.social

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Clinical Psych PhD student @ UNM | substance use, trauma, harm reduction 👩‍🔬 | CSU & USC alum | student rep @researchmj.bsky.social + @istss-sud-sig.bsky.social | She/her

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 25d

I know I’m supposed to wait until it says “Awarded” but I am just too excited. 🥹

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Maddy Frumkin (she/her) @maddyfrumkin.bsky.social · 2h

Interested in a career in digital mental health, but not set on a clinical psych degree? Check out Dartmouth's PhD programs in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences and Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...

Graduate Program in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences

Dartmouth’s Quantitative Biomedical Sciences master’s and doctoral degrees prepare students to innovatively solve complex biomedical challenges.

geiselmed.dartmouth.edu

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 17h

THOSE ARE MY FRIENDS!!!!!

Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social · 2d

Very pleased to see @kristicarrasquillo.bsky.social and the skyless Alex Connolly representing the BAAAD Lab and @casaa.bsky.social at the ICRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction

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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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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 17h

NM really just likes to show off huh??

Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 1d

WOOOHOOOOO!!! You are amazing!

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Kristi Carrasquillo @kristicarrasquillo.bsky.social · 1d

Great two days at the ICRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction. Got to present on combat sports betting, see Alex and @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social present their work on co-occurring alcohol use and sports betting, and was able to see Josh get his award!!! Gooooood weekend for the BAAAD lab 🐐🎰🎲

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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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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sweet morning on my porch.

Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 3d

Lil Santa Fe day trip to see college roomie ☀️

Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 5d

Morning from ABQ 🎈☀️

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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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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Zoe 🥹❤️

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Kristi Carrasquillo @kristicarrasquillo.bsky.social · 6d

@reaganfitzke.bsky.social and i finally have a picture together therefore our friendship is officially real. #besties

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 7d

As always the spookiest part of October is my Outlook calendar

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

www.nature.com

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 7d

I wish so badly that I knew somebody on the Denver Love is Blind season and am honestly shocked that I don’t 😅🤣

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 8d

That's quite the chart annotation.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A chart of "Major concerns of PhD candidates." The top text says, "Financial pressures top the list of concerns faced by PhD candidates, but concerns differ among the sexes. Those studying in the United States rank the political landscape as their main worry." The chart shows that in the full survey, political landscape is the biggest concern for about 20% of students (a bit higher for women than men) but there's an annotation saying "In US PhD students, this rose to 64%". Overall, the highest-rated concern was financial pressures at around 40%.

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 7d

Updated the fall vinyl display 🍁

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Kylie Wooden @kwooden.bsky.social · 7d

new lab means getting to start new traditions - can’t wait to watch her grow 🥲

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Reagan Fitzke @reaganfitzke.bsky.social · 8d

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

I'm also very much open to mentoring student grant/awards! My current PhD student and rock star at UNM, Reagan Fitzke, just received an NoA from NIAAA for her #F31 project focused on protective behavioral strategies for #alcohol and cannabis co-use among college women #sexual #assault survivors. 8/

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

PhD students in my lab have the opportunity to work on 4 active pilot studies that focus on the #experimental self-administration of alcohol, #qualitative scale development, alcohol-related IPV using #EMA, and the testing of a clinical trial; we’re trying to gather pilot data for larger grants. 6/

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

My research focuses on exploring risk/maintenance/protective factors for the #symptoms and #diagnoses of co-occurring #PTSD and #SUD in the realm of #trauma and #addiction primarily among #women after violence and secondarily among #veterans of all gender identities using mixed #methods. 3/

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