ACNP Career-Spanning Mentorship Award applications are open for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to submit is November 6th at 5:00 pm Central. For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2ut49xmm #ACNP2026

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Social media good for mental health? @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and Andrea Howard. P1: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/06/01/s... P2: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/07/01/s... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social

🚨 New lab website just dropped! Check us out here: hellemansgroup.wixsite.com/hellemans #cannabis #stigma #substance #SubstanceUseHealth

With @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Kim Hellemans , a renowned neuroscientist and esteemed faculty and Dean at Carleton University — an inspiring moment of scientific exchange and collaboration at the Neuroscience Department.

📢 🇨🇦 Participate in a Research Study on Substance Use Health and Stigma! Please share widely! 🔗 Take the survey here: cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Alt: Participate in research: Are you 19 years of age or older? Do you reside in Canada? If yes… let's talk substances & stigma. Fill out a 20-minute survey to help us understand language surrounding substance use. Enter for a chance to win a $50 E-gift card. #ParcipateInResearch

📢 🇨🇦 Participate in a Research Study on Substance Use Health and Stigma! Please share widely! 🔗 Take the survey here: cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. This long weekend, take time to rest, recharge, and tune into Minding the Brain, a great podcast by @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and @drjimdavies.bsky.social at @carleton.ca exploring how our minds work. spti.fi/n5Q89oU #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #CdnResearch

So honoured to have had the privilege to share my Masters research addressing help-seeking barriers faced by young men who use cannabis this past week! @ccicbluesky.bsky.social I am truly in awe of the research across our country in this field!! I cannot wait to see where ALL of it goes!!

We are excited to host Dr. Alfonso Abizaid from @carleton.ca next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

Incredible meeting hearing from cannabis researchers from coast to coast 🇨🇦!

Dr. Giovanni Hernandez from @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social delivered an interesting talk on the divergent outcomes of #THC in #adolescence on cognitive development in male and female mice at the Canadian Cannabis Research Summit at @uoft.bsky.social @ccicbluesky.bsky.social.

Dr. Matt Hill from @ucalgary.bsky.social showing interesting data on the impact of varying patterns of #cannabis vapor exposure during #adolescence on neurodevelopmental & behavioral outcomes at the Canadian Cannabis Research Summit. @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @cannabrain.bsky.social

Dr. Jeffrey Wardell is sharing interesting data about medicinal and non-medicinal cannabis use in young adults at the 2025 at the #Canadian #cannabis #Reserach Summit cohosted with @ccicbluesky.bsky.social at @uoft.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social @camhresearch.bsky.social

Dr. Jeremy Watts from Dr. Patricia Conrod's lab from @chusaintejustine.bsky.social & @umontreal.ca is up next. Looking forward to learning about brain signatures of risk & consequences of #adolescent #cannabis use at the Canadian Cannabis #Research Summit @uoft.bsky.social @ccicbluesky.bsky.social

Spotted 👀 @cannabrain.bsky.social at @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @tc3consortium.bsky.social meeting sporting his Freddy Krueger socks!

At @mindingthebrain.bsky.social podcast @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews Dr. Ian Gold. What are delusions? mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/05/01/d... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

Thought-provoking panel on the current state of knowledge on the impacts of #cannabis on #youth at the Canadian Cannabis #Research Summit at @uoft.bsky.social. @cannabrain.bsky.social @drjkhokhar.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social @carleton.ca @umontreal-en.bsky.social @westernu.bsky.social

I've started a new cannabis research starter pack! It's a work in progress - please reply here or message me if you want to be added :) I know I'm missing a lot of folks here, just threw something together quickly go.bsky.app/FPKwE4w

None other than Dr. Kim Hellemans is speaking about the interesting #cannabis-related work at @carleton.ca at the #Canadian #cannabis #Reserach Summit co-hosted with @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

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So proud of my amazing trainees representing their work at #SOBP2025! 🧠 @carleton.ca

An absolutely incredible talk by @dupatton.bsky.social! So many implications and tips for engaging with communities and the important of community expertise in our research!

Hey #SOBP2025 attendees, be sure to check out @hollyshannon.bsky.social @synthiaguimond.bsky.social poster this afternoon! Holly used PCA to explore how brain regions associated with reward and social media behaviours cluster to predict domains associated w problematic social media use!

Excellent social media panel yesterday with @leahmay.bsky.social @tamargurmdphd.bsky.social and Lana Grasser for #SOBP2025. We collectively mourned the loss of science community we had on Twitter. Can we bring it back here ? What is the future of connecting with our colleagues?

Come check out my poster (#305) on themes of stigma across Canadian subreddits at #SOBP2025! We (@drkimhellemans.bsky.social) used a novel zero-shot learning approach - ask me what that means!!

A new episode of the @mindingthebrain.bsky.social is a Q&A, tackling lucid dreaming, brain implants, and more. audio at: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/15/n... video at youtu.be/BgU7vBbmNBo @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

new @mindingthebrain.bsky.social Q&A with @drjimdavies.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Should we "cure" ADHD? audio: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/02/17/t... video: youtu.be/LWLv3GOJnIQ?... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social

In the new @mindingthebrain.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social about Cultural Effects on the Brain Podcast: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/01/c... YouTube: youtu.be/fL4jDkFm39U @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social

New @mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: Question and Answer, about ape brains, evo psych's rep... Listen! mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/03/15/a... or watch at youtu.be/o_AugoVFs80 @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social

I have a simple recipe to get us out of this rut! Help people connect their head (why they're worried) to their heart (why it matters personally to them) to their hands (what they can do about it). I unpack the head-heart-hands equation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqG...

Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵

We’re growing the network of voting researchers in Canada. 🍁 Join us. Follow us. Share the message. On grandit le réseau de chercheur.e.s qui votent au Canada. 🗳️ Rejoignez-nous. Suivez-nous. Partagez le message. core-coeur.ca #VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote

The Brain 🧠 and Behavior Research Foundation gave me my very 1st #newPI grant contributing to launch my lab and recruitment @cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca Thank you! 🤗 Another thank you for highlighting our latest paper in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🤓 bbrfoundation.org/content/evid...

Are U.S. tariffs a threat to Canadian health sciences innovators – or a golden opportunity? Trump’s unpredictability could make Canada an attractive destination for U.S. researchers, by @hannay.bsky.social @seansilcoff.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... via @theglobeandmail.com

Check out our latest review @cp-trendspharma.bsky.social, outlining emerging pharmacological interventions for #autism and #fragileXsyndrome. A nice collaboration with Amedeo D'Agiulli, Vivian Lee and @salmasolab.bsky.social! #neuroskyence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Opioid addiction disrupts sleep, harming #mentalhealth. From use to withdrawal to treatment, poor sleep triples relapse risk. Neuroscientists reveal how opioids disrupt gene rhythms—and why it matters: buff.ly/pXvUF7b (Ryan Logan @umasschan.bsky.social; Mackenzie Gamble @bostonu.bsky.social)

🍁 A reminder to my fellow Canadians: Science advances our progress, innovation, and security, strengthening our future. 🧪

Hard to believe this is just NEXT MONTH - if you're a trainee in the cannabis field in/around Toronto who is interested in EDI, apply to give an oral presentation at our workshop!!

As the (brand new!) head of the department that is doing the hiring, I can confirm that this position is available... please share and apply! Tagging #AcademicSky 🧪 for reach!

Check this out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔥New paper from my PhD student Holly Shannon in Addictive Behaviors: PSMU is more strongly linked to impulsivity & negative social comparison than inhibitory control impairments. Cognitive instability & attentional impulsivity were key predictors! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The early bird registration & abstract deadlines for the 2025 #Canadian #Cannabis #Research #Summit have been harmonized and extended to March 14, 2025. You still have time to register and submit your abstract but don’t delay! Awards for TC3 Trainees & Reg. Codes for Faculty. lnkd.in/gp6_KSG4

📢 Exciting new publication from my PhD student, Tanisse Epp! Did you know university students who abstain from alcohol may face stigma? Tanisse’s new study explores mental health & stigma among students who abstain from or consume alcohol on Canadian campuses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wales introduced a minimum price for alcohol in 2020 and a recent review shows it has reduced the availability of cheap high-strength drinks.

Homeless people risk freezing to death and most of us don't know how to help. We can't force the homeless to go indoors. But, as one expert suggests, we can 'be kind, and treat them with respect,' by Bruce Deachman ottawacitizen.com/news/deachma... via @ottawacitizen.com #homelessness