#ICYMI Assistant Professor @neuro-summer.bsky.social discusses the link b/w being prescribed opioids in the hospital and contracting infection, explaining that these medications can affect the gut and the immune system. 🔗 www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/18/o...

Mark your calendars for the next installment of our Seminar Series! On 1/14, we're hosting a presentation by Malik Burnett, MD, MBA, MPH. He'll present on "Maryland's Opioid Ecosystem: System Interactions and Opportunities to Improve Opioid Related Outcomes." #AddictionMedicine

Study finds Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia have 31% higher risk of death vs. white patients—even with similar genetic profiles. These disparities highlight the need for greater equity in cancer care and clinical trial access. 🔗 shorturl.at/EfnOU #Research #Cancer #MedSky #HealthEquity

New study shows how states can improve care for adults with autism & neurodevelopmental disorders. 🧬🧠 5-year data proves a state-funded, multidisciplinary model boosts health outcomes & quality of life. 🔗More in @aanmember.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Kts0fV #Autism #Neurology #MedEd #Medsky #Research

Some new 40HzOscillator stuff I’ve been working on. This went over pretty well at the Halloween gig. Fall Leaves youtu.be/aE7WIriAdAw

🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center! The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻 🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f #NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM

🚨 Leadership News: Dr. Stuart Martin has been named our new Chair of Pharmacology & Physiology! His discovery of microtentacles on cancer cells is revolutionizing cancer research. Congrats to a true innovator!👏 🔗 bit.ly/3WGeO9U #CancerResearch #Leadership #MedEd #MedSky #Oncology

Congratulations to Marco Venniro, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry at @medschool.umaryland.edu. Dr. Venniro has been recognized with the @sfn.org 2025 Jacob P. Waletzky Award! To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news. #AddictionResearch #AddictionScience

🚨 New study from links chronic skin condition prurigo nodularis to hidden kidney damage. Researchers found elevated biomarkers in patients—suggesting systemic inflammation may harm kidneys even without diagnosed disease. 🧬 More: bit.ly/4nDTVHw #Dermatology #Research #MedEd #Medsky

🎥 Dean Gladwin on Tom Golisano’s $50M gift: “This will allow us to improve the lives of our children.” 💬 📍Welcome to the University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital #Philanthropy #ChildrensHealth #Healthcare #MedEd #Medsky

🚨 Breakthrough in #VaccineResearch! UMSOM scientists successfully tested a vaccine that protects against both typhoid & invasive Salmonella. ✅ 100% immune response ✅ Safe & well-tolerated 🌍 Huge potential for global pediatric health 🔗 bit.ly/4heMBjV #MedEd #MedSky #Science #PublicHealth #Vax

New Faculty Orientation is underway today at the School of Medicine! 🩺🌟 Excited to welcome brilliant minds joining our mission to educate, innovate, and heal. #NewFaculty #MedEd #MedSky #Maryland

Very convincing findings from the Gamper lab: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3... somebody needs to figure out the source of this GABAergic tone within the DRG! As far as I can tell the origin of this remains speculative and needs molecular identification.

Big congrats to Dr. Thomas M. Scalea on his induction into the @facs.org Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®! 👏 🎉 As an Academy Member, he’ll help shape surgical education worldwide. 🌍 🏥 🩺 🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/Tl3oX #MedEd #ShockTrauma #MedSky #Surgeon #ACS #Award #HigherEdSky

Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨 Federal funding cuts hit hardest where it matters most. This word cloud shows the top impacted terms—vaccines, mental health, underserved, and more. 🔴 Red = targeted terms for reduced funding 🟡 Yellow = medical terms not targeted by government #PublicHealth #Data #MedSky #Research

🚨 New tech at @umaryland.edu! Our Confocal Microscopy Core now features a STED microscope—1 of only 6 in MD. 🎥 Watch how STED reveals red blood cell proteins (Piezo1 & Myosin IIA) in stunning detail vs. confocal. #STED #Microscopy #Science #CellBiology #Neuroscience #Research #MedEd #MedSky

Maryland ranks #2 in happiness nationwide! 🥈🌟 At the School of Medicine, we know health = happiness. Our research in emotional & physical well-being helps Maryland thrive. Let’s keep building a healthier, happier future. ♥️ #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellness #Maryland

In this #MeetTheMinds, we're introducing you to Community Advisor Ernie Graham! Ernie is instrumental in raising public awareness around our mission. Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀 Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.

This preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... is now accepted for publication in JCI! Heavily revised manuscript with tons of exciting new data should be online soon. Huge congrats to @dianatavf.bsky.social who led this project with incredible creativity and skill, just like she always does!

The Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine team was at The Village at Mondawmin on Saturday for the Summers in the Seventh Community Block Party! ☀️ Our team was proud to distribute over 1,000 doses of naloxone to the community. @kellycoble.bsky.social @drkellydunn.bsky.social #NaloxoneSavesLives

🚨 New antidote for #CarbonMonoxide poisoning? Our researchers developed RcoM-HBD-CCC, a molecule that clears CO from blood faster than oxygen therapy—with fewer side effects. 🧠 Potential game-changer for emergency care. 🔗 bit.ly/45ktqkw #MedicalBreakthrough #MedEd #Research

We are so excited to announce that Leonardo Parra-Rivas, PhD, will be joining us in December as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurology! Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!

Dr. Graeme Woodworth & Dr. Moran Roni Levin received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Awards for research & teaching! 🏅🩺 👏 Congrats to these inspiring leaders! 🔗 Learn more about these awards here: bit.ly/41s2Lj1 #Award #MedEd #Maryland #HigherEd

🚨 New @jama.com review: Gun violence survivors need more than emergency care. 🔹 68% report chronic pain 🔹 50%+ show signs of PTSD 🔹 75% leave hospital with bullet fragments 🔹 10% suffer reinjury UMSOM trauma experts urge better long-term care. 🔗 bit.ly/3UfHPIh #GunViolence #Healthcare #PTSD

We are so excited to announce that Rashad Hussain, PhD, will be joining us in August as an Associate Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurosurgery! Rashad's work centers around the glymphatic system and its involvement in TBI and Alzheimer's disease pathology. Welcome, Rashad!

Don’t skip the sunscreen—your skin will thank you later. UV rays don’t take days off, and neither should your SPF! 🌞🧴 Dr. Zaineb Makhzoumi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, spoke with Glamour about some of the best sunscreens for our bodies. #SunSafety #SPF #SkinCareTips

Our paper showing decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal cord in people who died with a history of neuropathic pain is now published in PAIN: journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac... Great work from @oliviadavis.bsky.social and the teams of the De Koninck and Hildebrand labs. ❤️ 🇨🇦 collabs!

⚡️🧠A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway modulating affective-motivational pain Now published on the cover of Science Advances @science.org Check it out 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New trial at the School of Medicine tests cannabis-based drug to ease agitation in hospice-eligible dementia patients. Led by Dr. Raya Kheirbek, the study could offer a safer, more effective alternative to current meds. 🔗 bit.ly/4ffHL57 #DementiaCare #Cannabis #Research #PalliativeMedicine

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM researchers win $250K NIH prize for tech that delivers CRISPR across the blood-brain barrier. 🧠🧬 Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma. 🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP #CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky

New paper out in @pnas.org Thalamic CGRP neurons form a spinothalamic pain pathway relaying pain signal to the amygdala & insular, but not sensory cortex to encode the affective dimension of pain. Huge congrats to first author Sukjae Kang & coauthors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🚨 We are proud to launch a new B.S.-M.D. program with @univofmaryland.bsky.social and @umdscience.bsky.social! This dual-degree track is designed to bring engineers, data scientists, and coders into the future of medicine. 🧠💉👏 #FutureDoctors #MedicalEd #MedSky

💡 Nearly a month has passed since our Annual Research Symposium & Poster Session, and the insights shared continue to resonate! 🔗 Check out a recap from @medschool.umaryland.edu: bit.ly/4ehWbRI. 📸 Relive the day’s highlights in a photo gallery at: bit.ly/3G0Rcbm. #AddictionMedicine #AddictionSci

🚨 Did you know? Rural Marylanders face higher rates of preventable heart disease deaths — due to lack of access to care. Our Rural-MD Scholars Program is changing that. 🌾 🔗 📊 Learn how more doctors = more lives saved: bit.ly/4mOVVxc #RuralHealth #HealthEquity #MedEd #MedSky

We are excited to welcome Justin Strickland, PhD, as an Associate Professor this December! Dr. Strickland's work focuses on developing novel interventions for substance use and SUD using translationally relevant designs. Join us in welcoming him to our team! @juststrickland.bsky.social

New paper from my PhD work out in Cell Reports today! We find that playfulness is associated with markedly distinct gene expression profiles in the medial amygdala of male vs. female rats and show that inhibitory neurons play a key role. Really proud of this one! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🚨 Big news in health innovation! @govwesmoore.bsky.social announced $33M in new funding for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing—set to anchor a new life sciences hub at North Bethesda Metro. 🚇🧬 #MedEd #MedSky #PublicHealth #Science #Tech #Maryland

1/ The #KahlertSymposium is about to begin! Follow along as we take a deeper dive into #AddictionScience. 💡

🚨 300 lives are lost daily to overdose. @kahlertumsom.bsky.social is fighting back—2 years in, they’re launching bold clinical trials, tackling stigma, and building a future where addiction is treated with science and compassion. 💡💊 🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/pi9ne #Research #OverdoseCrisis

This is a fabulous opportunity. Emily is a superb scientist and mentor!

Congratulations to student Alexander Laurenson for winning the 2025 Maurice R. Hilleman Award! Alexaner's research helps create smarter malaria vaccines—designed to work better for people across Africa. 🌍💉 🔗 Learn more in @contagionlive.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2fvhfvkc #Vaccine #Research #Award

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Tarek Hanna as our new Chair of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine starting Sept 2025! 👏 🎉 A national leader in emergency imaging, Dr. Hanna joins us from @emoryuniversity.bsky.social School of Medicine! 🔗 bit.ly/4kiWi0R #Radiology #NewHire #TraumaCare

🎉 Congratulations to Clara, a rising senior at Hereford High School, and Alejven, a rising senior at University of Maryland College Park, on being named Kahlert Scholars for the Department of Neurobiology's Neuroscience Scholars Program this summer. We are excited to witness what they accomplish!

We are so excited to announce that Chase Francis, PhD, will be joining us this September as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Psychiatry! The Francis Lab's goal is to develop new non-invasive strategies to treat stress and mood-related disorders. Welcome, @phdsred.bsky.social!

Behind every breakthrough, every innovation, every victory over cancer, there's a dedicated scientist. NIH funding fuels their discoveries. This is why America is great. Let's keep it that way. 🔗Learn more: www.umaryland.edu/breakthroughs #NIHSavesLives #BreakthroughsCantWait #NIH #FundingCuts

The Continuing Crisis, Part XIV: The Trumpist Worldview | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

The University of Maryland Medical Center was featured in the @washingtonpost.com for preforming a surgery first: removing a spinal tumor through a patient's eye socket! Read more about how the amazing team accomplished this extraordinary feat below. 🧠 ✨👇 #Surgery #Medsky #Healthcare #News #Cancer