Andrew Gerlach
agerlachphd.bsky.social
Andrew Gerlach
@agerlachphd.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Psychiatry at Pitt, unabashed math nerd, love doing anything that gets me and my family outside, especially rock climbing, paddling, and skiing
Hey there #SOBP2025, stop by poster 29 tonight to chat about how active worry hijacks cognitive resources and reappraisal reverses these changes. Or just to say hi!
April 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Awesome work from my colleague @tekraynak.bsky.social and only one of many cool papers we should have coming out of this study over the next few years.
Check out our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social:
#ThisWeekInNPP

Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gerlach
If you live in AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC, your reps are on the Senate HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over NIH.
Write to them pointing out the jobs and money coming to your state from NIH: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
describe impact of NIH cuts on....
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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February 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gerlach
A "historic surge" in U.S. firearm homicide rates - increased by 54% from 2018 to 2022. No evidence that COVID-19 or George Floyd triggered this rise pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39670644/
January 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you’re still around #ACNP2024, stop by poster 82 to chat about the roles of the salience and default mode networks in antidepressant placebo response! Or stop by to chat about rock climbing or family vacations or whatever else you feel like on the final day of the conference. 😃
December 11, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Andrew Gerlach
Hi all! This is Layla Banihashemi, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & BioE at Pitt. I'm a neuroscientist researching stress-control circuits and their relationships with adversity & trauma. Come find me All the way in the back (😄) at poster W300 sharing new data from our 7T R01 study! #ACNP2024
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣

Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
ALT: a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:17 PM
#ACNP2024 distinguished lecture does not disappoint, as usual. Just incredible stuff from Edward Chang decoding neural signatures of speech production to generate artificial speech! Feels like sci-fi
December 9, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Hey #ACNP2024, I’m Andrew Gerlach, Asst. Prof. of psychiatry at Pitt studying late life depression and anxiety, primarily with MRI. If you’re still around on Wednesday afternoon, stop by poster 82 to chat about the intrinsic networks and involved in antidepressant placebo response!
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣

Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
ALT: a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:06 PM