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Carolyn Rodriguez
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Psychiatrist | Neuroscientist | Author | Deputy Editor American Journal of Psychiatry | Deputy Editor Neuropsychopharmacology | AI for Mental Health Initiative | OCD Research | Human Neural Circuitry (HNC) Program
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Thank you @pbs.org Emmy-nominated public TV program "Healthy Minds" for highlighting hoarding disorder on (new) Season 10 Episode 7⭐️Great questions from host & executive producer Dr. Jeff Borenstein; "with help there is hope" @bbrfoundation.bsky.social

www.pbs.org/video/hoardi...
Healthy Minds With Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein | Hoarding Disorder | Season 10 | Episode 7
Cognitive behavior and virtual reality therapies for excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding.
www.pbs.org
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If you're attending #ACNP2026 and would like to learn more & discuss this important topic with the authors, come to this study group👇👇 on Tues morning (1/13) at 9 AM!

See you there 😄
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Huge congrats to the @acnporg.bsky.social Athina Markou travel awardees, Isaac Kauvar and Elizabeth Sneddon-Yepez! she was an amazing scientist and person, and so glad to see you carry on her legacy 🧠💗#ACNP2026
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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@deisseroth.bsky.social kicking off #ACNP2026 @acnporg.bsky.social Presidential Plenary in true Natural Philosopher style, combining William James & cutting edge tools to dissect cardiac-brain interactions ♥️🧠♥️🧠♥️🧠♥️🧠
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Settling in for the AI in Mental Health study group in Imperial Ballroom B- starting off with a great overview from Martin Paulus @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Thanks for the shout-out @ahmarilab.bsky.social!
@pshrink.bsky.social emphasizing the importance of explainable AI in the context of neuroimaging using a striking example from COVID pandemic #ACNP2026 @acnporg.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Kicking off #ACNP2026 at @acnporg.bsky.social Council meeting and so lucky to be seated next to @thebalelab.bsky.social!!!

Are you getting on the #TracyTrain? 🚂🧠💪🏼
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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@crodriguezmdphd.bsky.social discussing guarding against bias in use of AI.

A quote that bears repeating:

“AI models are only as effective as the data that they’ve been trained in, and the assumptions of the model.”
#ACNP2026
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Happening now! International OCD Foundation "Strengthen Your #OCD Practice: Ethics, AI, and Options for Care" Thank you Dr. Brian Zaboski for organizing our session today "Beyond the Algorithm: A Human-Centered Approach to AI in OCD Treatment" w/ Kevin Jin Greg Muller, Jiyeong Kim & Brian Zaboski
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The Ornelas lab investigates the neurobiology of traumatic stress & alcohol use disorders

Current research in the lab explores the role of corticolimbic circuitry & the endocannabinoid system in regulating maladaptive stress coping behaviors and alcohol drinking #ACNP2026 / @lcornelas.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thank you to Dr. Colleen Hanlon and Dr. Jovana Lubarda for inviting me to "Hear from Her: The Women in Healthcare Leadership" podcast series to talk about "The Brain's Electric Circuitry: Harnessing Neuromodulation to Transform Mental Health" Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Brain's Electric Circuitry: Harnessing Neuromodulation to Transform Mental Health
Podcast Episode · Hear From Her: The Women in Healthcare Leadership Podcast Series · 11/25/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Thank you @samvesuna.bsky.social‬ and the whole secret cake team! And congrats to all the amazing laboratory and clinical presenters from our program– the surprise cake got us through (I had forgotten how physically challenging being a poster presenter can be). I'll train harder for next year...
#Stanford Human Neural Circuitry (HNC) showcasing years of hard work and interdisciplinary team efforts @sfn.org !... icing on the cake was a mid-session surprise Bday celebration for HNC and Karl :). #Dlab poster session first? Thanks for being a good sport @deisseroth.bsky.social!
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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#Stanford Human Neural Circuitry (HNC) showcasing years of hard work and interdisciplinary team efforts @sfn.org !... icing on the cake was a mid-session surprise Bday celebration for HNC and Karl :). #Dlab poster session first? Thanks for being a good sport @deisseroth.bsky.social!
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Our microbial-opsin work (and most of the field ) is basic science, but it was intriguing to review clinical progress–direct & indirect–with a wonderful team of co-authors
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& adapt a fig. of PMID:28912215 (2017) with my long-time collaborator Peter Hegemann (pic: a memory from 2017).
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Now at #Sfn2025 Poster MM4 “Exploring the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on cognitive control circuit and behavioral task performance in hoarding disorder” led by Dr. Paula Munoz Rodriguez @pineurosci.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Big thank you to @ksarma.com for an outstanding talk to Stanford AI4MH 👏
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Welcome to new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Member @drlaramieduncan.bsky.social - we're so happy you're here! #WelcomeToACNP👋
Congratulations to Laramie Duncan, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋@drlaramieduncan.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations🌟Dr.🌟 Paula Munoz Rodriguez!! Thank you to my wonderful colleague Lea Williams for co-mentoring Paula's neuroscience PhD w/ me & @pineurosci.bsky.social Xue Zhang Appreciate Paula's committee chair @agoldpie.bsky.social members Drs. Knutson, Hosseini, Moya🙌 & Paula’s classmates
September 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thank you @pbs.org Emmy-nominated public TV program "Healthy Minds" for highlighting hoarding disorder on (new) Season 10 Episode 7⭐️Great questions from host & executive producer Dr. Jeff Borenstein; "with help there is hope" @bbrfoundation.bsky.social

www.pbs.org/video/hoardi...
Healthy Minds With Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein | Hoarding Disorder | Season 10 | Episode 7
Cognitive behavior and virtual reality therapies for excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding.
www.pbs.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Spread the word!! DANS 2025 registration is opening very soon…take a look at some of our amazing speakers! You can present a poster you will present or have presented elsewhere…the goal is to foster discussion. Check dans.pitt.edu for updates!
August 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Excited to be co-chairing a panel with @argelaguilarvalles.bsky.social featuring
Sophie Holmes, Ellen Bradley, & Craig Ferris for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎
August 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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2) I’m honored to be selected as a mentee for the @acnporg.bsky.social Near-Peer Mentorship Program! 🎉

I’m deeply grateful to everyone in our field who has supported me as a scientist with lived experience! I wouldn’t be here without your belief in me & you challenging the stigma! 🙏🏾 #ACNP2026
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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THRILLED to share @acnporg.bsky.social news x2!

1) Our study group “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research” @ericjnestler.bsky.social @mayaschumer.bsky.social @deffinger.bsky.social @viscidula.bsky.social @noelvest.bsky.social @cahill-lab.bsky.social=ACCEPTED! 🤩 #ACNP2026
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I’m very excited to share that I got the NOA for my first R01 to study approach-avoidance behaviors after DBS for OCD! We have an awesome team: Sameer Sheth, Wayne Goodman, Eric Storch, and Ben Hayden at BCM, and Han Yi at JHU APL. 🧠⚡️@bcmocd.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social @jhuapl.bsky.social
#NEWS: Dr. @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social is the recipient of a new $3.7m R01 award from the #NIH & #NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation" 🧠

#DBS #OCD #DeepBrainStimulation #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Research
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kate Fitzgerald
@KDFitzgerald_MD, professor at @columbiapsych.bsky.social and expert in child and adolescent psychiatry, as the newest Associate Editor at NPP! "Meet the Editor" with Dr. Kate Fitzgerald youtu.be/zDnOFSm9kxg?... via
@YouTube @npp-journal.bsky.social
npp's "Meet the Editor" with Dr. Kate Fitzgerald
YouTube video by NPP Journal
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July 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM