Hilary Marusak, PhD
@hmarusak.bsky.social
🧠Developmental neuroscientist at @waynemedicine studying childhood trauma, endocannabinoids, & youth mental health. Let's connect: https://msha.ke/wsuthinklab
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Happy holidays from the @waynestateresearch.bsky.social @wsuthinklab.bsky.social 🎄🥰
Science in the sun, on horseback, on a run, and on non-lazy river 😂 Had so much fun last week at #acnp ! @acnporg.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Science in the sun, on horseback, on a run, and on non-lazy river 😂 Had so much fun last week at #acnp ! @acnporg.bsky.social
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Will you be at @acnporg.bsky.social conference next week?
@hmarusak.bsky.social and I will be sporting these cool buttons. Find me and grab one from me! Talk about #livedexperience with me, too!
#SoberScientist
@hmarusak.bsky.social and I will be sporting these cool buttons. Find me and grab one from me! Talk about #livedexperience with me, too!
#SoberScientist
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Will you be at @acnporg.bsky.social conference next week?
@hmarusak.bsky.social and I will be sporting these cool buttons. Find me and grab one from me! Talk about #livedexperience with me, too!
#SoberScientist
@hmarusak.bsky.social and I will be sporting these cool buttons. Find me and grab one from me! Talk about #livedexperience with me, too!
#SoberScientist
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Excellent op-ed in @freep.com by @hmarusak.bsky.social about the need for evidence and research funding on cannabis, even as tens of millions of Americans use it and states reap tax dollars from it:
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
Trump marijuana status change was policy gesture, not progress | Opinion
A Wayne State University neuroscientist explains why changing the schedule status of marijuana does not make automatically enable research.
www.freep.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Excellent op-ed in @freep.com by @hmarusak.bsky.social about the need for evidence and research funding on cannabis, even as tens of millions of Americans use it and states reap tax dollars from it:
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
Omg! I’m not cool enough to be friends with @drjkhokhar.bsky.social !! I had so much fun visiting ☺️
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Omg! I’m not cool enough to be friends with @drjkhokhar.bsky.social !! I had so much fun visiting ☺️
Can’t wait to visit!!!! ☺️
So excited to host @hmarusak.bsky.social next week at @westernu.ca for the Pediatric Grand Rounds/CHRI Seminar! @westernuwin.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Can’t wait to visit!!!! ☺️
Nothing better than animal therapy 🎁
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nothing better than animal therapy 🎁
Happy holidays from the @waynestateresearch.bsky.social @wsuthinklab.bsky.social 🎄🥰
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy holidays from the @waynestateresearch.bsky.social @wsuthinklab.bsky.social 🎄🥰
This one was super fun!
I talked to my friend & colleague, Dr. Prantik Kundu, about AI and the utility of neurodivergence. Such an interesting conversation!
open.spotify.com/episode/427Z...
I talked to my friend & colleague, Dr. Prantik Kundu, about AI and the utility of neurodivergence. Such an interesting conversation!
open.spotify.com/episode/427Z...
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This one was super fun!
I talked to my friend & colleague, Dr. Prantik Kundu, about AI and the utility of neurodivergence. Such an interesting conversation!
open.spotify.com/episode/427Z...
I talked to my friend & colleague, Dr. Prantik Kundu, about AI and the utility of neurodivergence. Such an interesting conversation!
open.spotify.com/episode/427Z...
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
We're looking forward to #SOBP2026!
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're looking forward to #SOBP2026!
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York
Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Encircle ICE.
They can leave the circle but their victims stay with the people
NO VIOLENCE!
One circle and then another and another if necessary.
This is a police tactic that we need to be using against them. There are more of us than there are them.
Use our numbers against them!
They can leave the circle but their victims stay with the people
NO VIOLENCE!
One circle and then another and another if necessary.
This is a police tactic that we need to be using against them. There are more of us than there are them.
Use our numbers against them!
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Encircle ICE.
They can leave the circle but their victims stay with the people
NO VIOLENCE!
One circle and then another and another if necessary.
This is a police tactic that we need to be using against them. There are more of us than there are them.
Use our numbers against them!
They can leave the circle but their victims stay with the people
NO VIOLENCE!
One circle and then another and another if necessary.
This is a police tactic that we need to be using against them. There are more of us than there are them.
Use our numbers against them!
Fall in Michigan 🍁
October 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Fall in Michigan 🍁
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Huge congratulations to @wsuthinklab.bsky.social's own Sam Ely for winning a Graduate Student Poster Award at the Cannabinoid Gordon Research Symposium 2025!!!!
#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social
#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Huge congratulations to @wsuthinklab.bsky.social's own Sam Ely for winning a Graduate Student Poster Award at the Cannabinoid Gordon Research Symposium 2025!!!!
#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social
#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Trump calls those who serve “suckers and losers.” Now he’s gutting the housing program that alleviates Veteran homelessness.
Same contempt, different day.
MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...
Same contempt, different day.
MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trump calls those who serve “suckers and losers.” Now he’s gutting the housing program that alleviates Veteran homelessness.
Same contempt, different day.
MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...
Same contempt, different day.
MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...
It’s easy to feel discouraged in today’s climate, but teaching younger students about the brain—even all these years later—reminds me why I started. Seeing their excitement about science makes it all worth it ❤️🧠
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It’s easy to feel discouraged in today’s climate, but teaching younger students about the brain—even all these years later—reminds me why I started. Seeing their excitement about science makes it all worth it ❤️🧠
That escalated quickly!!!
(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)
(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)
July 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
That escalated quickly!!!
(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)
(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)
🎉 Huge congrats to TNP graduate student extraordinaire, Sam, on receiving the Corrine F. Resta Award! We’re so proud of you! 👏💙
📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
Samantha Ely has received the $25K Corrine F. Resta Award for her project on endocannabinoids and adolescent suicidal ideation. We're proud to celebrate this impactful work in youth mental health—congrats, Sam! 💙
July 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🎉 Huge congrats to TNP graduate student extraordinaire, Sam, on receiving the Corrine F. Resta Award! We’re so proud of you! 👏💙
📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
So honored to collaborate with this powerhouse group led by @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social 🌟
Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠
Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So honored to collaborate with this powerhouse group led by @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social 🌟
Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠
Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
🎉 New paper! Led by @waynestateresearch.bsky.social medical student Sneha Bhargava, we show how puberty & sex impact fear extinction retention—key to understanding anxiety risk in females.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🎉 New paper! Led by @waynestateresearch.bsky.social medical student Sneha Bhargava, we show how puberty & sex impact fear extinction retention—key to understanding anxiety risk in females.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
#ThisWeekInNPP
⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;
SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;
Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;
SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;
Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
www.nature.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#ThisWeekInNPP
⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;
SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;
Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;
SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;
Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Hilary Marusak, PhD
NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a “Declaration of Dissent” against the Trump administration’s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership.
This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.
This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.
EPA Staffers Demand Change in ‘Declaration of Dissent’
“Today, we stand together in dissent against the current administration's focus on harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”
www.importantcontext.news
June 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a “Declaration of Dissent” against the Trump administration’s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership.
This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.
This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.
🚨 New paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We combined data from 3 studies (including an SSRI RCT) to explore how endocannabinoids relate to anxiety & treatment response in kids + teens. Team science w/ Jeanne Barcelona, Jeffrey Strawn & more!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social
Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 New paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We combined data from 3 studies (including an SSRI RCT) to explore how endocannabinoids relate to anxiety & treatment response in kids + teens. Team science w/ Jeanne Barcelona, Jeffrey Strawn & more!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wsuthinklab.bsky.social