Cathy Cahill
@painlab.bsky.social
Pain and Addiction Neuroscientist and Pharmacologist
Sunday, November 9, 2025, Cure Addiction Now is sponsoring a free event open to the public. This is a chance to listen to a panel of scientists discuss many latest advances in helping to cure addiction. See registration link: cureaddictionnow.org/the-raw-trut... #CAN, #SUD, #CureAddictionNow
Cure Addiction Now Forum and Webinar
Scientists at the forefront of substance use disorder and mental health research share the latest advances to stop this devastating disease.
cureaddictionnow.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sunday, November 9, 2025, Cure Addiction Now is sponsoring a free event open to the public. This is a chance to listen to a panel of scientists discuss many latest advances in helping to cure addiction. See registration link: cureaddictionnow.org/the-raw-trut... #CAN, #SUD, #CureAddictionNow
If anyone has a lab manual they are willing to share (or even in part), please send to cmcahill@ucla.edu.
I’m specifically interested in graduate and undergraduate expectations, lab culture and safety.
I’m specifically interested in graduate and undergraduate expectations, lab culture and safety.
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If anyone has a lab manual they are willing to share (or even in part), please send to cmcahill@ucla.edu.
I’m specifically interested in graduate and undergraduate expectations, lab culture and safety.
I’m specifically interested in graduate and undergraduate expectations, lab culture and safety.
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This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
Reposted by Cathy Cahill
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants
A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore all National Institutes of Health grants to UCLA, roughly $500 million, that the government suspended in July.
www.latimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Any ACNP full members that still have an invite available to sponsor me to go this year?
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Any ACNP full members that still have an invite available to sponsor me to go this year?
Can someone provide further insight/analysis of this announcement ? www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
www.statnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Can someone provide further insight/analysis of this announcement ? www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
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few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
Now do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew.
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
NIH spending battle’s ripple effect
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
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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!
Decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal dorsal horn... : PAIN
date there is no evidence supporting or opposing this hypothesis in humans. Here, we demonstrate that KCC2 expression is decreased in superficial dorsal horn neurons of organ donors who died with a do...
journals.lww.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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!
Does anyone know if this means that NIH grants terminated due to DEI might be reinstated?
June 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Does anyone know if this means that NIH grants terminated due to DEI might be reinstated?
Congratulations to all my undergraduate students who presented today at the Semel undergrad poster day! All did so well and should be very proud of their accomplishments! Great day for the Cahill Lab!!
May 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Congratulations to all my undergraduate students who presented today at the Semel undergrad poster day! All did so well and should be very proud of their accomplishments! Great day for the Cahill Lab!!
Reposted by Cathy Cahill
Further evidence (as if you needed any more!) that people should quit X as their platform.
Election interference is real in Canada... Beware the bots!
www.ft.com/content/743c...
www.ft.com/content/743c...
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Further evidence (as if you needed any more!) that people should quit X as their platform.
This was driven by my very talented graduate student Myra!
Read this #PapersoftheWeek #EditorsPick featured in @painthejournal.bsky.social from Alayoubi et al. and @painlab.bsky.social showing evidence of myrcene dose-dependently attenuating allodynia associated with nerve injury, without negative reinforcement of CB1 receptors bit.ly/42h2vUS #PRF
April 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This was driven by my very talented graduate student Myra!
I'm advertising for my daughter to recruit subjects for her Master's thesis. I'd very much appreciate a repost. She's exploring how a simple mindfulness technique could help reduce cravings and stress levels for daily e-cigarette users.
allocate.monster/JMCEFGOS
allocate.monster/JMCEFGOS
A study on the effectiveness of diaphragmatic breathing on craving in e-cigarette users
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of diaphragmatic breathing technique on current craving and stress levels in e-cigarette users.
allocate.monster
April 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm advertising for my daughter to recruit subjects for her Master's thesis. I'd very much appreciate a repost. She's exploring how a simple mindfulness technique could help reduce cravings and stress levels for daily e-cigarette users.
allocate.monster/JMCEFGOS
allocate.monster/JMCEFGOS
Is there any evidence that protracted withdrawal precipitated by opioid dependence is worse if you precipitate withdrawal with naloxone versus undergoing spontaneous withdrawal?
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Is there any evidence that protracted withdrawal precipitated by opioid dependence is worse if you precipitate withdrawal with naloxone versus undergoing spontaneous withdrawal?
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Canada offers fellowships to foreign grad students and postdocs. Have a look and share with anyone who could be interested or who is affected by the current situation in the US.
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Canada offers fellowships to foreign grad students and postdocs. Have a look and share with anyone who could be interested or who is affected by the current situation in the US.
Reposted by Cathy Cahill
I just listened to the first lesson on tyranny (outstanding). Fellow scientists, we should all add DEI values and pronouns to our lab websites. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
On Tyranny - YouTube
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I just listened to the first lesson on tyranny (outstanding). Fellow scientists, we should all add DEI values and pronouns to our lab websites. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
On March 15th, many people will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses opposition to him. Everyone has their own motives to be upset with his bad leadership decisions. I will send more than one: Protection of Science, National Parks, Transgender rights and Foreign policy.
March 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On March 15th, many people will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses opposition to him. Everyone has their own motives to be upset with his bad leadership decisions. I will send more than one: Protection of Science, National Parks, Transgender rights and Foreign policy.
Today! Stand up for science! We had a great turn out in Westwood federal building!
March 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Today! Stand up for science! We had a great turn out in Westwood federal building!
Please see our article on the safety profile of SSRIs in pregnancy - reviewing clinical literature. An important area that needs much more work!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...
Redirecting
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Please see our article on the safety profile of SSRIs in pregnancy - reviewing clinical literature. An important area that needs much more work!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...