Pete Manza
petemanza.bsky.social
Pete Manza
@petemanza.bsky.social
Clinical neuroscientist testing new therapies for addiction!

Assistant Prof., Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, U Maryland School of Medicine
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🆕 @petemanza.bsky.social, Mimi Belcher and Sarah Kattakuzhy are among the authors of a study published in @ajdaajournal.bsky.social that shows promising results for using ketamine to treat #OUD in patients w/ co-occurring depression.

🔗 Learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AddictionSci
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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.
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New version of The Handbook of Dopamine is now online! An amazing resource.

Happy to have contributed a chapter with Nora Volkow - Human dopamine systems in addiction disorders

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Huge thanks to NIAAA IRP for their support!
August 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. @petemanza.bsky.social on becoming one of the newest @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members! 🎉

#WelcomeToACNP👋
Congratulations to Peter Manza, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! 😎 Welcome! @PeteManza.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Our #MeetTheMinds series is introducing the team at the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine! Kynah Walston Jenkins helps keep the lab of Peter Manza, PhD, running smoothly by liaising with regulatory officials and assisting with protocol development.

@petemanza.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our latest now out @pnas.org

Huge thanks to the team (a large group of fantastic post-bacs made this possible), NIAAA, and @kahlertumsom.bsky.social for support!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Neural basis for individual differences in the attention-enhancing effects of methylphenidate | PNAS
Stimulant drugs that boost dopamine, like methylphenidate (MP), enhance attention and are effective treatments for attention-deficit hyperactivity ...
www.pnas.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the Catecholamines GRC! Apply for GRC www.grc.org/catecholamin... & GRS www.grc.org/catecholamin.... In these uncertain times we appreciate any donation to support the participants in the GRC my.grc.org/p/contributi... & GRS my.grc.org/p/contributi...
March 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fantastic lineup of speakers here!!
We are pleased to announce the return of our Annual Research Symposium. Join us on Wednesday, May 28, for a day of research presentations & networking opportunities.

Advanced registration is required. The symposium is free to attend. To register, please visit www.addiction.umaryland.edu/symposium.
February 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Great new review from @renatamarchette.bsky.social on dynorphin/opioid receptor signaling and their relevance for opioid addiction treatment!

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The Dynorphin/-Opioid Receptor System at the Interface of Hyperalgesia/Hyperkatifeia and Addiction
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February 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hi #ACNP2024, I'm a research fellow at NIAAA (and incoming faculty at U Maryland School of Medicine!) -- I do clinical trials paired with brain imaging to develop new therapies for addiction.

Come see my poster T22 tonight!
December 10, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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✨Our paper is out in Nature today! ✨
In this work, we investigated how we can leverage study designs to improve the replicability of brain-wide association studies (BWAS)

👇👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study design features increase replicability in brain-wide association studies - Nature
Optimizing study design is critical for increasing standardized effect sizes and replicability, and the features that increase replicability in cross-sectional and longitudinal brain-wide association ...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
www.science.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx
November 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM