Ardavan M. Aghaei

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari, M.D., Ph.D., to the department as the new Division Chief of Addiction Psychiatry. A graduate of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, he comes to UT Southwestern from the University of Minnesota. Welcome Dr. Ekhtiari! #UTSW

Congratulations to Drs. Anahita Bassir Nia, left, and Rachel Bandler, right, of #yalepsych and @YaleMed for being chosen to receive a @ACNPorg 2025 Travel Award. bit.ly/4m6PzHQ

Hello #MedTwitter! I’m Elham, @MayoClinic @MayoAILab postdoc, @TehUofMed MD grad and #InternalMedicine #Match2026 applicant (AAMC ID : 16710286). Looking forward to connect with peers & mentors. Any advice is welcome and appreciated!

I created a course on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Your students, residents and psychiatrists can register in this course free of charge using the below link till September 4th. udemy.com/course/transcr… Please let me know if I can be helpful in any other way.

If you are into precision neuroimaging and neuromodulation, you are welcome to join our team. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/368884

Yasaman Rezaie @yalepathology presents on the clinical significance of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer liver metastases #AACR25 @Cecchini_OncMD @YaleGICancers @AACR @SmilowCancer

Interested in the #endocannabinoid system in #opioid use disorder. Let's talk. @SOBP #SOBP2025 @YaleMed @YalePsych

Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza of #yalepsych and @YaleMed was a recent guest on @WTNH to discuss cannabis, cannabinoids, and what science is telling us about their effects on health. bit.ly/4iuwWvZ

Yale ABNLab will be presenting at @SOBP 2025 in Toronto this week! Please see below for more details! #Neuroscience #NeuroPsych #PsychResearch #2025SOBP

Interested in the #endocannabinoid system in #opioid use disorder. Let's talk. @SOBP #SOBP2025 @YaleMed @YalePsych

Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza of #yalepsych discussed the pharmacology of cannabis and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics on the podcast #HealthAndVeritas with @hmkyale & @thehowie. bit.ly/4lCZS7D

Psychedelics for opioid use disorder? Hopefully this paper answers the questions you may have about the current evidence in human clinical studies: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to @DrChrisPitt of #yalepsych and @YaleMed who has been awarded a Distinguished Investigator Grant by @BBRFoundation. bit.ly/3FxRTbm

📣 More jobs! We are seeking 2 postdoctoral associates with interest in computational psychiatry to work on new NIMH-funded research projects at the Powers Laboratory at Yale. These positions are 1-year appointments, with contract renewals possible up to 4 years total duration.

🧵1/ 🚨 Our research @cards_lab, now published in @Circ_Gen, aimed to evaluate the feasibility of deploying #ARISE [Algorithmic Risk Inspection for Screening Elevated Lp(a)]—a machine learning model we developed—in #EHR to improve the identification of cases with elevated #Lp(a).

🚨Excited to share our work in @CCR_AACR revealing how spatial protein profiles in d-MMR #colorectal cancer microenvironments predict response to anti-PD-1 therapy! aacrjournals.org/clincancerres/…

📣 New Hurd Lab paper in @molpsychiatry explores how cannabidiol (#CBD) can help reduce anxiety linked to specific triggers. Learn more about our findings 🧵 and read the full paper: nature.com/articles/s4138… (1/7)

Excited to share our new paper in @DrugAlcoholDep! We show a bidirectional link between #pain and daily #smoking: Pain doubles the risk of initiating smoking, and smoking doubles the risk of persistent pain. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 👏 Congrats to @Gabriel_PACosta, @jcnunes_md, and Becky Suh for their outstanding work!

Excited to hold the hard copy of my first book chapter on brain stimulation in addiction, co-authored with @brainstimgrl and @EkhtiariHamed ! The entire book is an educational resource. Grateful to be part of this work by Ingmar H.A. Franken! us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-…