Katie Witkiewitz

Yay!!!! NM ❄️!!!

UNM representing at National Science Network on Drug Abuse! @unm.edu @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @drtarab20.bsky.social

@lcornelas.bsky.social crushing her talk at the 25th National Science Network on Drug Abuse conference at @universityofmiami.bsky.social! Incredible and important work on #GABA, #endocannabinoids, traumatic #stress, and #alcohol use in animal models.

#NSNDA2025 #addictionscience #trauma @unm.edu

grey long haired cat yawny and standing over an Albuquerque brown dog lying on the floor

Strong doom scroll and dumpster fire vibes lately, so here's a pic of Mandy cat in full roar after seemingly taking out Rosie dog*.

*No animals were harmed in the making of this image. Mandy and Rosie were both sleepy and Mandy is mid-yawn.

Our experimental alcohol administration study on the tension reduction hypothesis has been published in Addiction! 🎉 See preprint thread below for a summary :)

Https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70213

My competing renewal application was not reviewed last week. 🤬😭

A huge shout out to you and all reviewers of the cancelled NIH study sections. You all did the tremendously hard work of review. As time passes meetings will be even more challenging. Thanks for your service - we appreciate you!

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

No Kings in Portland Oregon 😎

No Kings in Portland Oregon 😎

No Kings in Portland Oregon 😎

No Kings in Portland Oregon 😎

#portlandoregon 🇺🇸🌈💚
#frogsoverfascists 👊🏼🐸

No Kings Downtown Albuquerque, Oct. 18, 2025. Video courtesy VisionBroadcast Media LLC. I love my city. #Albuquerque #NewMexico

Sometimes Fridays are for balloons too

Can’t wait! 🤤😋

Fridays at Balloon Fiesta 😍🤗 thanks @katiew.bsky.social for the video!

Coolest department ever! UNM Psych faculty and grad students at Balloon Fiesta 🤗 @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social @katiew.bsky.social

🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)

Logo for the Biomarkers of Risk, Cannabinoids, Substance Use, and Stress (BRiCSS) Lab.

💥UPDATE: I've got a (rough) website up! I am also looking for 1-2 graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows to join the team in Fall 2026!

Apply via @casaa.bsky.social for the T32 Fellowship or via @unm.edu psychology for graduate study.

Links to applications here: bricsslab.com/announcements

More from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta yesterday morning.
#AlbuquerqueBalloonFiesta #BalloonFiesta

Ha ha ha! This is so perfect! Especially for yesterday. Not where the balloon pilot wanted to land, and the pilot and crew made it work. Sometimes jumping barbed wire fences and getting nearly being bitten by a rattlesnake is part of the hobby... @lcornelas.bsky.social @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social

My partner Stephanie and I had a fantastic time at our 1st Balloon Fiesta! Woke up at 3:15 am to catch Dawn Patrol and Mass Ascension! Even got to witness @unm.edu Psych faculty @lcornelas.bsky.social & @katiew.bsky.social and the rest of the Besos Amigos team launch Amore!

#BalloonFiesta2025 #ABQ

I think it’s always that time of year here! But this was my first time ever seeing one in the wild!

Hot air balloon festival

In @katiew.bsky.social’s words, “Sundays are for balloons” 🎈 🩵

Balloons lit up at night

Laura Ornelas and Katie Witkiewitz holding a balloon throat open

Balloons in the blue sky

Rattlesnake in low ground cover

Absolutely amazing balloon fiesta day!! Made the full NM experience complete with a close call with a western diamondback rattlesnake during balloon retrieval. 🐍😬 @lcornelas.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social

So great to meet you!!! Yay! See you out on the field!

Hot air balloons in the morning

Burners flaming with sunrise

UNM balloon

Three people either a balloon

Saturdays in Albuquerque NM are for 500+ balloons. @lcornelas.bsky.social

Yay!!! Congratulations!

Illusion of control or passive superstition? A comparison of two explanations for irrational gambling beliefs. When gambling having the ability to choose your own options is believed to increase senses of control over winning even if choice has no effect on the likelihood of the outcome. Although this idea is ...

Superstitious beliefs when gambling may be more relevant in driving irrational beliefs and decision-making than otherwise thought, according to an article in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Read a summary from the lead author: https://bit.ly/4moGoTj @katiew.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social

Full chart of WHO risk drinking levels.

Hope this helps.

@katiew.bsky.social 1st NM SNOW for the year!!!

Woohooo!!!! ❄️❄️❄️🏂🎿❄️❄️❄️

Cathedral with blue sky and clouds.

Domed building with flowers and trees and grass.

Archway with flowers.

Old Roman building with Belgium and European flags and rainbow sidewalk

Also great to get in a few days of running in Brussels before/after the meeting. I love exploring new cities by getting lost on foot!

Matison McCool standing at podium delivering presentation

Man standing in front of slide that displays figures and reference to work by Cassie Boness

George Koob standing at lecture desk with slide that includes reference to work by Tori Votaw

Large building in sunlight with Belgium flag.

Talking to European colleagues about the state of science and life in the U.S. at ESBRA was both depressing and validating.

@matwmccool.bsky.social gave a phenomenal talk and ❤️ shoutouts to @cassie-boness.bsky.social by @pierremaurage.bsky.social and to Tori Votaw by George Koob!