Dr. Connor Haggarty

The first time you start a research lab, there’s no manual.

So I made one.

A practical toolkit for postdocs and early-career faculty launching their first lab: hiring, startup planning, collaborations, and building a sustainable research program.

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#research #postdoc

I will be presenting much of the cannabinoid work I have been doing in the Mental Health and Addiction Program Rounds. My talk "Pharmacological Manipulation of the Endocannabinoid System" ties together my work with @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social and my current work with @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce the keynote and confirmed speakers for our 2026 workshop "Integrating new perspectives on punishment for learning, decision making and psychopathology". More information can be found at ebps2026.azuleon.org. Registration opens March 5th 2026 #EBPS2026

I'm so happy this is finally out! My first empirical paper from my postdoc, and my first time wading into fMRI in a clinical sample.

See inside: FAAH inhibition may not have done anything beyond exposure CBT in PTSD, but the DLPFC may play more of a role in treatment response than we thought...? 🤔

EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology -

Excited to share the Psychopharm Special Issue on Stress, Trauma & Cannabinoids 14 papers examining how the endocannabinoid system shapes stress & trauma responses.

Guest edited with @connorhaggarty.bsky.social, @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social & Christelle Baunez.

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Proud father to a beautiful, 14 paper special issue 🥲

Social enhancement of cocaine intake: behavioral mechanisms and role of reinforcing stimulus - Psychopharmacology Rationale One of the leading prognosticators of whether an adolescent or young adult will use drugs is whether the person’s peers use drugs. Preclinical studies report that cocaine intake increases in...

Social factors of drug use
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, featuring just some of the amazing women who make our society great across the executive, full, IDEA and communications committees #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience

Call for papers for a Special Issue on Big Data, AI and Machine Learning in Addiction research, guest edited by @flagel-lab.bsky.social and @gavanm.bsky.social in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social link.springer.com/collections/...

EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology -

What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm so excited we have some new, timely content to add to our newsletter. Any researchers or industry who would like to contribute, message us (or me).

Congratulations to Harriet De Wit, Ph.D., for being awarded the Barbara Fish Memorial Award! ☺️ #ACNP2026

Please click here ➡️tinyurl.com/2ndexz5k to watch the nominator video by Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.

@mayoonthebrain.bsky.social

#cannabinerds coming in hot at #ACNP2026 🔥

What a powerful conversation about what it’s like to navigate life and a research career with lived experience of mental illness. I’m deeply grateful for the speakers being willing to share their experiences and how we can all be more supportive of our colleagues #ACNP206 @acnporg.bsky.social

Love some swag #ACNP2026

A very important part of #ACNP2026 so far, was me meeting my spirit animal

Not a bad view 😋 #ACNP2026

Discrete Circuits of the Ventral Hippocampus in Threat‐Based Learning and Memory While the hippocampus has intrigued generations of neuroscientists for its contributions to cognitive and emotional processing, functional specialization along its longitudinal axis confers particula...

Discrete Circuits of the Ventral Hippocampus in Threat-Based Learning and Memory
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A systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory A large body of work has investigated the effect of various pharmacological compounds on aversive memory formation, retrieval, and modification in hum…

A systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory
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Been waiting for such a study to relate #psilocybin dose to 5-HT2AR occupancy in the mouse brain.

They found RO₅₀ = 0.88 mg/kg.

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Ever watched a TV show that becomes your entire personality thereafter...

Tom is blue too 🤣

🚨Meeting Announcement🚨
Our 2026 workshop will be held in Amsterdam, NL.
August 25th & 26th.
The workshop will focus on the influence of punishment on learning, decision making and psychopathology.
Organised by Nathan Marchant, Heidi Lesscher, and @bertush.bsky.social. More information to follow!

Please follow, I had to jump through circus hoops to get them to allow me to control this page 😅

I wrote about the intersections of the war on drugs, authoritarianism and lived experience - all of which were discussions at the 2025 Reform conference - via @filtermag.bsky.social 😎

This detailed protocol is being implemented in multiple trials in our lab, and I'm thrilled to be a part of this exciting research! #Cannabinerds

Dissecting Fear and Emotional Pain in PTSD: From Symptom Networks to Neural Signatures Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous condition with diverse symptom presentations and emotional experiences. While fear is traditionally viewed as central, growing evidence…

Are fear 😱 and emotional pain 💔 characterized by shared or unique symptom networks 🕸️ and neural signatures 🧠 in PTSD?