Hilary Marusak, PhD

“A Chance to Reclaim My Life”—Uma’s Story — Americans for Medical Research “Lifesaving treatments helped me move from debilitating mental illness to a career in neuroscience. Research made that possible.”

“Lifesaving treatments helped me move from debilitating mental illness to a career in neuroscience. Research gave me a chance to reclaim my life.” — my friend Uma R. Chatterjee, WI

Medical research offers hope—and second chances.
#AmericansForMedicalResearch

tinyurl.com/UmaChatterjee

Science in the sun, on horseback, on a run, and on non-lazy river 😂 Had so much fun last week at #acnp ! @acnporg.bsky.social

Dark blue circle with text saying "Sober Scientist" in overlaid shades of orange.

Will you be at @acnporg.bsky.social conference next week?

@hmarusak.bsky.social and I will be sporting these cool buttons. Find me and grab one from me! Talk about #livedexperience with me, too!

#SoberScientist

Excellent op-ed in @freep.com by @hmarusak.bsky.social about the need for evidence and research funding on cannabis, even as tens of millions of Americans use it and states reap tax dollars from it:
www.freep.com/story/opinio...

Omg! I’m not cool enough to be friends with @drjkhokhar.bsky.social !! I had so much fun visiting ☺️

Can’t wait to visit!!!! ☺️

Nothing better than animal therapy 🎁

Happy holidays from the @waynestateresearch.bsky.social @wsuthinklab.bsky.social 🎄🥰

This one was super fun!

I talked to my friend & colleague, Dr. Prantik Kundu, about AI and the utility of neurodivergence. Such an interesting conversation!

open.spotify.com/episode/427Z...

We're looking forward to #SOBP2026!

🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies
📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026
📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York

Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.

NYC ICE IS HERE Get Organized Learn how

GET PLUGGED IN Register for the mass call 10/29 HandsOffNYC.com SIGNS OF SOLIDARITY Canvass local businesses to sign them up as safe havens JOIN IMMIGRATION VIGILS Y Noon every Thursday, 26 Federal Plaza ~ ICE kidnaps from these courts GET EDUCATED Study SALUTE, Join Know Your Rights (KYR) trainings, Distribute KYR cards SHARE WITH NETWORKS Now more than ever we need to build our network of trained New Yorkers

S.A.L.U.T.E. How to spread information not panic Size/strength I saw 8-10 officers Actions/Activity inspecting vendor stands Location/Direction at Broadway and Canal walking east Uniform/Clothes. in army green Homeland security vests Time and date of observation Equipment and weapons in an armored vehicle, tear gas, & SRG gear

BUY A WHISTLE Blow it when you see ICE and use SALUTE to inform response groups FILM ICE Document their actions, badges, plates SEND IMAGERY After, submit your photos & videos to AG Letitia James' office & victims family

Encircle ICE.
They can leave the circle but their victims stay with the people
NO VIOLENCE!
One circle and then another and another if necessary.
This is a police tactic that we need to be using against them. There are more of us than there are them.
Use our numbers against them!

Fall in Michigan 🍁

Love this crew @wsuthinklab.bsky.social @wsucandid.bsky.social @waynestateresearch.bsky.social

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Huge congratulations to @wsuthinklab.bsky.social's own Sam Ely for winning a Graduate Student Poster Award at the Cannabinoid Gordon Research Symposium 2025!!!!

#cannabinerds #CannabinoidGRC2025 @waynestatetnp.bsky.social

Trump calls those who serve “suckers and losers.” Now he’s gutting the housing program that alleviates Veteran homelessness.

Same contempt, different day.

MORE: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...

It’s easy to feel discouraged in today’s climate, but teaching younger students about the brain—even all these years later—reminds me why I started. Seeing their excitement about science makes it all worth it ❤️🧠

That escalated quickly!!!

(Jk, took > 6 years 😅)

Thank you!!!! Would love to hear more content like this and please keep fighting the good fight 💪👏👏

🎉 Huge congrats to TNP graduate student extraordinaire, Sam, on receiving the Corrine F. Resta Award! We’re so proud of you! 👏💙

📣 Stay up to date on all the amazing work from our TNP #Neuroscience faculty and #PhD students — follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky! @wsuthinklab.bsky.social

So honored to collaborate with this powerhouse group led by @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social 🌟

Grateful to @ryanntansey.bsky.social, @marcdferger.bsky.social, @pact-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this important work on the endocannabinoid system & developmental psychopathology! 🙌🧠

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, the primary target of cannabis, has gained significant attention as a potential novel therapeutic approach for treating a range of psychiatric disorders ...

What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔

Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇

Thank you for contributing!!! ❤️

🎉 New paper! Led by @waynestateresearch.bsky.social medical student Sneha Bhargava, we show how puberty & sex impact fear extinction retention—key to understanding anxiety risk in females.

Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

#Neuroscience #AdolescentMentalHealth #Puberty @wsuthinklab.bsky.social

Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

#ThisWeekInNPP

⬆️ AEA & ⬇️ 2-AG levels are linked to ⬆️ anxiety in youth;

SSRI response in teens with GAD was tied to ⬆️ 2-AG;

Could endocannabinoids be biomarkers for anxiety & treatment response? #Cannabinerds

@wsuthinklab.bsky.social @hmarusak.bsky.social ‬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

EPA Staffers Demand Change in ‘Declaration of Dissent’ “Today, we stand together in dissent against the current administration's focus on harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”

NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a “Declaration of Dissent” against the Trump administration’s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership.

This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.

Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

🚨 New paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We combined data from 3 studies (including an SSRI RCT) to explore how endocannabinoids relate to anxiety & treatment response in kids + teens. Team science w/ Jeanne Barcelona, Jeffrey Strawn & more!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@wsuthinklab.bsky.social

Cannabis and the Developing Brain This book describes on the latest scientific research to explore the potential impact of cannabis use on the developing brain.

Excited to share my new edited book Cannabis and the Developing Brain—a deep dive into how cannabis impacts the brain during pregnancy, childhood, & adolescence. Thanks to all the amazing contributors! 💚🧠

Available via Springer, Amazon + more: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#Cannabis #Brain

Wayne State researchers examine how combining CBD and therapy may have greater effects on anxiety disorders

Grateful to kick off a new NIH-funded study w/ my dream team (Christine Rabinak @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social & Leslie Lundahl) testing whether CBD can boost therapy for anxiety. Excited, but also heavy-hearted given the tough climate for so many colleagues... 💚🧠
research.wayne.edu/news/wayne-s...