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 P. A. Costa, M.D., Julio Nunes,

📊 Buprenorphine vs. Full Agonists: Who WIns? Buprenorphine: 🔑 Reduces pain intensity better than other opioids ⏳ Lasts ~8.5 hrs ⬇️ Lowers rescue med use 👍 Favorable safety 🔎 Check the details here: bit.ly/4hoibuq Victor Avila-Quintero, MD 🇪🇨 Joao P. De Aquino, M.D.

Honored to have our work featured on NYSORA, a leading resource in anesthesia & pain management. #Buprenorphine is often misunderstood, but evidence shows its effectiveness in relieving #pain after surgery with a lower risk of misuse and #overdose. shorturl.at/OIzoW

Excited to be featured on the Grayken Center for Addiction "Behind the Evidence" podcast to discuss our American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (AJDAA) paper on the impact of #cannabis use during treatment for #OpioidUseDisorder. Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/behin… Read the full study: doi.org/10.1080/009529…

In Season 2, Episode 4 of the Grayken Center for Addiction’s podcast “Behind the Evidence,” host Honora Englander, MD interviews Joao P. De Aquino, MD and Donovan Maust, MD on their articles recently summarized in AOD Health. Marc Larochelle @honoraenglander Joao P. De Aquino, M.D.

Honored to join the 2025 Associate Member class of ACNP! Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the College and collaborate with leaders in #neuropsychopharmacology. Excited to stay engaged and grow within this exceptional community. #ACNP2025

🚀 Exciting news! Our article on the effects of #THC on pain, cognition, and abuse potential in individuals receiving #methadone therapy for #OpioidUseDisorder has been recognized as a Wiley in research Top Cited Article! Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Thanks to all who

Fantastic opportunity to get involved with ACNP — definitely worth applying! 👇

🎉 Congratulations to mentees Julio Nunes and Gabriel P. A. Costa, M.D. from the PAIN Lab and Yale Psychiatry on receiving 2025 The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Travel Awards for Early Career Investigators! Well-deserved recognition for their exciting work. 👏 👉 bit.ly/4cj5gIO #CPDD2025

By Anne Eden Evins: In this 12-week RCT, #varenicline significantly increased vaping abstinence among youth who vape #nicotine but don’t smoke tobacco. An interesting, clinically consequential study. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Thrilled to join the Editorial Board of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. I look forward to supporting the flagship The College on Problems of Drug Dependence journal and its community of #addiction scientists! sciencedirect.com/journal/drug-a…

Amazing work by DBB's Bryan W Jenkins 🧠 on summarizing the effects of prenatal cannabinoids on the brain and behavior! Online today - in NBBR Elise Weerts sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Honored to receive the Yale University Postdoctoral #Mentoring Prize! Deep thanks to my outstanding postdoc Gabriel P. A. Costa, M.D. for the nomination, and to all the trainees I’ve had the privilege to mentor. Your curiosity, grit, and insight continue to inspire me. postdocs.yale.edu/faculty/mentor…

🚨Hot off the press!🚨Pain, addiction, and metabolic dysfunction are intertwined, even though they’re often treated separately. Our new work in Alcohol Research quantifies how heavy #alcohol drinking (+34%) and #obesity (+50%) additively worsen #pain, while each extra hour of

What do you think these #painresearch results from Ullrich et al. in Science Advances may mean for finding the patterns behind ligand bias? bit.ly/4elhYYE

Thrilled to share our new @ASAM Journal #Addiction Medicine paper! We found that childhood #trauma correlates with worse #pain, higher #alcohol use & earlier #cannabis initiation, highlighting the need for trauma‑informed care in #OpioidUseDisorder treatment. 👇

Excited to have our work with Eric L. Garland published in Drug & Alcohol Dependence (The College on Problems of Drug Dependence)! Applying psychophysiological measures during an emotion reappraisal task, we show that emotion regulation capacity predicts #Cannabis use frequency more than #Pain severity among

Grateful to have contributed to this work with Eric L. Garland and @JPDeAquino examining how emotion regulation impacts cannabis use in the context of pain. Proud to be part of the team!