A new paper from the lab in which we explore the psychological and neural underpinnings of compulsion, laying out a theoretical framework encompassing interoception, negative reinforcement, incentive habits and more… nature.com/articles/s4158…

I couldn’t be more proud of Lucia hipolito #StopWar for this super deserved award!

FOMO of missing Pain Mechanisms and Therapeutics conference in Verona due some family issues. Please don’t miss the Pain/sex differences panel on Tuesday am where our taped talk will be played. Thanks to our amazing postdoc Jessica Higginbotham for her amazing data. Hope to see you all in 2026!

Excited to present our new data on the role of peripheral mu opioid receptors in fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression conducted by Brian Ruyle in the lab.

Congrats Nisa Ibrahim for securing this pilot funding to dissect neuronal circuits underlying opioid seeking behavior!

Highly recommended! 👇👇

Congrats to Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 for getting the NIH Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award! Way to go Jessi! nimh.nih.gov/research/resea…

Amazing presentation by Brian Ruyle on our recent work on the role of peripheral mu opioid receptor antagonists in fentanyl induced cardiorespiratory depression.

Congratulations to Jessi Cucinello-Ragland on being awarded the 2024 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award! Their research is paving the way for new treatments for substance use disorders in those suffering from chronic pain. Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 Jose Moron-Concepcion anesthesiology.wustl.edu/cucinello-ragl…

Nice views of Boston. Getting ready for my talk at McLean Hospital tomorrow

Excited to be part of this amazing collaboration in which we developed and implemented a new wireless device to rescue opioid-induced overdoses which could save lives.

Super proud of Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 for getting their F32 in the first try!!

Congrats Lucia hipolito #StopWar ! So proud of you!

Great collaboration with Tuan Trang, just out at Nature Communications !

Please join me at the upcoming Pain Therapeutic Summit in Boston: paintherapeuticsummit.com

Join us Friday (Aug. 16) for Advancing Neuroscience featuring the latest in Test Account neuroscience research. In person or Zoom. Read more: neuroscience.wustl.edu/events/event/a….

Excited to share our findings on the impact of pain on sleep duration and fragmentation, in collaboration with Bill Carlezon ⁦Erik Musiek⁩. Amazing work done by Domi Burek and ⁦Nisa Ibrahim⁩ ⁦WashU Anesthesiology Research⁩ ⁦Harvard Medical School⁩ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Very excited new project in the lab using the Drosophila model in collaboration with Yehuda Ben-Shahar to dissect the mechanisms underlying fentanyl toxicity.