Kim Hellemans, she/her
Cannabis, stigma, and substance use health. Neuroscientist, science communicator, professor 🇨🇦
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herACNP Career-Spanning Mentorship Award applications are open for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to submit is November 6th at 5:00 pm Central. For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/2ut49xmm #ACNP2026
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herHave 15 minutes? Complete our online survey!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
- 📢 🇨🇦 Participate in a Research Study on Substance Use Health and Stigma! Please share widely! 🔗 Take the survey here: cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herSocial media good for mental health? @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and Andrea Howard. P1: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/06/01/s... P2: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/07/01/s... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @mindingthebrain.bsky.social
- 🚨 New lab website just dropped! Check us out here: hellemansgroup.wixsite.com/hellemans #cannabis #stigma #substance #SubstanceUseHealth
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWith @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Kim Hellemans , a renowned neuroscientist and esteemed faculty and Dean at Carleton University — an inspiring moment of scientific exchange and collaboration at the Neuroscience Department.
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herMore than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herAlt: Participate in research: Are you 19 years of age or older? Do you reside in Canada? If yes… let's talk substances & stigma. Fill out a 20-minute survey to help us understand language surrounding substance use. Enter for a chance to win a $50 E-gift card. #ParcipateInResearch
- 📢 🇨🇦 Participate in a Research Study on Substance Use Health and Stigma! Please share widely! 🔗 Take the survey here: cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 📢 🇨🇦 Participate in a Research Study on Substance Use Health and Stigma! Please share widely! 🔗 Take the survey here: cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herMay is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. This long weekend, take time to rest, recharge, and tune into Minding the Brain, a great podcast by @drkimhellemans.bsky.social and @drjimdavies.bsky.social at @carleton.ca exploring how our minds work. spti.fi/n5Q89oU #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #CdnResearch
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herSo honoured to have had the privilege to share my Masters research addressing help-seeking barriers faced by young men who use cannabis this past week! @ccicbluesky.bsky.social I am truly in awe of the research across our country in this field!! I cannot wait to see where ALL of it goes!!
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWe are excited to host Dr. Alfonso Abizaid from @carleton.ca next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!
- Incredible meeting hearing from cannabis researchers from coast to coast 🇨🇦!
- And that's a wrap! The 2025 Canadian Cannabis Research Summit co-hosted by @tc3consortium.bsky.social and @ccicbluesky.bsky.social has been a great success! Interesting data, insightful questions and conversations, great networking, thought-provoking panels, & more on the @uoft.bsky.social campus.1/
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herDr. Giovanni Hernandez from @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social delivered an interesting talk on the divergent outcomes of #THC in #adolescence on cognitive development in male and female mice at the Canadian Cannabis Research Summit at @uoft.bsky.social @ccicbluesky.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herDr. Matt Hill from @ucalgary.bsky.social showing interesting data on the impact of varying patterns of #cannabis vapor exposure during #adolescence on neurodevelopmental & behavioral outcomes at the Canadian Cannabis Research Summit. @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @cannabrain.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herDr. Jeffrey Wardell is sharing interesting data about medicinal and non-medicinal cannabis use in young adults at the 2025 at the #Canadian #cannabis #Reserach Summit cohosted with @ccicbluesky.bsky.social at @uoft.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social @camhresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herDr. Jeremy Watts from Dr. Patricia Conrod's lab from @chusaintejustine.bsky.social & @umontreal.ca is up next. Looking forward to learning about brain signatures of risk & consequences of #adolescent #cannabis use at the Canadian Cannabis #Research Summit @uoft.bsky.social @ccicbluesky.bsky.social
- Spotted 👀 @cannabrain.bsky.social at @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @tc3consortium.bsky.social meeting sporting his Freddy Krueger socks!
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herAt @mindingthebrain.bsky.social podcast @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews Dr. Ian Gold. What are delusions? mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/05/01/d... @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herThought-provoking panel on the current state of knowledge on the impacts of #cannabis on #youth at the Canadian Cannabis #Research Summit at @uoft.bsky.social. @cannabrain.bsky.social @drjkhokhar.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social @carleton.ca @umontreal-en.bsky.social @westernu.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herI've started a new cannabis research starter pack! It's a work in progress - please reply here or message me if you want to be added :) I know I'm missing a lot of folks here, just threw something together quickly go.bsky.app/FPKwE4wat://did:plc:5742wj5nwvoupqhcr7izdsdl/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laol5nzuf52z
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herNone other than Dr. Kim Hellemans is speaking about the interesting #cannabis-related work at @carleton.ca at the #Canadian #cannabis #Reserach Summit co-hosted with @ccicbluesky.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herSo proud of my amazing trainees representing their work at #SOBP2025! 🧠 @carleton.ca
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herAn absolutely incredible talk by @dupatton.bsky.social! So many implications and tips for engaging with communities and the important of community expertise in our research!
- Hey #SOBP2025 attendees, be sure to check out @hollyshannon.bsky.social @synthiaguimond.bsky.social poster this afternoon! Holly used PCA to explore how brain regions associated with reward and social media behaviours cluster to predict domains associated w problematic social media use!
- Excellent social media panel yesterday with @leahmay.bsky.social @tamargurmdphd.bsky.social and Lana Grasser for #SOBP2025. We collectively mourned the loss of science community we had on Twitter. Can we bring it back here ? What is the future of connecting with our colleagues?
- Ok so I tagged the wrong Leah @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social 😩
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herCome check out my poster (#305) on themes of stigma across Canadian subreddits at #SOBP2025! We (@drkimhellemans.bsky.social) used a novel zero-shot learning approach - ask me what that means!!
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herA new episode of the @mindingthebrain.bsky.social is a Q&A, tackling lucid dreaming, brain implants, and more. audio at: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/15/n... video at youtu.be/BgU7vBbmNBo @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/hernew @mindingthebrain.bsky.social Q&A with @drjimdavies.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social Should we "cure" ADHD? audio: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/02/17/t... video: youtu.be/LWLv3GOJnIQ?... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herIn the new @mindingthebrain.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @drkimhellemans.bsky.social about Cultural Effects on the Brain Podcast: mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/04/01/c... YouTube: youtu.be/fL4jDkFm39U @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herNew @mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: Question and Answer, about ape brains, evo psych's rep... Listen! mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/03/15/a... or watch at youtu.be/o_AugoVFs80 @carletonu.bsky.social @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social @drkimhellemans.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herI have a simple recipe to get us out of this rut! Help people connect their head (why they're worried) to their heart (why it matters personally to them) to their hands (what they can do about it). I unpack the head-heart-hands equation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqG...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herJust finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWe’re growing the network of voting researchers in Canada. 🍁 Join us. Follow us. Share the message. On grandit le réseau de chercheur.e.s qui votent au Canada. 🗳️ Rejoignez-nous. Suivez-nous. Partagez le message. core-coeur.ca #VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herThe Brain 🧠 and Behavior Research Foundation gave me my very 1st #newPI grant contributing to launch my lab and recruitment @cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca Thank you! 🤗 Another thank you for highlighting our latest paper in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🤓 bbrfoundation.org/content/evid...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herAre U.S. tariffs a threat to Canadian health sciences innovators – or a golden opportunity? Trump’s unpredictability could make Canada an attractive destination for U.S. researchers, by @hannay.bsky.social @seansilcoff.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... via @theglobeandmail.com
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herCheck out our latest review @cp-trendspharma.bsky.social, outlining emerging pharmacological interventions for #autism and #fragileXsyndrome. A nice collaboration with Amedeo D'Agiulli, Vivian Lee and @salmasolab.bsky.social! #neuroskyence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herOpioid addiction disrupts sleep, harming #mentalhealth. From use to withdrawal to treatment, poor sleep triples relapse risk. Neuroscientists reveal how opioids disrupt gene rhythms—and why it matters: buff.ly/pXvUF7b (Ryan Logan @umasschan.bsky.social; Mackenzie Gamble @bostonu.bsky.social)
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/her🍁 A reminder to my fellow Canadians: Science advances our progress, innovation, and security, strengthening our future. 🧪
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herHard to believe this is just NEXT MONTH - if you're a trainee in the cannabis field in/around Toronto who is interested in EDI, apply to give an oral presentation at our workshop!!
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herAs the (brand new!) head of the department that is doing the hiring, I can confirm that this position is available... please share and apply! Tagging #AcademicSky 🧪 for reach!
- My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share! medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herCheck this out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- 🔥New paper from my PhD student Holly Shannon in Addictive Behaviors: PSMU is more strongly linked to impulsivity & negative social comparison than inhibitory control impairments. Cognitive instability & attentional impulsivity were key predictors! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herThe early bird registration & abstract deadlines for the 2025 #Canadian #Cannabis #Research #Summit have been harmonized and extended to March 14, 2025. You still have time to register and submit your abstract but don’t delay! Awards for TC3 Trainees & Reg. Codes for Faculty. lnkd.in/gp6_KSG4
- 📢 Exciting new publication from my PhD student, Tanisse Epp! Did you know university students who abstain from alcohol may face stigma? Tanisse’s new study explores mental health & stigma among students who abstain from or consume alcohol on Canadian campuses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWales introduced a minimum price for alcohol in 2020 and a recent review shows it has reduced the availability of cheap high-strength drinks.
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herHomeless people risk freezing to death and most of us don't know how to help. We can't force the homeless to go indoors. But, as one expert suggests, we can 'be kind, and treat them with respect,' by Bruce Deachman ottawacitizen.com/news/deachma... via @ottawacitizen.com #homelessness
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herNew Hurd Lab paper in Molecular Psychiatry explores how cannabidiol can help reduce anxiety linked to specific triggers. Learn more about our findings 🧵 and read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/7) #Neuroskyence #WomenInSTEM #CBD
- Wouldn’t it be great if Canada were able to provide funding/pathways to support these incredible young scientists? 😞
- Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans. By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/42Wifxr
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/her🚨 Science Funding at Risk – Must-Listen Podcast 🚨 Federal cuts to NIH funding threaten research, training, & patient care. In this episode, I discuss with Drs. Christine Rabinak @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social & Alaina Jaster @jasteralaina.bsky.social. Listen & share: open.spotify.com/episode/7wrp...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herNew job ad posted: Tenure track position in comparative physiology – Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa buff.ly/40RUCn4 #neurojobs
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herTC3 is partnering with CCIC to co-host the “Canadian Cannabis Research Summit” on Apr30-May1, 2025 in Toronto.Registration awards for TC3 trainees.Special discount codes for TC3 faculty.Reduced reg rates for TC3 community. Abstract Submission Open tinyurl.com/mry2h9d6. Details tinyurl.com/yds3jam6
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/her“Your work is your rebellion” 💪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWe're back next week with another exciting CANGlia webinar! Join us February 13th at 12pm to hear about some more Canadian glial research - zoom link in bio! 🧠 🧠 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herI am so privileged to have been able to lead this with the amazing Judy Illes and work with the most remarkable people from around the world including @tryangregory and many others not on Bluesky. "Two-Eyed Seeing and Other Indigenous Perspectives for Neuroscience". www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Kim Hellemans, she/herWe are hiring a TT Asst/Assoc Neuro prof! Research focused position with some teaching in Neuroendocrinol/physiol. Translational neuro research in any sub discipline for human disorders/disease would be ideal. Please RT. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
