Scientist exploring the addicted brain. Traveler. European by heart. Associate Professor @UMN_MDTA @UMN_Psychiatry Formerly @IcahnMountSinai @SinaiBrain
Joined November 2015
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18 Apr 2023
Very proud of this milestone paper by my grad students @GDrossel (first author!) and @LeylaBrucar, who demonstrated a "Cognitive", "Relief" and "Reward" #subtype in #addiction with strikingly different neurobehavioral profiles: rdcu.be/dabnr
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18 Apr 2023
Excited to share my paper on subtypes in substance use disorder (SUD), in which we describe neurobehavioral profiles of 3 subtypes over 3 domains of function!
My first first-author paper in @AZilverstand’s lab, with @LeylaBrucar, Eric Rawls, and @TimJHendrickson! Briefly,🧵
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We used machine learning to understand which social and neurobehavioral risk factors are linked to non-prescribed opioid use in young adults - the top ranked psychological variable predicting opioid use was higher loneliness! @AndreaMMax @UMNews
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Happy 2026! I believe this is one of the most important papers that I have ever published, we systematically map the environmental, health and psychological factors underlying early onset of alcohol use in childhood: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
with @AndreaMMax @UMN_MDTA
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
7 Nov 2025
Broadly, we found that positive social relationships are particularly protective for women against alcohol misuse, with prelim evidence suggesting that dysregulated orbitofrontal cortex reactivity may be particularly impactful for men.
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
7 Nov 2025
Very excited that our paper has been published in Psychological Medicine! We studied sex/gender differences in the roles of social relationship quality, stress, and brain reactivity on alcohol misuse. @AZilverstand @UMNMSTP
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
19 Jun 2025
New pub alert!! 🚨
Our paper on neurobehavioral subtypes in binge eating is out now in @SpringerNature Translational Psychiatry!
Check it out! 👇🧠
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12 Dec 2024
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
1 Oct 2024
Thanks to @AZilverstand for the invitation to talk to the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction at the University of Minnesota, and it was a pleasure to finally meet @EkhtiariHamed and @SoleimaniGhazal , as well as the rest of researchers and students.
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
27 Sep 2024
Our online Sex Differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop has officially begun!! See the post below to join now ⬇️🥳
26 Aug 2024
Check out our incredible lineup of speakers for the @HBMRC_ACU @enigmabrains & @AddictionEnigma online Sex Differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop!
WHEN: Fri 27th Sept 13:00-16:30 PDT
Register for FREE by Mon 23rd Sept: forms.gle/8P8qAvWhdWedFkip8
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4 Sep 2024
Introducing Dr. Gunner Drossel @GDrossel !
As proud as I can be - my first graduate student - it has been a pleasure, Gunner! Congratulations!! 🎉
Thanks to @BenSaunders @_janzimmermann_ @UMN_MDTA @UMN_Psychiatry @UMNeurosci
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
@HBMRC_ACU @AddictionEnigma & @enigmabrains are excited to announce Sex differences in Addiction: An International Consensus Workshop
WHEN: Sept 27th 13:00-16:30 PDT
Organised in conjunction with experts from @NIDAnews
FREE registration: forms.gle/8P8qAvWhdWedFkip8
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6 Aug 2024
Most exciting: based on 125 reviewed #neuroimaging studies on #drug exposure in rodents the effects of drugs on brain function seem to be dynamic, with the #striatum being upregulated in the first weeks but downregulated later!
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5 Aug 2024
My paper, “Neuroimaging of the effects of drug exposure or self-administration in rodents: A systematic review” has been published!
Summarizing results from fMRI & PET across drug classes, experimental design, and method specifics!
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
19 Jul 2024
Andrea Maxwell, winner of the 2024 #LaskerEssay Contest, tells us what she predicts is next for her field. @AndreaMMax @umnmedschool
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
16 Jul 2024
This year, the #LaskerEssay Contest topic was: Identify a specific unmet need in biomedical knowledge or a scientific question that is insufficiently addressed in biomedical research today. Read the stellar essays laskerfoundation.org/winners… @jclinicalinvest
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
15 Jul 2024
Congratulations to Andrea Maxwell, winner of the 2024 #LaskerEssay Contest. Read her essay, “What happens to the brain during pregnancy?” ow.ly/s3Yp50SxZez @jclinicalinvest @umnmedschool @AndreaMMax
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts! I referenced the work of @emilyjacobs @MagdaMartinezGa @cconaboy @molly_dickens and several others in this essay. Looking forward to where the field takes us!
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15 Jul 2024
Congratulations to Andrea Maxwell, winner of the 2024 #LaskerEssay Contest. Read her essay, “What happens to the brain during pregnancy?” ow.ly/s3Yp50SxZez @jclinicalinvest @umnmedschool @AndreaMMax
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26 Jun 2024
Last day of #RSA2024 @RSAposts - Hannah will present an inhibitory control task with reward contingencies #151 and Arundathi investigated sex differences in #alcohol use disorder #113- see you at 12:45! 🙃 mentored by @AndreaMMax @GDrossel
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Finishing off the conference circuit at ~9 mos pregnant. Check out my poster at @RSAposts on Tu!
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD retweeted
24 Jun 2024
Come say hi today if you’re at #RSA2024, I’ll be presenting from 4:50-6:50pm :)
24 Jun 2024
@RSAposts - Check out my undergrad mentee Kailey’s poster about using an automatic speech recognition algorithm to transcribe qualitative interviews about SUD & fellow grad student @GDrossel’s posters about cue reactivity tonight!
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