Heather Burrell Ward, MD

Excited to announce the Notice of Award for my K23, "Network-Targeted Neuromodulation for Nicotine Dependence in Schizophrenia" It truly takes a village, and I have the very best, with a mentorship team of @StephanHeckers @roscoebradyjr @cately00 @hilary_tindle @EdenEvins

🎉 Very excited to share that our 3rd participant with OUD just completed a novel weekly(!) accelerated TMS 🧲🧠 protocol (Vanderbilt Integrated Community TMS for Opioid Recovery, VICTORY), where we deliver 3600 pulses of iTBS (1800 x 2) to L DLPFC once/week for 8 weeks.

1.🌟Excited🌟 to finally be able to share our latest publication in @NatMentHealth showing that cannabis🌿and tobacco CO-USE is associated with a 3-fold increased risk of developing psychosis 🧠 in individuals already at risk: nature.com/articles/s4422…

🚨We are hiring a ⭐️Research Assistant⭐️ to run TMS🧲🧠 clinical trials in people with substance use & psychosis @VUMCPsych! RAs get lots of clinical interactions and experience with neuromodulation! Great for someone applying to MD or PhD programs! Email heather.b.ward@vumc.org!

We are so very proud to have you in the Research Track @VUMCPsych and look forward to seeing all the wonderful things you’ll accomplish! 🥳🎉