The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) hosted our inaugural symposium series on June 8, 2018 exploring emerging issues related to basic and clinical cannabinoid science, public health and safety implications, and regulatory challenges in conducting cannabis research.
| Topic | Speaker | |
| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Introduction/Overview | Igor Grant, MD UC San Diego |
| The health impact of cannabis | Daniele Piomelli, MD, PhD, PharmD UC Irvine |
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| 9:00am | Examples of emerging therapeutic potentials of medicinal cannabis | |
| Moderator | Mark Wallace, MD UC San Diego |
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| Therapeutic potential of cannabis for pain alone and as an adjunct to opioids | Ziva Cooper, PhD Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute |
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| Cannabis & PTSD: A long and winding road absent good scientific data | Marcel Bonn-Miller, PhD University of Pennsylvania |
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| Potential utility of cannabidiol in the treatment of behavior problems in children with autism | Doris Trauner, MD UC San Diego Rady Children’s Hospital |
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| Medicinal cannabis research down under: Introducing the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics | Iain McGregor, PhD University of Sydney |
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| 10:00 am | Discussion/Future Directions | |
| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am | Public health and safety implications of medicinal cannabis | |
| Moderator | Susan Tapert, PhD UC San Diego |
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| Cannabis & cognition: Budding evidence regarding the differential impact of recreational vs. medical use | Staci Gruber, PhD Harvard Medical School |
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| Cannabis and public safety: The challenge of cannabis-impaired driving | Thomas Marcotte, PhD UC San Diego |
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| Medicinal cannabis / legalization and the development of cannabis use problems | Alan Budney, PhD Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine |
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| 11:50 am | Discussion/Future Directions | |
| 12:20 pm | Lunch & Poster-viewing | |
| 1:15 pm | Real-World Use | |
| Moderator | Kent Hutchison, PhD University of Colorado Boulder |
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| What's in real-world cannabis? | Ryan Vandrey, PhD Johns Hopkins University |
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| Cannabis based drug development activities at Ole Miss | Mahmoud ElSohly, PhD University of Mississippi |
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| Day to day in a cannabis clinic | Sherry Yafai, MD Santa Monica Emergency Medicine |
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| Industry Panel | Catherine Jacobson, PhD Tilray Tiffany Devitt Linda Honderd |
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| 2:25 pm | Discussion/Future Directions | |
| 2:55 pm | Policy, legal, and pragmatic issues in obtaining cannabis preparations for medical research | |
| Moderator | Igor Grant, MD UC San Diego |
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| Legalization experience | Lori Ajax California Bureau of Cannabis Control |
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| Update from NIDA: Current status and the future of research on marijuana and marijuana products | Steve Gust, PhD National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |
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| FDA and Cannabis: Our Regulatory Roles |
Dominic Chiapperino, PhD U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
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| Legal Challenges | Ellen Auriti, JD University of California, Office of the President |
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| 4:00 pm | Panel Discussion/Future Directions | |
| 4:30 pm | Open Discussion | |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |