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Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Director, UCR Center for Cannabinoid Research
University of California Riverside
Title of Presentation: To eat or not to eat? Cannabinoid control of food intake and energy metabolism
Bio: Dr. Nicholas DiPatrizio is a Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCR, and Founding Director of the UCR Center for Cannabinoid Research. The DiPatrizio laboratory investigates roles for the endocannabinoid system in the integrative neurobiology and physiology that controls food intake, energy homeostasis, and reward, and dysregulation of these pathways in metabolic disorders. Moreover, the DiPatrizio laboratory studies the impact of cannabis exposure on endocannabinoid system function in metabolic health and disease. This work will support the discovery and development of novel therapeutic strategies to safely treat obesity, type-2 diabetes, and related disorders.
Professor, Community Health and Prevention
Director, Medical Cannabis Research Center
Drexel University
Title of Presentation: Tolerance breaks and other forms of controlled cannabis use: Implications for clinical research and practice
Bio: Dr. Stephen Lankenau is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Director of the Medical Cannabis Research Center at Drexel University. Dr. Lankenau has published over a 100 peer-reviewed and other scholarly monographs focused on substance use and misuse, particularly in the areas of young adults, ketamine, prescription drugs, cannabis, and opioid overdose prevention. Currently, he is leading a 5-year registry study of medical cannabis patients in Pennsylvania, co-leading a 15-year NIH-funded longitudinal study of young adults in California and Pennsylvania focused on controlled use of cannabis, and co-leading a 5-year NIH-funded study on opioid overdose prevention in Philadelphia using mobile phone technologies.
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
Director, Centre for Addictions Research, Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research
McMaster University
Title of Presentation: Using behavioral economics to understand cannabis use and misuse
Bio: Dr. James MacKillop holds the Peter Boris Chair in Addictions Research and a Canada Research Chair in Translational Addiction Research at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. There, Dr. MacKillop directs both the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research and the DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research. His research uses a multidisciplinary approach that integrates psychology, economics, neuroscience, and genetics to gain unique insights into addiction and medical cannabis. Using the hybrid disciplines of behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and genoeconomics, maladaptive decision making in health behavior is a core focus of his research program. Over the past two decades, Dr. MacKillop’s lab has generated 500 peer-reviewed publications and other works.
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