Dr. Monique C. Braude spent her career at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), where she was instrumental in promoting preclinical research in cannabis and cannabinoids. In addition to her passion for cannabinoid research, Dr. Braude believed strongly in helping women enter scientific careers.

Dr. Braude was born in Lisieux, France in 1925. Her undergraduate degree was in pharmacy and she worked as a drug store pharmacist before moving to the Laboratoires Blaque as chief of production of drug specialties. At the end of WWII, she met her future husband, George, a French chemical engineer from Halle, Germany. They married in Paris in 1949 and moved to the United States in the early 1950’s. Monique went on to earn her PhD in Pharmacology from the Ohio State University, was a member of the Society of Toxicology and a member of the Committee on Professional Relations and Standards from 1983 to 1985.

Dr. Braude was instrumental in the founding of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, served as our President in 1993, and received our first ICRS Career Achievement Award in 1999. 

Monique passed away on Jan 2, 2010. She will be dearly missed.

Her legacy of support of Graduate Women in Science continues through a merit-based, annual ICRS award in her name.