2023 Pre-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:


Robert Barnes (USA) - SEX AND DOSE-DIFFERENCES OF CANNABIDIOL AND AMITRIPTYLINE USING THE FORMALIN INFLAMMATORY PAIN MODEL
Megan Drupals (CANADA) - THE EFFECT OF PRENATAL THC AND CBD EXPOSURE ON NEUROANATOMY AND BEHAVIOUR IN THE ADULT RODENT
Natalie Johnson (USA) - CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 1 (CB1R) IN ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES REGULATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFIBROTIC MACROPHAGES DURING PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Monica Patel (NEW ZEALAND) - EVALUATING SIGNALLING BIAS FOR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS AT THE CANNABINOID CB2 RECEPTOR

Marzia Pendino (IRELAND) – ICRS Billy Martin pre-Doctoral Prize – THE METASTATIC UVEAL MELANOMA CELL LINE OMM2.5 DISPLAYS SELECTIVE SENSITIVITY TO THE SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID HU-210

2023 Post-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:

Catharine Mielnik, Ph.D. (CANADA) - BIDIRECTIONAL EFFECT OF 2-AG ON HYPERDOPAMINERGIC STATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR 2-AG MODULATION IN DOPAMINE PATHOLOGIES.
Omar Soler-Cedeño, Ph.D. (USA) - BRAIN CB2 RECEPTOR: A NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR TREATING OPIOID USE DISORDERS, MAJOR FINDINGS FROM A NEW CB2-KO-EGFP REPORTER MOUSE LINE
Haley Vecchiarelli, Ph.D. (CANADA) - EFFECT OF ACUTE VAPOURIZED CANNABIS ON MICROGLIA IN THE MOUSE PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Szabolcs Dvoracsko, Ph.D. (USA) – ICRS J. Michael Walker Post-Doctoral Prize – TARGETING CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 1 (CB1R) WITH NOVEL FOUR-ARM BITOPIC ANTAGONISTS

Hudson Reddon, Ph.D. (CANADA) – ICRS Ethan Russo Trainee Prize – CANNABIS SUBSTITUTION FOR OPIOID USE AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE UNREGULATED DRUGS IN VANCOUVER, CANADA