Ryan Vandrey, PhD., Experimental analysis of acute cannabis and cannabinoid effects in healthy adults

September 2023

Dr. Vandrey is an experimental psychologist with degrees from the University of Delaware (BA) and University of Vermont (PhD).  He is currently a Professor at the  Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU).  Dr. Vandrey’s research focuses primarily on the impact of route of administration, dose, and chemical composition of cannabis products on resultant drug effects and pharmacokinetics.  In addition, Dr. Vandrey has been involved with a broad range of studies related to the risks and benefits of medicinal cannabis use, the effects of cannabis use on sleep, cannabis withdrawal and the treatment of Cannabis Use Disorder, cannabis product testing, and developing measures of cannabis use behavior.

Previous Webinars

Nolan Kane, PhD.

May 21, 2025 11:00 AM Mountain Time

Genetics, chemistry and the evolution of sex chromosomes in Cannabis

Dr. Nolan Kane is an associate professor in the ebio department at the university of Colorado, boulder. he uses genomic approaches to study adaptation to new environments, domestication of wild plants into valuable crops, and the formation of new species. his […]

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Devan Kansagara MD, MCR

Jun 12, 2025 01:00 PM Mountain Time

Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM):  Bridging the science of cannabis health effects and clinical practice

Devan Kansagara MD, MCR is a Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University.  He practices and teaches primary care and hospital-based internal medicine in the VA Portland Health Care System. His […]

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Dan Covey, PhD.

May 8, 2025, 1:00 PM

Effects of isolated cannabinoids and endocannabinoids on emotional behavior in rodents

Dr. Covey is currently an Assistant Professor at Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute (LBRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He started this position in June 2020 after completing his PhD at Illinois State University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland […]

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The next Plant Science and Cultivation Series Webinar will be held in May. Please stay tuned!

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Andrew Kesner, PhD

Preclinical modeling of spontaneous Δ-9-THC withdrawal symptoms in mice: sleep, dopamine, and behavioral maladaptations

April 10th, 1:00PM MST

Dr. Kesner is the Chief of the Unit on Motivation and Arousal at National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The mission of his lab is to use systems neuroscience approaches to understand how brain systems controlling motivated […]

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Roberta Paris, PhD.

Genetic, molecular and biochemical studies on the accumulation of bioactive compounds in Cannabis sativa L.

19 March, 2025, 11:00 AM  

Dr. Roberta Paris studied at the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, where she obtained the PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2006. She is a permanent researcher at Council for Agricultural Research and Economic, Research […]

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