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 behaviors and sleep/arousal processes interact to drive maladaptive behaviors. He earned both his B.A. in Behavioral Biology and Ph.D. in Biology from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kesner moved to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. David Lovinger’s Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience prior to starting his independent lab as an NIH Independent Research Scholar in Fall of 2021.

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Rachel Tomko, PhD.

10 July, 2025, 1 PM MST 

Understanding Young Adults’ Cannabis Use and Craving in Naturalistic Settings: Insights from Ecological Momentary Assessment 

Dr. Rachel Tomko is an Associate Professor in the Addiction Sciences Division at MUSC’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on how individual and sex-related factors influence cannabis […]

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Cynthia Ocamb, PhD.

July 16, 2025, 11 AM MST

Cynthia Ocamb is a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University, based in Corvallis, OR. Ocamb provides statewide leadership in the diagnosis and management of diseases of field and vegetable crops as an Extension specialist in plant pathology. She is a co-editor of the […]

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Carolina Corredor, PhD.

June 18, 2025, 11:00AM MST

Carolina Corredor, Ph.D. in Agroecology and Agricultural Microbiologist, specializes in cannabis cultivation, plant physiology, plant–microbe interactions, and seed viability. With over six years of teaching experience in biology and microbiology, her research focuses on optimizing sustainable cannabis production for cannabinoids, fiber, and grain. As a Visiting Research Scholar and Postdoctoral Researcher, […]

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Devan Kansagara, MD., PhD.

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

June 12, 2025, 1:00 PM MST

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

Effects of isolated cannabinoids and endocannabinoids on emotional behavior in rodents

May 8, 2025 1:00 PM MST

Dan 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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Nolan Kane, PhD.

Genetics, chemistry and the evolution of sex chromosomes in Cannabis

May 21, 2025 11:00 AM MST

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 work has […]

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The Institute of Cannabis Research is the state of Colorado’s official cannabis research institute and is here to provide our citizenry with unbiased and objective scientific facts about cannabis biology, chemistry, health effects, economic impacts, and more.

 

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