Dr. David Shurtleff, Cannabinoid Research Funding Opportunities at NCCIH

November 2020

David Shurtleff, Ph.D., is Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the leading Federal agency for research on integrative and complementary health practices. Dr. Shurtleff’s career at the NIH has focused on providing leadership and fostering an extensive research portfolio in the basic behavioral and neurosciences—cognitive studies, behavioral economics, decision theory, and risk-taking—and a broad spectrum of research that has contributed to cutting-edge research related to drug abuse, addiction, and their treatment.

Nov 2020 – Dr. David Shurtleff, Cannabinoid Research Funding Opportunities at NCCIH

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