Room 1: Immune system / Inflammation / HIV

Moderator 2: J. Adam Fields, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

Pacific Time

12:05-12:14

Rogers, Jeff: Recent Cannabis Use Moderates the Association Between Methamphetamine Use and Increased Markers of Inflammatory and Immune Processes

12:15-12:24

Behling-Hess, Caroline: The Impact of Cannabis on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: A systematic Review of Immunomodulatory Effects of Cannabis in Patients With and Without Cancer

12:25-12:34

Vemuri, Sunitha: Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Produces Consistent Physiological and Motivational Effects in HIV-1 Transgenic Rats Relative to Their Controls

12:35-12:44

Avalos, Bryant: Chronicity of Cannabis Use Modulates Disrupted Immunomodulatory Role of TREM2 in HIV

12:45-12:54

Tomer, Shallu: Impact of Cannabinoids on Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression and HIV Infection in Macrophages

Room 2: Health, safety, and cannabis

Moderator 1: Mariana Cherner, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

Moderator 2: Rudy Ortiz, PhD, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Merced

12:05-12:14

Mastropietro, Kyle: Probing the Relationship Between Cannabis Users’ Sex and Subjective Cannabis Intoxication in Relation to Cannabis Use Patterns and Post-Smoking Blood THC Concentrations

12:15-12:24

Rattigan, Jake: The Accuracy of Cannabis Users’ Expectations of Drug Effects on Driving

12:25-12:34

de Oliveria, André: Medical Cannabis for Several Health Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials

12:35-12:44

Yafai, Sherry: State of Medical Cannabis in California

12:45-12:54

Ayers, Chelsea: Systematically Testing the Evidence on Marijuana (STEM)

 Room 3: Brain, nervous system, and neuropsychology

Moderator 1: Arpi Minassian, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

Moderator 2: Giordano de Guglielmo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

12:05-12:14

Sengupta, Arnab: Effects of Psychotomimetic Doses of Δ9-THC on EEG Measures of Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance and its Relationship to Neural Noise

12:15-12:24

Peek, Elizabeth: A Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of Cannabis Use and Bipolar Disorder on Performance in the Neuropsychological Evaluation of the UPSA (NEUPSA)

12:25-12:34

Rogers, Sophia: Innovative Methods for Prenatal THC Exposure: Vaping Inhalation Chamber and Metabolite Quantification in Prairie Voles and Rats

12:35-12:44

Rodrigues, Akeesha / Alayoubi, Myra: Does the Terpene Myrcene Elicit Tetrad Effects Typical of CB1 Receptor Agonists?

12:45-12:54

Rosberg, Holden: Cannabis Use, Bipolar Disorder, and Exploratory Behavior in the Human Behavioral Pattern Monitor: A Preliminary Analysis

 Room 4: Innovative approaches and novel findings in cannabinoid science

Moderator 1: Nicholas Dipatrizio, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, UC Riverside

Moderator 2: Cecilia Marcondes, PhD, Professor of Neuroimmunology, San Diego Biomedical Research Institute

12:05-12:14

Bilkei-Gorzo, Andras: Shorter Life Span, Accelerated Frailty Development and Disturbed Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling in Cannabinoid Receptor Type-1 Knockout Mice

12:15-12:24

Scialdone, Mark: Hydrogenation of Phytocannabinoids

12:25-12:34

Alvarez, Camila: The Role of the Gut-Brain Endocannabinoid System in Food Reward

12:35-12:44

Olmos, Martin: The Impact of Cannabis Exposure on Gut Barrier Function in Health and Disease

12:45-12:54

Ayoub, Samantha: Mania-relevant Hyperexploration is Attenuated by Acute Cannabinoid-1 Receptor Blockade in Mice