4th Annual UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium
May 21, 2021, 9am-12:30pm
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our 4th Annual UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium! We had a wonderful event with talks from cannabis researchers at UCLA, spanning a range of topics including:
- Cannabis, cannabinoids, and pain
- Medical and non-medical cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Population trends and patient care
- Cannabis and social equity
Watch the recording below, and browse the agenda to learn more about speakers and talk titles.
Preliminary Agenda
9:00-9:05: Welcome
9:05-9:50: Cannabis and COVID-19
Stephanie Lake
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative
Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH
MPH, Doctoral Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
9:50-10:35: Cannabis in Patient Care and Population Health
Gelberg, Lillian
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Office of Healthcare Transformation and Innovation, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Primary Care Physician
Ying-Ying Meng, DrPh
Co-Director, Chronic Disease Program
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
10:35-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30: Cannabinoids for Pain: A Sample of UCLA Clinical Trials
Ziva Cooper, PhD
Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative
Associate Professor
Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Veena Ranganath, MD, MS
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
11:30-12:15: Cannabis and Social Equity
Dilara Uskup, PhD, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
Robert Chlala, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCLA Labor Center – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment