Our annual ICRS Symposium on the Cannabinoids was in beautiful Maryland.
The Marriott North was a lovely, modern facility to host our 29th year.
SPEAKERS
PRESIDENT'S LECTURE
THE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CANNABINOID RECEPTORS
George D Behrakis Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Bouve College Health Sciences, Center For Drug Discovery
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CANNABINOID PHARMACOLOGY:
MY FIRST HALF CENTURY
Emeritus Professor
Institute of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
KANG TSOU MEMORIAL SPEAKER
VEGAS AND ULTRA-LSD: NEW CHEMICAL AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Director, NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program
Distinguished Professor, Department Of Pharmacology
UNC Chapel Hill , NC
ICRS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
ANANDAMIDE, FAAH,
STRESS AND ANXIETY:
A TRANSLATIONAL JOURNEY
Associate Professor
The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
PLENARY SPEAKER
US CANNABIS POLICY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
Director
Division of Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
PLENARY SPEAKER
THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ADDICTION: FROM DRUG REWARD TO HYPERKATIFEIA
TO NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
Director, National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health
SPONSORS
GETTING THERE
BY AIR
✈️ Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport (DCA)
⮑ 23 miles NW of Marriott
✈️ Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
⮑ 25 miles NE of Marriott
✈️ Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
⮑ 38 miles SW of Marriott
ICRS2019 Awardees
William A. Devane Young Investigator Award: Yossi Tam, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Lifetime Achievement Award: George Kunos, M.D., Ph.D.
Pre-Doctoral Presentation Awardees (ICRS Sponsor):
Marieka DeVuono (Linda Parker, Ph.D.)
Clare Diester (Aron Lichtman, Ph.D.) - Billy Martin ICRS pre-Doctoral Prize
Orlaith Mannion (David Finn, Ph.D.)
Kathryn Miranda (Prakash Nagarkatti, Ph.D.)
Nicole Stone (Saoirse O'Sullivan, Ph.D.)
Post-Doctoral Presentation Awardees (ICRS Sponsor):
Shana Augustin, Ph.D. (David Lovinger, Ph.D.)
Giulia Donvito, Ph.D. (Aron Lichtman, Ph.D.)
Liad Hinden, Ph.D. (Yossi Tam, D.M.D., Ph.D.)
Catharine Mielnik, Ph.D. (Ruth Ross, Ph.D.)
Zoltan Varga, Ph.D. (Pal Pacher, M.D., Ph.D.) - J. Michael Walker ICRS Post-Doctoral Prize
Congratulations to all our awardees. Best with your continued research!