The International Cannabinoid Research Society presents

The 29th Annual

ICRS Symposium
on the Cannabinoids
 

June 29 - July 4

 

Programme and Abstracts (4.6Mb)

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

Alex Makriyannis, Ph.D.

 

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

Roger Pertwee,

M.A., D.Phil, D.Sc., HonFBPhS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

CANNABINOID PHARMACOLOGY:
MY FIRST HALF CENTURY

 

Emeritus Professor
 Institute of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D.

 

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

Matt Hill, Ph.D.

ICRS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

 

ANANDAMIDE, FAAH,

STRESS AND ANXIETY:
A TRANSLATIONAL JOURNEY
 

Associate Professor
The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Susan Weiss, Ph.D.

PLENARY SPEAKER

 

US CANNABIS POLICY: 
IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
 

 

Director
Division of Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health 

George Koob, Ph.D.

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



+ 60 ORAL PRESENTATIONS and HUNDREDS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS



SPONSORS

Silver Sponsor

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Bronze Sponsor

The Kang Tsou

Memorial Fund

Silver Sponsor

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Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Monique and George Braude Memorial Foundation 

Bronze Sponsor

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Government Sponsor

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

BY LAND

5701 Marinelli Rd

Rockville, MD 20852

🚇   By subway


🚉   By train


🚌   By bus

 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!