2022
Symposium
Speakers
All the presentations from our speakers and panellists at the UIC Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium including Nurses program and General Program appear below. For Industry Program Presentations- please go to the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) website HOME (ausmca.org).
Professor Lynda Balneaves: Medical Cannabis and the Nurse – Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Balneaves is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba…
Alex Capano: The Role of Cannabis for Anxiety, Mood, & Sleep
Dr Alex Capano is the first doctoral candidate of any discipline to focus on comprehensive cannabinoid science. She is CSO of Ecofibre Limited and Ananda Hemp…
Dr Sarah Flogen: The story of cannabis in Canada
Dr. Sarah Flogen is educated in the methods of Institutional Ethnography, a critical approach to thinking and a means by which to explore what is not visible. Her clinical background…
Phillip Good: Medicinal cannabis in Palliative Care- Research update
Dr Phillip Good is a Palliative Medicine Specialist working at Mater Health Services and St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Brisbane…
Dr Peter Grinspoon: Cannabis and Opioid Sparing. A personal journey
Dr Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a certified Health and Wellness Coach…
Dr Laurence Kemp: Helping Australian Prescribers navigate the pathway
Dr Kemp studied medicine at the University of Cambridge in the UK, graduating in 2005 and qualifying as a specialist General Practitioner in 2011. Laurence continued to work in the…
Dr Judith Lacey: Clinical Practice & the role of cannabis in supportive cancer care, integration of use in comprehensive cancer care
A/Prof Judith Lacey is the Head of Supportive Care and Integrative Oncology at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Comprehensive Cancer Centre (COBLH). Her primary interest is in the development and integration…
Dr Annabelle Manalo-Morgan: Translation of Bench Side Cannabinoid Research into Precision Based Therapeutic Care
Dr Annabelle Manalo was forced to navigate every mother’s worst nightmare, the birth of a sick child in 2016. From birth, Macario suffered from unrelenting seizures, up to 200 per day…
Professor Iain McGregor: Lambert Initiative Update: CAMS 20 Survey/Low Dose CBD/Clinical trials
Professor Iain McGregor is Professor of Psychopharmacology and Academic Director of the Lambert Initiative at Sydney University. Iain has more than 25 years of experience in cannabinoid science including significant contributions in preclinical research…
Professor David Meiri: A research update from Israel
Dr David (Dedi) Meiri is Principal Investigator, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research. He holds a M.Sc. in biochemistry and a Ph.D…
Dr Tamara Nation: Medicinal cannabis and drug/drug interactions
Dr Tamara Nation (MBBS PhD FRACGP) is a general practitioner, medical educator and public health advocate who has an interest in complex and chronic illness especially in the area of women and children’s health…
Olivia Newton-John: An intimate conversation about medicinal cannabis
Olivia Newton John, Australia’s long-time sweetheart of stage and screen needs little introduction to audiences around the world, having spent decades entertaining us with her unique sounds…
Dr Teresa Nicoletti: An overview of Regulatory and Prescribing Pathways in Australia
Dr Teresa Nicoletti leads Mills Oakley’s Intellectual Property, Health and Life Sciences team in Sydney. She is both a lawyer and PhD-qualified scientist…
Simone O’Brien: Medical Cannabis in a Rural Community; Discussion and Case Studies
Simone O’Brien has spent over 25 years working in rural health across Acute, Emergency, Aged and Community Care
