The Cannabis Research Institute (CRI) invites the public to attend the next CRI Public Research Series. The session, Medical Cannabis: Perspectives from a Clinician and an Educator, is scheduled for 12 p.m. Feb. 2. The two presenters are Aviad Haramati, PhD, and Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD, ABOIM. Meeting registration link can be found here.

The Public Research Series will begin with a clinician’s perspective, focusing on how medical cannabis is encountered in patient care, the pressures clinicians face from patients and the public, and why there is a growing imperative to clarify what future health professionals should know. From there, the conversation will shift to an educator’s lens, examining the challenges of incorporating new areas of knowledge into the medical curriculum. Drawing on examples from integrative medicine, nutrition, and other fields, the session will highlight how public demand, governmental action, and faculty leadership have historically influenced what is taught in medical school.

Adi Haramati is an award-winning Professor of Physiology, Founding Director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE) at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, and co-director of the graduate program in Integrative Medicine and Health Science.

Leslie Mendoza Temple is the Owen L. Coon Endowed Chair of Integrative Medicine and Medical Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at Endeavor Health. She is also a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and Chair of the Illinois Medical Cannabis Advisory Board.

The CRI Public Research Series is an initiative designed to make cannabis research transparent, accessible, and collaborative.

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