Cannabis and Population Health Research

From: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Backgrounder

In May 2017, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) launched a funding opportunity for research that would support the ongoing development of policies and programs related to the legalization and regulation of cannabis.

The funding opportunity was specifically designed to support the collection of population health data on cannabis use, to understand how the legalization and regulation of cannabis would affect certain groups , and to evaluate existing regulatory models for controlled substances.

As a result of this funding opportunity, CIHR approved the following 14 projects, representing total funding of $1.4 million, or approximately $100,000 for each project.

Principal Investigator	Project Title*
Dr. Patricia Conrod Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (Montreal)	Targeted cannabis prevention for youth at high risk for psychosis
Dr. Mark Eisenberg Jewish General Hospital (Montreal)	Legalization of Recreational Cannabis Use in Canada: A Knowledge Synthesis
Dr. Darine El-Chaar Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	Influence of cannabis exposure in pregnancy on offspring perinatal and childhood health outcomes: a population-based birth cohort
Dr. Christophe Huynh Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal	Les conducteurs automobiles sous l'effet du cannabis : perceptions et caractéristiques individuelles, relationnelles et sociales
Dr. Pamela Kaufman University of Toronto	Enabling the monitoring and advancement of knowledge on exposure to cannabis use.
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater University of Victoria	Trajectories of marijuana use across a decade: Their predictors in adolescence and impact on health, academic, social, and economic outcomes in young adulthood.
Dr. Marie Claude Ouimet Université de Sherbrooke	Towards monitoring of driving while impaired by cannabis and/or other drugs
Dr. Christopher Perlman University of Waterloo	Cannabis Legalization and Mental health Outcomes Monitoring System
Dr. Zainab Samaan McMaster University	Impact of cannabis legalization on cannabis use and outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder: a Canadian prospective cohort study
Dr. Martin Cooke University of Waterloo	Development of a Canadian Youth Cannabis Survey: Understanding changing aspects of cannabis use among young Canadians
Dr. Nathan Nickel University of Manitoba	A Data Infrastructure for Monitoring the Impact of Cannabis Legalization: Data Collection and Linkage Strategies to Inform Health and Social Policy
Dr. Peter Smith Institute for Work & Health (Toronto)	Toking 9 to 5? Clearing the haze on cannabis consumption in the Canadian workplace
Dr. Zach Walsh University of British Columbia	The impact of cannabis legalization on campus health: A multi-method approach to establishing a baseline and monitoring change.
Dr. Sergio Rueda Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto)	Provincial and key community responses to federal cannabis legalization: A multi-jurisdictional study

*Project titles are provided in the language submitted by the researcher.

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Date modified:: 2018-01-24