Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
University of California, San Diego · San Diego, California, USA
Igor Grant is the founding director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) at UC San Diego, the first state-funded research center dedicated to rigorous clinical investigation of cannabis. Under his leadership, CMCR has conducted some of the most methodologically rigorous cannabis clinical trials in the United States, including placebo-controlled studies of smoked cannabis for neuropathic pain in HIV patients. Grant has also conducted extensive research on the neuropsychiatric effects of HIV and the cognitive consequences of cannabis use.
CMAJ · 2010
Randomized crossover trial demonstrating that smoked cannabis at three doses significantly reduced chronic neuropathic pain intensity vs. placebo in 23 patients with treatment-resistant neuropathic pain.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091414Open Neurology Journal · 2012
Systematic review of clinical evidence for medical cannabis across multiple indications, providing evidence-based assessment of therapeutic applications and safety considerations.
DOI: 10.2174/1874205X01206010018