To mark the tenth anniversary of the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR), CYSAR and QBI present a series of talks on two important topics that show the intersections between the brain sciences and the study of youth substance use: (1) the implications of the legalisation of cannabis in Canada, Uruguay and the USA for the mental health and cognitive development of young people; and (2) the reasons for and responses to the co-occurrence of alcohol and other drug use and serious mental disorders in young people and their development toward adulthood.

 

 

Coming of Age: A symposium on cannabis and the brain

Wed 4 Sep 2019 11:00am4:00pm

Venue

Queensland Brain Institute
Room: 
Auditorium

To mark the tenth anniversary of the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR), CYSAR and QBI present a series of talks on two important topics that show the intersections between the brain sciences and the study of youth substance use: (1) the implications of the legalisation of cannabis in Canada, Uruguay and the USA for the mental health and cognitive development of young people; and (2) the reasons for and responses to the co-occurrence of alcohol and other drug use and serious mental disorders in young people and their development toward adulthood.

 

Program

QBI Seminar, 11.00am-12.00pm

Dr Eva Hoch, LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN (QBI Seminar) 12-1pm

Short Talks, 1.00-3.30pm

Professor Wayne Hall , UQ CYSAR 

Professor John McGrath, UQ QBI 

Dr Valentina Lorenzetti ,AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 

Professor Leanne Hides , UQ PSYCHOLOGY, CYSAR, LIVES LIVED WELL

Panel Discussion, 3.00-3.30pm

Professor Wayne Hall , UQ CYSAR 

Dr James Kesby , UQ QBI 

Dr Valentina Lorenzetti , AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 

Dr Eva Hoch , LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 

Associate Professor Simon Denny, MATER YOUNG ADULT HEALTH CENTRE 

Professor Leanne Hides. UQ PSYCHOLOGY, CYSAR, LIVES LIVED WELL

 

There is no cost to attend but if you are attending the whole symposium, please register for catering purposes by Monday September 2