Wanted: Research participants needed for cannabis/brain-imaging
Description
Healthy volunteers needed for a cannabis/psychosis research study! The Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP) is conducting a study examining the brain structures (white matter) and cannabis use in the general population and in individuals experiencing psychosis. You must be 18 years of age or older. You will be compensated for your time.
What’s involved:
You will come to the NSEPP clinic on 3 separate occasions for a 2-hour visit each time (2 of these occasions will include a brain scan)
You will complete a few questionnaires about your medical, alcohol, and substance use history
For brain imaging part:
You will have to meet scanner safety criteria
You will provide a saliva sample to measure the levels of THC at each time of scanning (results are confidential)
The brain scans lasts about 30 minutes For more information contact Akua Agyare at Akua.Agyare@nshealth.ca, 902-473-4659, or by responding to this post.
Where the study is being conducted: NS Early Psychosis Program; Abbie Lane Building, 3rd Floor; MRIs will be conducted at: BIOTIC Imaging Lab QEII Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Philip G. Tibbo
Healthy volunteers needed for a cannabis/psychosis research study! The Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP) is conducting a study examining the brain structures (white matter) and cannabis use in the general population and in individuals experiencing psychosis. You must be 18 years of age or older. You will be compensated for your time.
What’s involved:
You will come to the NSEPP clinic on 3 separate occasions for a 2-hour visit each time (2 of these occasions will include a brain scan)
You will complete a few questionnaires about your medical, alcohol, and substance use history
For brain imaging part:
You will have to meet scanner safety criteria
You will provide a saliva sample to measure the levels of THC at each time of scanning (results are confidential)
The brain scans lasts about 30 minutes For more information contact Akua Agyare at Akua.Agyare@nshealth.ca, 902-473-4659, or by responding to this ad.
Where the study is being conducted: NS Early Psychosis Program; Abbie Lane Building, 3rd Floor; MRIs will be conducted at: BIOTIC Imaging Lab QEII Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Philip G. Tibbo
- Ad Type: Wanted
community | volunteers
2021-04-19