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• Leadership & Team Building: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams, including cannabis researchers from various academic institutions across Utah.
• Research Expertise: Extensive knowledge of cannabis-related research and its applications.
• Center Development: Proven experience in establishing successful research centers or collaborative cannabis research programs.
• Strategic Planning: Skilled in setting strategic direction, overseeing implementation, and ensuring effective execution of initiatives.
• Grant Funding Success: Track record of securing extramural grant funding, with a focus on NIH grants, including collaborative funding opportunities.
• Mentorship & Development: Commitment to fostering faculty development and mentorship programs.
• Collaborative Research Culture: Promote a culture of fairness and belonging in research, in alignment with H.B. 230, while supporting a collaborative and translational research approach.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal.
• Legislative Oversight: Capable of leading, implementing, and managing legislative directives effectively.
• Organizational Management: Maintain alignment with organizational goals while managing budgetary oversight.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proactively engage with key stakeholders, ensuring active participation in committees and boards.
• Literature Reviews & Dissemination: Collaborate with senior management and research associates to conduct evidence-based literature reviews and develop dissemination plans for researchers, providers, policymakers, and the public.
• Best Practices Development: Lead a research committee to establish best practices and guidelines for the medical cannabis program.
• Institutional Representation: Act as a representative of the institution, engaging with the university, community, external visitors, and lawmakers to foster partnerships.
• Funding Identification: Identify federal and philanthropic funding opportunities and collaborate with faculty to form research and clinical teams to pursue these opportunities.
• Seed Grant Program Oversight: Oversee the annual seed grant program to stimulate innovative cannabis research projects.
• Community Engagement: Partner with senior management to develop and execute community engagement events such as symposiums, workshops, and seminars, while managing budget requirements.
• Networking Opportunities: Create and nurture networking and collaborative research opportunities with external partners and national cannabis research centers.
• Reporting & Evaluation: Complete annual evaluations and reporting activities for senior leadership, including SVPHS and DHHS.

• Cannabis Plant Research: Investigating various aspects of Cannabis sativa, including the whole plant, cannabis extracts, enriched extracts, cannabinoid compounds, non-cannabinoid constituents, synthetic cannabinoids, and components of the endocannabinoid system (the signaling pathways activated by cannabinoids).
• Clinical and Public Health: Experience in medical cannabis programs and public health initiatives related to cannabis use.
• Innovative Approaches: Development of novel strategies to assess the therapeutic risks and benefits of medical cannabis.
• Analgesic Properties: Research focused on the analgesic effects of cannabinoids and their constituents.
• Safety and Interactions: Study of contraindications, drug-drug interactions, adverse effects, and the risk of cannabis use disorder.
• Delivery Methods: Investigation into the health effects of various cannabis delivery methods, including vaporization, ingestion, topical application, and combustion.
• Cultivation and Production Techniques: Research on innovative cultivation, synthesis, and production methods to support regulatory standards and research.
• Social and Economic Aspects: Exploration of the social, healthcare, policy, and economic factors related to medical cannabis access, usage, and regulation.

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