Recent cannabis use in HIV is associated with reduced inflammatory markers in CSF and blood
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- Received December 22, 2019
- Accepted in final form May 15, 2020
- First Published June 17, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Ronald J. Ellis, MD, PhD,
- Scott N. Peterson, PhD,
- Yueling Li, MD,
- Rachel Schrier, PhD,
- Jenny Iudicello, PhD,
- Scott Letendre, MD,
- Erin Morgan, PhD,
- Bin Tang, PhD,
- Igor Grant, MD and
- Mariana Cherner, PhD
- Ronald J. Ellis, MD, PhD,
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(1) NIH, P30 MH62512, Co-investigator, 2015-2020 (9) NIH, R01DA043430, Principal Investigator, 2016-2020 Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: Abbott Laboratories, 2016-2017, stock held by spouse Johnson and Johnson, 2016-2017, stock held by spouse ABBVIE, 2016-2017, stock held by spouse Merck and Co. Inc, 2016-2017, stock held by spouse
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- Scott N. Peterson, PhD,
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Associate editor Frontiers in Microbiology
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- Yueling Li, MD,
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- Rachel Schrier, PhD,
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- Jenny Iudicello, PhD,
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- Scott Letendre, MD,
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(1) ViiV Healthcare: Travel to present at HIV Glasgow 2018
(1) AIDS, Editorial Board, 2020
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(1) Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, 2017
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(1) Merck & Co., Inc.
(1) NIH, K24 MH097673, Principal Investigator, 2019 (2) NIH, R01 MH107345, Co-Principal Investigator, 2020 (3) NIH, R25 MH108389, Co-Principal Investigator, 2020 (4) NIH, P50 DA026306, Co-investigator, 2019 (5) NIH, U24 MH100928, Co-investigator, 2020 (6) NIH, UM1 AI068636, Co-investigator, 2020 (7) NIH, D43 TW010135, Co-investigator, 2020 (8) NIH, P30 MH062512, Co-investigator, 2020 (9) NIH, R01 MH111389, Co-investigator, 2020 (10) NIH, R01 MH109382, Co-investigator, 2018
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- Erin Morgan, PhD,
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- Bin Tang, PhD,
- Igor Grant, MD and
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(1) Journal of Neurovirology, Associate Editor, 2002-present
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NIH, DA26306, PI, 2009-present NIH, AG15301, Co-PI, 2014-present NIH, DA031098, Co-Director, 2016-present NIH, AG054119, Co-I, 2016- present NIH, MH107345, Co-I, 2015-present NIH, MH62512, Co-I, 2011-present NIH, MH094159, Co-I, 2011-2017
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- Mariana Cherner, PhD
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(1) non-profit: Speakers honorarium for invited presentation at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society
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(1) NIH, MH81482, PI, 2007-present (2) NIH, DA27513, PI, 2009-2012 (3) NIH, DA26334, PI, 2009-2012 (4) NIH, MH62512, Co-I, 2006-2016 (5) NIH, DA26306, Co-I, 2009-2015 (6) NIH, MH58076, Co-I, 2006-2011 (7) NIH, DA026306, Co-I, 2009-2019 (8) NIH, DA040550, PI, 2015-present
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(1) Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR, State of California funded), 649880, PI, 2019-present
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- From the Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry (R.J.E.), University of California, San Diego; Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (S.N.P.); LECOM health - Millcreek Community Hospital (Y.L.), Erie, PA; Department of Pathology (R.S.), Department of Psychiatry (J.I., E.M., B.T., I.G., M.C.), and Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry (S.L.), University of California, San Diego.
- Correspondence
Dr. Ellis roellis{at}ucsd.edu
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