Funded Grants
Large-Scale Survey of Psychedelic Users' Experiences with Psychedelics
Funding period: 12/2021 – 12/2023
Total: $20,000
Type: Huxley Health
Role: PI
Goals: To examine psychedelic users' patterns of use, experiences, and perceived effects of psychedelics.
Lost in the Weeds: Use of Multimodal Measures to Interrogate Daily Stress Rhythms of Cannabis Users
Funding period: 01/2022 – 07/2023
Total: $30,000
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant
Role: PI
Goals: To examine the effects of chronic cannabis on the daily stress rhythms and determine whether alterations in these rhythms predict elevations in depressive symptoms in cannabis users.
Intersections Between Psychological & Physiological Stress & Cannabis Use in Reproductive-Aged Women
Funding period: 01/2022 – 07/2023
Total: $30,000
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant
Role: Co-I
Goals: To assess relationships between psychological stress, cortisol, and reproductive health in women of reproductive age who use and do not use cannabis.
Effects of Chronic Cannabis Use on the Neuroendocrine Stress Response
Funding period: 07/2021 – 06/2023
Total: $100,000
Type: National Institutes of Drug Abuse (1 R03 DA051740-01-A1)
Role: Co-I
Goals: To examine the effects of chronic cannabis on the stress response using a translationally relevant rodent model of cannabis self-administration.
Acute and Chronic Effects of Cannabis on Cognition in Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Funding period: 12/2019 – 06/2022
Total: $4,000
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant (137843)
Role: PI
Goals: This study focuses on examining the chronic and acute effects of cannabis on cognition in people with ADHD.
Acute and Chronic Effects of Cannabis on Cognition in Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Funding period: 11/2019 – 06/2021
Total: $25,000
Type: Dedicated Marijuana Account Faculty Pilot Grant (137450)
Role: PI
Goals: This study focuses on examining the chronic and acute effects of cannabis on cognition in people with ADHD.
Acute Effects of High Potency Cannabis on Everyday Life Cognition
Funding period: 07/2018 – 08/2022
Total: $25,800
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant (133959)
Role: PI
Goals: This study was designed to examine the effects of high potency cannabis flower and cannabis concentrates on everyday life cognition.
Chronic Cannabis-Induced Alterations in Stress Reactivity
Funding period: 07/2019 – 12/2020
Total: $30,000
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant (136020)
Role: Co-I
Goals: This study focuses on examining effects of chronic cannabis self-administration on the stress response.
Business Idea Creativity and Cannabis Use
Funding period: 05/2018 – 05/2019
Total: $5,000
Type: WSU Vancouver Research Mini-Grant
Role: Co-I
Goals: This study focused on examining differences in creative business ideation in cannabis users and non-users
Adopting Open Educational Resources for Psych 333
Funding period: 05/2018 – 08/2018
Total: $4,500
Type: WSU Affordable Learning Grant
Role: PI
Goals: This project involved editing and adopting an open textbook for my Abnormal Psychology course.
Adopting Open Educational Resources for Psych 105
Funding period: 05/2018 – 08/2018
Total: $4,500
Type: WSU Affordable Learning Grant
Role: Co-I
Goals: This project involved adopting an open textbook for the Department's Introductory Psychology course and studying the effects of that adoption.
Individual Differences in the Influence of Cannabis on Cognition
Funding period: 01/2015 – 06/2018
Total: $30,000
Type: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Program Faculty Pilot Grant (124744)
Role: PI
Goals: To examine potential moderators (e.g., adolescent onset, aging, sex) of the influence of chronic cannabis use on cognition.
Adopting Open Educational Resources for Psych 312
Funding period: 05/2017 – 08/2017
Total: $5,000
Type: WSU Affordable Learning Grant (funded by AOI)
Role: PI
Goals: This project involved creating a new edition of an open textbook for my Research Methods in Psychology course.
Strain and Sex Differences in the Perceived Efficacy of Medical Marijuana
Funding period: 01/2016 – 06/2017
Total: $14,275
Type: Dedicated Marijuana Account Faculty Pilot Grant (2938-0422)
Role: PI
Goals: This project focused on examining the efficacy of medical cannabis for various symptoms/conditions as well as strain and sex differences in those perceived effects.
The Influence of Chronic Cannabis Use on Stress Induced Cognitive Inflexibility
Funding period: 01/2016 – 06/2017
Total: $12,635
Type: Dedicated Marijuana Account Faculty Pilot Grant (2938-0425)
Role: Co-I
Goals: This project focused on examining the effects of chronic cannabis use on the stress response and cognition.
Did I Remember to Lock the Door? The Role of Memory Distrust in Checking Compulsions
Funding period: 03/2011 – 09/2012
Total: $9,528
Type: Concordia University Team Seed Grant (VS1109)
Role: PI
Goals: To determine whether experimentally manipulating confidence in prospective memory increases intrusive doubts and compulsions to check.
