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3 Understanding and improving medical marijuana

5 Social science for seniors

6 Getting active in urban nature

7 Fine-tuning cancer care

8 From the heart: Carleton creativity on display at the Brain
& Mental Health Art Show

10 An ounce of prevention: Kristin Connor and Carleton’s Health Sciences
department want to develop “boundary blurring” researchers who can make the
case for early intervention

18 The hurt blocker: Mike Hildebrand and his collaborators are doing groundbreaking
experiments to better understand — and alleviate — chronic pain

24 Solving the Parkinson’s puzzle: Cross-disciplinary duo from Carleton pioneer
a new approach to stopping the devastating neurodegenerative disease

Suited up to avoid cross-contamination, Carleton Biology professor Shelley Hepworth poses in the “mom” room — a repository for
30 A head for holistic health: Health Sciences chair Martin Holcik cannabis plant genetics — at Canopy’s production and research facility in the former Hershey’s chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ont.
Pending legalization is leading to new research opportunities.
Understanding and improving medical marijuana

By Tyrone Burke headquarters are in the former Hershey’s chocolate factory
Eureka! Giving to Carleton Photos by Chris Roussakis in Smiths Falls southwest of Ottawa. “They might have
The Faculty of Science at Carleton has many
Discover Carleton’s Faculty of Science longstanding partnerships with alumni, friends, the functions in our body. We don’t have that level of detail yet.
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Editorial advisory board community and industry who share our vision and ementia, epilepsy, Tourette’s syndrome. Its fiercest There are many different cannabinoids, and strains with
Dwight Deugo: Interim Dean, Faculty of Science provide support in the form of collaboration and advocates insist that cannabis will cure whatever ails particular properties could be good for certain illnesses. We
Valerie Pereboom: Executive Assistant to the Dean, financial engagement to help us work toward our goals.
Faculty of Science One of our core values is our commitment to student Dyou, and there’s no shortage of anecdotes to support could target problems with greater precision.”
Rima Mattar: Event & Communication Coordinator, success and academic standards. Our summer research Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Ontario Centres
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Maria DeRosa: Professor, Dept. of Chemistry funds provide much-needed financial support to science facts are harder to come by. of Excellence and NSERC, with additional support from
Andrea Lawrance: Carleton Office for Research students. We look forward to a future where, with your Agriculture Canada, the goal of Hepworth’s project is to
Initiatives and Services support, we are the science faculty of choice in Canada Cannabis plants have more than 100 cannabinoids. These
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Dept. of University Advancement Science with a financial contribution by following us on On the cover vary by strain. Recreational cannabis has been bred to have diversity. “Polyploidization for the Improvement of Medical
Julie Carl: Research Communications Manager, OVPRI FutureFunder.ca Carleton Health Sciences professor
Ellen Tsaprailis, Dept. of University Communications Carleton University is fully compliant with FIPPA and Kristin Connor and two-year-old Sam high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a mind-altering Cannabis” duplicates cannabis’ chromosomes. It enables
Editor: Dan Rubinstein, Dept. of University endeavours at all times to treat your personal information photographed by Justin Tang in the psychoactive cannabinoid which can also have health plants to be bred to have characteristics which could
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and partners of the Faculty of Science. The magazine is contact the Department of University Advancement at have a positive impact on the health even if it doesn’t make users high. Other cannabinoids could
intended to showcase the faculty’s researchers, teachers 1-800-461-8927 or advancement@carleton.ca of pregnant women and their children. have additional medical applications. to more precisely control the ratio and develop better medical
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