James MacKillop, Dalhousie University

Research

Automatic Cognitive Biases Behavior Economics Cannabis Use Disorder Comorbidity Conditioned Craving Cue Reactivity Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ptsd

Latest papers

Optimizing primary care management of atrial fibrillation: The rationale and methods of the Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF) study
American Heart Journal · 2018

All 1 publications

Latest funding

CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,387,367

All 1 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Optimizing primary care management of atrial fibrillation: The rationale and methods of the Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF) study

Cox JL, Parkash R, Abidi SS, Thabane L, Xie F, MacKillop J, Abidi SR, Ciaccia A, Choudhri SH, Abusharekh A

American Heart Journal201828 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.008

CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: The Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Rudnick, Abraham; Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Le Foll, Bernard; MacKillop, James; Mayo, Leah M; Schütz, Christian G; Tibbo, Philip G; Wang, JianLi

Keywords: Automatic Cognitive Biases; Behavior Economics; Cannabis Use Disorder; Comorbidity; Conditioned Craving; Cue Reactivity; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ptsd; Sex Differences; Trauma

$2,387,367

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
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Feng Xie

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Lehana Thabane

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Ratika Parkash

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Automatic Cognitive Biases Dear Professor MacKillop, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Optimizing primary care management of atrial fibrillation: The rationale and methods of the Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF) study" (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links." (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]