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Leah Mayo
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Latest papers
Australian clinical feasibility considerations for treatment of PTSD with cannabinoid-augmented exposure therapy.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024
Latest funding
- $2,400,000
CannSleep: Exploring the relationship between cannabis and sleep in a nationally representative Canadian cohort and randomized controlled trial in PTSD
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $2,398,952
NeuroValue: Cannabinoid variability and the biobehavioural architecture of valuation
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $2,387,367
CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Australian clinical feasibility considerations for treatment of PTSD with cannabinoid-augmented exposure therapy.
Ney LJ, Akosile W, Davey CG, Pitcher L, Felmingham K, Mayo L, Hill M, Strodl E
CannSleep: Exploring the relationship between cannabis and sleep in a nationally representative Canadian cohort and randomized controlled trial in PTSD
Principal investigators: Mayo, Leah M; Clarke, Hance A; Hill, Matthew N; Robillard, Rébecca
Keywords: Cannabis; Indigenous Health; Ptsd; Rct; Sleep; Stress; Trauma
NeuroValue: Cannabinoid variability and the biobehavioural architecture of valuation
Principal investigators: Balodis, Iris M; Britz-Mckibbin, Philip; Hellemans, Kim G; Mayo, Leah M
Keywords: Adults; Cannabis; Effort-Based Decision-Making; Endocannabinoids; Metabolites; Neuroimaging; Reward; Stress; Thc; Valuation
CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.
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
A multidimensional approach to establishing a neurobiological marker of vulnerability to stress in adolescence
Principal investigators: Mayo, Leah M; Ferger, Marc D; Tansey, Ryann C
Keywords: Anxiety; Development; Neuroimaging; Reinforcement Learning; Stress; Threat
Healing with PsilOcybin-Assisted Intensive Cognitive Processing ThErapy for chronic PTSD (HOPE-PTSD): A Multi-Site Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial
Principal investigators: Bhat, Venkat; Burback, Lisa; Jetly, Rakesh; Lanius, Ruth A; Lou, Wen-Yi W; Monson, Candice; Nicholson, Andrew; Pritlove, Cheryl; Vermetten, Eric
Keywords: Cognitive Processing Therapy; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psilocybin
The impact of acute social stress-induced cortisol on cognitive flexibility in healthy humans: Shared or domain-specific effects?
Principal investigators: Aubin, Keira
Keywords: Acute Stress; Biomarkers; Cognitive Flexibility; Cortisol; Endocannabinoids; Healthy Humans; Heart Rate Variability; Sex And Gender; Skin Conductance
Implementing and Tracking Indigenous Guidance for Psychedelic-Based Therapeutics (PBT): Mobilizing Community-Partnered Knowledge in Speculative, Commercializing Terrain
Principal investigators: Mayo, Leah M; Henderson, Rita I
Keywords: Clinical Trials; Commercialization; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Worldviews; Mental Health; Novel Treatment Strategies; Psychedelics
Neurochemical and cognitive mechanisms underlying psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder: A randomized, controlled clinical trial
Principal investigators: Tansey, Ryann C
Keywords: Alcohol Use Disorder; Cognitive Flexibility; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy; Psychedelics
The role of the subjective experience in supporting positive effects following psilocybin: a randomized, controlled clinical trial using risperidone in healthy adults
Principal investigators: Deutsch, Ana
Keywords: Cortisol; Healthy Participants; Mood; Psilocybin; Psychedelics; Stress; Subjective Effects; Well-Being
Cannabinoid Regulation of the Neurological and Behavioral Aspects of Social Processing
Principal investigators: Petrie, Gavin
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Cannabinoid; Major Depressive Disorder; Neuroscience; Social Processing
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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