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Patricia Di Ciano
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Latest papers
Dose-Dependent Effects of Cannabis Edibles on Simulated Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA network open · 2026
Investigating sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: a potency-ranging, controlled administration, human laboratory experiment.
Psychopharmacology · 2026
The use of THC cutoff levels in blood and oral fluid for detecting impairment in frequent cannabis users who smoked cannabis the "evening before".
Psychopharmacology · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,042,739
The impact of medical cannabis on driving safety: A driving simulation study.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $692,325
Combined and Separate Effects of Cannabis and Tobacco: Psychomotor, Subjective and Physiological Outcomes (CASE-CT)
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
Cannabidiol as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder among Canadian Veterans: a pilot clinical trial
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
56 publications.
Dose-Dependent Effects of Cannabis Edibles on Simulated Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Le Foll B, Matheson J, Antwi P, Wright M, Zaweel A, Hasan OSM, Kloiber S, Hassan AN, Sproule B, Wickens CM, Di Ciano P, Brands B
Investigating sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: a potency-ranging, controlled administration, human laboratory experiment.
Wright M, Matheson J, Zaweel A, Wickens CM, Di Ciano P, Sproule B, Le Foll B, Brands B
The use of THC cutoff levels in blood and oral fluid for detecting impairment in frequent cannabis users who smoked cannabis the "evening before".
Zhao S, Battistuzzi A, Zakala C, Nette A, Matheson J, Le Foll B, Wickens CM, Kaduri P, Hasan O, Wang W, Chen S, Di Ciano P
Cognitive performance and subjective effects the morning after last use of smoked cannabis by adults who use cannabis frequently: An observational study.
Matheson J, Zakala C, Zhao S, Battistuzzi A, Nette A, Le Foll B, Wickens CM, Wang W, Chen S, Di Ciano P
Editorial: Case reports in psychopharmacology, volume IV.
Stuhec M, Di Ciano P
An update on cannabis products, cannabinoid content, plant type, and prices five years after legalization in Ontario, Canada.
Antwi P, Matheson J, Balaraju L, Wickens CM, Le Foll B, Rueda S, Di Ciano P
Correction: Histamine H3 Receptor as a target for alcohol use disorder: challenging the predictability of animal models for clinical translation in drug development.
Le Foll B, Naassila M, Jeanblanc J, Hendershot CS, Chavarria J, Calmels T, Krief S, Berrebi-Bertrand I, Uguen M, Perrin D, Ligneau X, Boileau I, Rusjan PM, Di Ciano P, Sabioni P, Capet M, Robert P, Finance O, Lecomte JM, Schwartz JC
Potency-related effects of smoked cannabis on simulated driving performance: a randomized, controlled crossover trial.
Brands B, Zaweel A, Wright M, Di Ciano P, Wickens CM, Matheson J, Fares A, Hasan OSM, Sanches M, Sproule B, Huestis MA, Brown TL, Le Foll B
Editorial: COVID and psychotropics 2024: lessons learnt and future directions for research.
Di Ciano P, Das S, Toren P, Scherbaum N
Driving by frequent cannabis users 'the morning after' last use of smoked cannabis: an observational driving simulator study.
Zakala C, Zhao S, Battistuzzi A, Nette A, Matheson J, Le Foll B, Brands B, Wickens CM, Kaduri P, Hasan O, Wang W, Chen S, Di Ciano P
The impact of medical cannabis on driving safety: A driving simulation study.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Automobile Driving; Cbd; Cognition; Driving Simulation; Medical Cannabis; Oral Cannabis; Quasi-Experimental Design; Road Safety; Thc
Combined and Separate Effects of Cannabis and Tobacco: Psychomotor, Subjective and Physiological Outcomes (CASE-CT)
Principal investigators: Di Ciano, Patricia
Keywords: Cannabis; Cognition; Driving; Subjective Effects; Thc; Tobacco
Cannabidiol as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder among Canadian Veterans: a pilot clinical trial
Principal investigators: Shield, Kevin D; Brands, Bruna; Oliffe, John L; Ravindran, Arun; Richardson, J Don; Van Ameringen, Michael
Keywords: Cannabidiol; Cannabis; Gender; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Gary Remington and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 73 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Patricia Di Ciano: 44 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Isabelle Boileau: 32 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Bruna Brands: 21 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Peter Selby: 16 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Isabelle Boileau: 15 shared papers
- Bruna Brands and Patricia Di Ciano: 15 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Michael Chaiton: 12 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Patricia Di Ciano: 12 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Stefan Kloiber: 11 shared papers
- Beth Sproule and Bruna Brands: 11 shared papers
- Andriy Samokhvalov and Bernard Le Foll: 10 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Beth Sproule: 10 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Stefan Kloiber: 9 shared papers
- Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Isabelle Boileau: 8 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Wei Wang: 6 shared papers
- Beth Sproule and Patricia Di Ciano: 6 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Ariel Graff-Guerrero: 6 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Sergio Rueda: 5 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Wei Wang: 5 shared papers
- Stefan Kloiber and Wei Wang: 5 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Pablo Rusjan: 4 shared papers
- Gary Remington and Pablo Rusjan: 4 shared papers
- Sergio Rueda and Patricia Di Ciano: 4 shared papers
- Patricia Di Ciano and Wei Wang: 4 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Gary Remington: 3 shared papers
- Andriy Samokhvalov and Peter Selby: 2 shared papers
- Bernard Le Foll and Jürgen Rehm: 2 shared papers
- Jürgen Rehm and Peter Selby: 2 shared papers
- Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Patricia Di Ciano: 2 shared papers
- Sergio Rueda and Michael Chaiton: 2 shared papers
- Andriy Samokhvalov and Jürgen Rehm: 1 shared paper
- Andriy Samokhvalov and Michael Chaiton: 1 shared paper
- Andriy Samokhvalov and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Bernard Le Foll and Yoassry Elzohairy: 1 shared paper
- Yoassry Elzohairy and Bruna Brands: 1 shared paper
- Yoassry Elzohairy and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Gary Remington and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Jürgen Rehm and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Peter Selby and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Pablo Rusjan and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Michael Chaiton and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Stefan Kloiber and Patricia Di Ciano: 1 shared paper
- Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Research Imaging Center
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
- Positron, Emission Tomography (PET Centre)
- Psychiatry
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Bernard Le Foll
Department of Family and Community Medicine
44 shared papers, latest 2026
Bruna Brands
Faculty
15 shared papers, latest 2026
Isabelle Boileau
Faculty
12 shared papers, latest 2026
Beth Sproule
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Wei Wang
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Sergio Rueda
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Ariel Graff-Guerrero
Research Imaging Center
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Peter Selby
Department of Family and Community Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Andriy Samokhvalov
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Pablo Rusjan
Positron, Emission Tomography (PET Centre)
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Jürgen Rehm
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Chaiton
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Gary Remington
Research Imaging Center
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Stefan Kloiber
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Yoassry Elzohairy
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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