David Crockford, Université de Montréal

Research

Cannabis Clinical Trial Psychosis Harm Reduction Technological Interventions Technological Intervention

Latest funding

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$2,350,000
Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,036,577
A clinical trial of CHAMPS, an app-based cannabis harm reduction intervention for young adults with first episode psychosis who do not seek to reduce cannabis use
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$799,426

All 3 grants and awards

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: The Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium

Principal investigators: Potvin, Stéphane; Dumais, Alexandre; Palaniyappan, Lena K; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Cognition; Longitudinal; Neuroimaging; Psychosis; Psychotherapy; Trial; Virtual Reality

$2,350,000

Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Abdel-Baki, Amal M; Crockford, David N; Roy, Marc-André; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Clinical Trial; Psychosis; Technological Intervention

$1,036,577

A clinical trial of CHAMPS, an app-based cannabis harm reduction intervention for young adults with first episode psychosis who do not seek to reduce cannabis use

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Abdel-Baki, Amal M; Crockford, David N; Roy, Marc-André; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Clinical Trial; Harm Reduction; Psychosis; Technological Interventions

$799,426

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cannabis Dear Professor Crockford, 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]. Your research on cannabis 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 "Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)" (2025), 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]