Chelsea Shover, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry at Stanford University
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“There are valid reasons to pursue medical cannabis policies, but this [lowering opioid deaths] doesn’t seem to be one of them. I urge researchers and policymakers to focus on other ways to reduce mortality due to opioid overdoses.”
“Medical Marijuana Does Not Reduce Opioid Deaths,” sciencedaily.com, June 10, 2019
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry, July 2018-present
- Teaching Assistant/Associate, Stanford University, 2016-present
- Epidemiology Assistant, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Aug. 2015-Sep. 2018
- Recipient, New Investigator Scholarship, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 2018
- Staff Epidemiologist, Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, June-Oct. 2015
- Recipient, Edward Eager Memorial Fund Prize, Harvard College, 2011
- United States Presidential Scholar, US Department of Education, 2007
- Education:
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- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 2018
- AB, English, Harvard University, 2011
- Other:
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- None found