Robert C. Malenka, MD, PhD - Medical Marijuana

Last updated on: 9/21/2007 | Author:

Robert C. Malenka, MD, PhD Biography

Title:

Nancy Friend Pitzker Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University

Position:

None Found to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of Feb. 2003

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:

Key Experts
Physicians [Physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.] [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.]

Involvement and Affiliations:

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Stanford University
Member, National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
Neuroscience Program, Stanford University
Former Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, University of California San Francisco
Former Associate Director, University of California San Francisco Center for Neurobiology & Psychiatry

Education:

MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1983
BS, Biology, Harvard University, 1978

Other:

Areas of study include: Cellular Neurobiology, Membrane Excitability, Molecular Neurobiology, Developmental Neuroscience