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Nadia Solowij
BSc(Psych, UNSW) MA (Psych, Syd) PhD (UNSW)
Position:
- Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
- Cannabis, Ecstasy (MDMA), long term drug effects on cognitive function, schizophrenia and other psychoses, psychiatric comorbidity / dual diagnoses, neuropsychology, neuroscience, functional brain imaging.
Research Groups:
Affiliations:
- Schizophrenia Research Institute Affiliated Scientist
Memberships:
- Fellow of the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum
- Member Organization for Human Brain Mapping
- Member Schizophrenia International Research Society
- Member British Association for Psychopharmacology
- Member International Association for Cannabis as Medicine
- Member International Cannabinoid Research Society
- Member International Editorial Advisory Board Current Drug Abuse Reviews
- Member Editorial Advisory Board The Open Addiction Journal (Open Access online)
- Member of the Executive Panel on Cognition and Connectivity, Schizophrenia Research Institute
Recent Publications:
Searchable RIS publications 2000 to date.
Yücel M, Solowij N, Respondek C, Whittle S, Fornito A, Pantelis C, Lubman DI. (2008) Regional brain abnormalities associated with long-term heavy cannabis use. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (6), 694-701. [IF 15.976]
Cohen M, Solowij N, Carr VJ. (2008) Cannabis, cannabinoids and schizophrenia: An integration of the evidence. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42 (5), 357-368. [IF 2.573]
Solowij N, Battisti R. (2008) The chronic effects of cannabis on memory in humans: a review. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 1 (1), 81-98.
Solowij N, Michie PT. (2007) Cannabis and cognitive dysfunction: Parallels with endophenotypes of schizophrenia? Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 32 (1), 30-52. [IF 4.1]
Yücel M, Lubman DI, Solowij N, Brewer W. (2007) Understanding drug addiction: A neuropsychological perspective. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 957-969. [IF 2.573]
Monterrubio S, Solowij N. (2006) Chronic stress and adaptation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163 (3), 553. [IF 9.127]
Monterrubio S, Solowij N, Meyer B, Turner N. (2006) Fatty acid relationships in former cannabis users with schizophrenia. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology Biological Psychiatry, 30, 280-285. [IF 2.802]
Solowij N. (2006) Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Solowij N, Monterrubio S. (2006) Cognitive and neuropsychiatric consequences of endocannabinoid signaling dysfunction. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, 471-472. [IF 6.157]
| Email: | nadia@uow.edu.au |
| Phone: | +61 2 4221 3732 |
| Fax: | +61 2 4221 4163 |
| Office: | B41.150 |
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