United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council and King's College London
Marta Di Forti, MRC Senior Clinical Fellow & Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research – Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Marta Di Forti

MRC Senior Clinical Fellow & Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research

Research overview

Current work in the Cannabis & Me team combines genetics, epigenetics, peripheral levels of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids, alongside Virual Reality social scenario-exposure data from current heavy cannabis users and young adults suffering their first psychotic episode. Cannabis & Me is gathering and analyzing data from human participants in parallel with data from behavioral, genetic and epigenetic data from a mouse model of chronic exposure to cannabinoids. In collaboration with others, Marta Di Forti and her team aim to identify the biological pathways to psychosis among cannabis users. Read more about Cannabis & Me on Twitter and Instagram.

Marta Di Fortis is the lead Consultant Psychiatrist of the Cannabis Clinic for Patients with Psychosis

Selected Publications

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