Meet the Team
The R3CR is a comprehensive resource center that aims to support investigators involved in or interested in cannabis research.
The center is led by a team of experts from three partner institutions: the University of Mississippi (UM), the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and Washington State University (WSU).
The team’s collective expertise and experience are crucial to the R3CR’s mission to address barriers and challenges in cannabis research, providing guidance on regulations, research materials, and proposal development.
This collaboration allows the R3CR to offer a synergistic and broad scope of support that would not be possible from a single institution.
The team is dedicated to helping researchers generate more rigorous scientific evidence across a variety of research domains.
Research Support Core
Mary Paine, RPh, PhD (PI)
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Washington State University
Rebecca L. Cooney, MS
Professor
The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
Washington State University
Deena Hadi, BBA
Regulatory Standards Core
Ikhlas Khan, PhD (PI)
Director, The National Center for Natural Products Research
Distinguished Professor
Research Professor of Pharmacognosy
Program Director for FDA Program
Mahmoud ElSohly, PhD (PI)
Research Professor for the National Center for Natural Products Research
Professor of Pharmaceutics
Robert Welch, PharmD
Director of the National Center for Cannabis Research and Education
Research Associate Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Donald Stanford, MS
Assistant Director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Standards Core
Nandakumara Sarma, RPh, PhD (PI)
Director of Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicine at US Pharmacopeia
Amy Cadwallader, PhD
Director of Regulatory and Public Policy Development and Quality Institute at US Pharmacopeia
Macy Ma, PhD
Principal Scientist, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines at US Pharmacopeia