Rate My Professor Iain McGregor

Professor Iain McGregor is Professor of Psychopharmacology in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, and serves as Academic Director of the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics. He is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow responsible for academic and organisational leadership, strategic direction, governance, reporting, and the development of preclinical and clinical research strategies at the Initiative. McGregor oversees a team of more than 25 staff and students, including Associate Directors, and reports to the Internal Management Group. He leads strategic relations, advocacy, and education efforts, and has incorporated cannabis research into the curricula of Science and Medicine degrees at the University of Sydney. His research aligns with the Faculty of Science research strengths. McGregor earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Sydney in 1992 and holds an MA from the University of Oxford. His research spans medicinal chemistry, cellular assays, preclinical animal models of disease, and clinical trials in humans. Major areas of interest include the beneficial effects of oxytocin on social behaviour, development of novel treatments for addiction-related and mental health problems, pharmaco-epidemiology of increasing prescription psychotropic drug use in Australia and other countries, and the study of olfaction and pheromones. Renowned in medicinal cannabis research, he has authored more than 50 papers on cannabinoids, beginning over 20 years ago.