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Dominic Oliver

Dominic Oliver

PhD Student

Biography

Dominic is a PhD student at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, under the supervision of Dr Paolo Fusar-Poli and Professor Philip McGuire. Dominic’s research interests involve finding better ways to identify people at risk for psychosis and the interplay between psychosis risk and cannabis. His current studies investigate: a) environmental risk factors for psychosis and, b) different ratios of CBD:THC to find the optimum ratio that reduces the harmful effects of cannabis 

Before joining the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Dominic completed an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London before working as a research assistant in the Social Neuroscience lab at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. 

Research Interests

  • Early intervention in psychosis 
  • Cannabinoid pharmacology 
  • Experimental medicine 

Research Groups

EPIC (Early Psychosis: Intervention & Clinical detection) 

Expertise and Public Engagement 

Chaired organising committee for Mind the Brain, a public-facing research-centric event at UCL 

    News

    Cannabis intoxication triggers cognitive mechanism of addiction

    Researchers suggest that the main component of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), could underpin the cognitive mechanisms behind cannabis use...

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    Cannabis not made safer by increasing its CBD content

    New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) reduces...

    cannabis

    New study assesses mental health consequences of severe coronavirus infections

    A collaborative study between King’s College London and UCL has found that nearly a third of patients with severe coronavirus infections experienced a range...

    New study assesses mental health consequences of coronavirus infection

      News

      Cannabis intoxication triggers cognitive mechanism of addiction

      Researchers suggest that the main component of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), could underpin the cognitive mechanisms behind cannabis use...

      cannabis plant 780x440

      Cannabis not made safer by increasing its CBD content

      New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) reduces...

      cannabis

      New study assesses mental health consequences of severe coronavirus infections

      A collaborative study between King’s College London and UCL has found that nearly a third of patients with severe coronavirus infections experienced a range...

      New study assesses mental health consequences of coronavirus infection