Biography
I started working as a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at King's in June 2022. Previously, I worked in the Department of Addictions as a Research Fellow from 2021 to 2022, working on a project with Professor Sir John Strang and Dr Basak Tas about opioid overdose and wearable devices that may be able to detect overdose.
Previously, I worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit at UCL between 2016 and 2021 on two different projects. From 2017 to 2021, I coordinated the ‘CannTeen’ project which investigated the acute and chronic effects of cannabis in adolescents. From 2016 to 2017, I coordinated a clinical trial which examined ketamine as a treatment for alcohol dependence (KARE).
I received my PhD from UCL in 2016. My supervisors were Prof Val Curran and Prof Celia Morgan. The thesis was entitled ‘Drug and non-drug reward processing in cigarette and cannabis users’. I gained an undergraduate degree from Cambridge in 2012 in Natural Sciences with a specialism in Experimental Psychology.
Currently, I am actively researching cannabis and opioid overdose. My areas of expertise are: cannabis, addiction, psychopharmacology, opioid overdose, reward processing, and fMRI in addiction studies.
Research Interests
- Cannabis
- Opioid overdose
- Addiction
- Ketamine as a treatment of addiction
- Adolescent drug use
- Reward processing
- Using fMRI to understand addiction
Teaching
I will run the 3rd year 'Addictions' Psychology BSc module and teach on the 2nd year 'Choices' Psychology BSc module. I also teach on the Addictions MSc course.
Expertise & Public Engagement
I have delivered numerous assemblies to schools across London about the impact of cannabis on adolescent development and my research into cannabis has been featured in national newspapers.
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Borissova, A., Soni, S., Aston, E. R., Lees, R., Petrilli, K., Wall, M. B., Bloomfield, M. A. P., Mertzani, E., Paksina, A., Freeman, T. P., Mokrysz, C., Lawn, W. & Curran, H. V., 1 Sep 2022, In: Drug and alcohol dependence. 238, 109531. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109531
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Lorenzetti, V., Hindocha, C., Petrilli, K., Griffiths, P., Brown, J., Castillo-Carniglia, Á., Caulkins, J. P., Englund, A., El Sohly, M. A., Gage, S. H., Groshkova, T., Gual, A., Hammond, D., Lawn, W., López-Pelayo, H., Manthey, J., Mokrysz, C., Liccardo Pacula, R., van Laar, M., Vandrey, R. & 5 others, Wadsworth, E., Winstock, A., Hall, W., Curran, H. V. & Freeman, T. P., Sep 2022, In: Addiction. 117, 9, p. 2558-2560 3 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15956
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Wall, M. B., Freeman, T. P., Hindocha, C., Demetriou, L., Ertl, N., Freeman, A. M., Jones, A. P. M., Lawn, W., Pope, R., Mokrysz, C., Solomons, D., Statton, B., Walker, H. R., Yamamori, Y., Yang, Z., Yim, J. L. L., Nutt, D. J., Howes, O. D., Curran, H. V. & Bloomfield, M. A. P., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 36, 6, p. 732-744 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811221092506
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Lorenzetti, V., Hindocha, C., Petrilli, K., Griffiths, P., Brown, J., Castillo-Carniglia, Á., Caulkins, J. P., Englund, A., ElSohly, M. A., Gage, S. H., Groshkova, T., Gual, A., Hammond, D., Lawn, W., López-Pelayo, H., Manthey, J., Mokrysz, C., Liccardo Pacula, R., van Laar, M., Vandrey, R. & 5 others, Wadsworth, E., Winstock, A., Hall, W., Curran, H. V. & Freeman, T. P., Jun 2022, In: Addiction. 117, 6, p. 1523-1525 3 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15855
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Lawn, W., Fernandez-Vinson, N., Mokrysz, C., Hogg, G., Lees, R., Trinci, K., Petrilli, K., Borissova, A., Ofori, S., Waters, S., Michór, P., Wall, M. B., Freeman, T. P. & Curran, H. V., May 2022, In: Psychopharmacology. 239, 5, p. 1629-1641 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06143-3
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Lawn, W., Mokrysz, C., Lees, R., Trinci, K., Petrilli, K., Skumlien, M., Borissova, A., Ofori, S., Bird, C., Jones, G., Bloomfield, M. A. P., Das, R. K., Wall, M. B., Freeman, T. P. & Curran, H. V., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811221108956
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Skumlien, M., Langley, C., Lawn, W., Voon, V., Curran, H. V., Roiser, J. P. & Sahakian, B. J., Nov 2021, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 130, p. 512-528 17 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.008
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Lorenzetti, V., Hindocha, C., Petrilli, K., Griffiths, P., Brown, J., Castillo-Carniglia, Á., Caulkins, J. P., Englund, A., ElSohly, M. A., Gage, S. H., Groshkova, T., Gual, A., Hammond, D., Lawn, W., López-Pelayo, H., Manthey, J., Mokrysz, C., Pacula, R. L., van Laar, M., Vandrey, R. & 5 others, Wadsworth, E., Winstock, A., Hall, W., Curran, H. V. & Freeman, T. P., 27 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15702
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Mokrysz, C., Shaban, N. D. C., Freeman, T. P., Lawn, W., Pope, R. A., Hindocha, C., Freeman, A., Wall, M. B., Bloomfield, M. A. P., Morgan, C. J. A., Nutt, D. J. & Curran, H. V., Sep 2021, In: Psychological Medicine. 51, 12, p. 2134-2142 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720001038
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Freeman, A. M., Mokrysz, C., Hindocha, C., Lawn, W., Morgan, C. J. A., Freeman, T. P., Saunders, R. & Curran, H. V., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 35, 7, p. 804-813 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881120959601