Our Faculty

The Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (CeCaR) includes faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, along with the UB schools of Architecture and Planning, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health and Health Professions, and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Meet our faculty

School of Public Health and Health Professions

R. Lorraine Collins, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor

Community Health and Health Behavior

327 Kimball Tower

Phone: (716) 829-6951

Email: lcollins@buffalo.edu

Jessica Sloan Kruger, PhD

Director, Teaching Innovation and Excellence; Clinical Assistant Professor

Community Health and Health Behavior

319 Kimball

Phone: (716) 829-6748

Email: jskruger@buffalo.edu

Daniel J. Kruger, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Community Health and Health Behavior

Kimball Tower

Phone: (716) 829-6100

Email: djkruger@buffalo.edu

Nicolas J. Schlienz, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Community Health and Health Behavior

313 Diefendorf Hall

Phone: (716) 829-2469

Email: schlienz@buffalo.edu

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Edward M. Bednarczyk, PharmD

Director, Center for Health Outcomes, Pharmacoinformatics and Epidemiology

Department of Pharmacy Practice

222 Pharmacy Building

Phone: (716) 645-4805

Email: eb@buffalo.edu

Qing Ma, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy Practice

315 Pharmacy Building

Phone: (716) 881-7500

Email: qingma@buffalo.edu

Marilyn E. Morris, PhD

SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

352 Pharmacy Building

Phone: (716) 645-4839

Email: memorris@buffalo.edu

Gene D. Morse, PharmD

SUNY Distinguished Professor

Department of Pharmacy Practice

NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

Phone: (716) 881-7464

Email: emorse@buffalo.edu

Jason A. Sprowl, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

372 Pharmacy Building

Phone: (716) 645-4849

Email: jasonspr@buffalo.edu

Sukyung Woo, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

352

Phone: (716) 645-2466

Email: skwoo@buffalo.edu

School of Nursing

Jennifer A. Livingston, PhD

Associate Professor

Family, Community & Health Systems Sciences

301 A Wende Hall

Phone: (716) 829-2486

Email: jal7@buffalo.edu

School of Social Work

Kelly Patterson, PhD

Associate Professor

School of Social Work

663 Baldy Hall

Phone: (716) 645-1248

Email: klp27@buffalo.edu

College of Arts and Sciences

Rebecca Ashare, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

228 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 829-6273

Email: rlashare@buffalo.edu

Craig Colder, PhD

Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Psychology

228 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0190

Email: ccolder@buffalo.edu

Larry Hawk, PhD

20th Century Club Professor

Department of Psychology

230 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0192

Email: lhawk@buffalo.edu

Gregory Loney, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

B72 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0241

Email: gcloney@buffalo.edu

Paul Meyer, PhD

Associate Professor; Behavioral Neuroscience Area Head

Department of Psychology

B71 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0263

Email: pmeyer@buffalo.edu

Jennifer Read, PhD

Professor; Department Chair

Department of Psychology

206B Park Hall

Phone: (716) 645-0193

Email: jpread@buffalo.edu

Alexis Thompson, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

355 Park Hall

Phone: (716) 887-2243

Email: act2@buffalo.edu

Wei Sun, PhD, CCC-A

Director, Graduate Studies - AuD and PhD Programs; Associate Professor

Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences

137M Cary Hall

Phone: (716) 829-5307

Email: weisun@buffalo.edu

School of Architecture and Planning

Robert Silverman, PhD

Professor

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

329 Hayes Hall

Phone: (716) 829-5882

Email: rms35@buffalo.edu

Li Yin, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

331 Hayes Hall

Phone: (716) 829-5883

Email: liyin@buffalo.edu

School of Law

Heather R. Abraham, JD

Associate Professor; Director, Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic

524 O'Brian Hall

Phone: (716) 645-2073

Email: habraham@buffalo.edu

Kim Diana Connolly, JD

Professor; Vice Dean for Advocacy and Experiential Education; Director, Clinical Legal Education

519 O'Brian Hall

Phone: (716) 645-2092

Email: kimconno@buffalo.edu

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Caroline Bass, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

955 Main Street, Room 3225

Phone: (716) 829-3790

Email: cebass@buffalo.edu

Kenneth Leonard, PhD

Director, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions; Professor

Department of Psychiatry

1021 Main Street

Phone: (716) 887-2509; Fax: kleonard@buffalo.edu

Peter Thanos, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

1021 Main Street

Phone: (716) 881-7520

Email: thanos@buffalo.edu