Tas Branch CME - Cannabis and mental illness

The Tasmania Branch invites you to attend this in-person dinner lecture presented by Canadian Professor Tony George.

Date: Thursday 19 June 2025

Time: 6-9 pm

Venue: Movenpick Hotel, 28 Elizabeth St, Hobart

Cost:
$65 per person (incl. GST) for dinner and lecture (free for Tasmanian Trainees*)
$75.00 for Non-Members
Zoom attendance available for members in the north/north west.

Please register by 12 June 2025.

Event information

Tony P. George, M.D., FRCPC

Dr. George is Professor of Psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (UofT), and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He received his B.Sc. (1988) and M.D. (1992) degrees from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and then did his psychiatry residency (1992-96) and a fellowship in translational neuroscience (1996-98) at Yale University. He joined the Yale Psychiatry faculty in 1998, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004. In 2006, he moved to UofT and CAMH as the Chair in Addiction Psychiatry, which he held until 2012. He has held a number of leadership positions, including as Chief of Schizophrenia (2008-16) and Addictions (2016-19) Divisions and Medical Director of the Complex Mental Illness Program (2012-16) at CAMH, and Co-Director of the Brain and Therapeutics Division in the UofT Department of Psychiatry (2006-2018).

Dr. George's research focuses on understanding and treating substance use disorders in people with serious mental illness. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and other reports. His work has been funded by NIDA and CIHR since 1999. From 2021-2023, he served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee at the Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). He wrote the chapter on Nicotine and Tobacco in Cecil Textbook of Medicine in the last four editions (2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023). He is Co-Principal Editor for Neuropsychopharmacology (NPP), the official journal of The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP).

*This event is free for Tasmanian trainees to attend. Those who don't attend on the night will be invoiced for the cost of the meal ($65), unless there are extenuating circumstances. If you are no longer able to attend, you must advise ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org before 12 June 2025, and you won't be charged.

This is an in-person event. If you are unable to attend in person i.e., for members in the north / north west of the state, there will be an option to view the event via live stream. Please note, as this is an in-person event, attendees will have the priority and their questions addressed first, if there is time, questions may be taken from the online audience.

Registrations for this event close at midnight on 12 June 2025.

Cancellation and refund policy

Change of mind cancellations must be made in writing and sent to ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org for a full refund by 12 June. Cancellations made after this date will not be refunded.

COVID-19 Compliance

All participants attending in person will be required to comply with the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols in place with the venue/s and the event which will be aligned and compliant with all relevant Commonwealth and state government health advice at that time. By registering for this event, the RANZCP reserves the right to provide your contact details to authorities for the purposes of contact tracing and any other relevant government requirements.

Details of the protocols and requirements will be available on the website and all registrants will be bound by these requirements. The RANZCP reserves the right to update the COVID protocols to ensure the health and safety of participants, including but not limited to event entry requirements. Participants may be excluded if they do not comply with the requirements of the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols.

Directions

Parking options: on street parking; Argyle St carpark parking (closes 10 pm)

Live stream attendees will be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Confirmation of start time for the webinar will also be sent with the link.

Contact

Please contact the Tasmania Branch if you have any questions.
ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org
Tel. (03) 6235 1804