Dr. Shanna Marrinan is Chair of the Cannabis Industry Council Research Committee, and Clinical Director at 4C Labs. She is also a member of the Drug Science Medical Cannabis Working Group. Shanna also continues to work as an Independent Consultant, formerly at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Houses of Parliament, and University College London, and lectures one day a week at IES. She was previously a research fellow at the Novel Psychoactive Substances Unit, University of Hertfordshire, and has published internationally on issues of drugs policy, toxicology and pharmacology. Her principal research interests include the therapeutic applications of psychoactive compounds, principally medical cannabis.