Professor
Ruth A. Ross
Pharmacology and Toxicology
PhD
Location
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Address
777 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2C8
Research Interests
addiction, cannabis, molecular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, psychopharmacology, receptor pharmacology, signal transduction
Appointment Status
Primary
Accepting
Not accepting graduate students
Ruth Ross is engaged in research into the molecular pharmacology of the cannabinoids and related lipid signalling systems. Her research is directed both toward gaining insight into the deleterious effects of cannabis smoking, the potential for cannabis a medicine and the development of small molecules targeting G protein coupled receptors. Together with medicinal chemists she is engaged in the development of novel small molecule therapeutics for major diseases including chronic pain, addiction, cancer and diabetes.