Mahmoud A. ElSohly is an Egyptian-born American pharmacologist known for his research into

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

. He is a professor of pharmaceutics and research professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

. He is also the director of the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Research Project, the only legal source of

marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...

that can be used for medical research in the United States. He is also the president and laboratory director of ElSohly Laboratories, Incorporated.

Education and career

ElSohly received his B.S. and M.S. from Cairo University, after which he received his Ph.D. from the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

. He began working at the University of Mississippi in 1976. In 1980, he became the director of their Marijuana Project. In addition to his work on cannabis, ElSohly's research on

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led to the development of PDC-APB, a candidate for a vaccine against skin irritation from poison ivy.

Books

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References

External links

Mississippi Faculty pageElSohly Laboratories, Inc.
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Living people American pharmacologists Cairo University alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni University of Mississippi faculty Egyptian emigrants to the United States Cannabis researchers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-academic-scientist-stub