And the winners of RACE 2022 are...

Last Wednesday in Brussels, the final of the Research Awards for Cannabis in Europe, a prize for excellence designed to reward and motivate European students to work on the Cannabis plant as part of their European higher education curriculum.

10 entries were reviewed in two different categories - CBD in pharmacies and the societal challenges of hemp - before a jury of 8 professionals, including Newsweed, selected the 2 winners.

The RACE is organized by the CBD Foundation and sponsored by CBX Medical.

The 10 files

In the pharma category :

• Development and in vitro evaluation of cannabidiol-based oral formulations by Ilias El Meziani
• Albumin based nanoparticles for delivery in cancer Treatment by Mandana Heron
• A new approach to the treatment of Tourette syndrome by Manon Van Caekenberghe
• New perspective in the treatment of schizophrenia by Ozdemir Timur
• Cannabis for Medical Use and Parkinson's Disease by Charlotte La Diega

In the Hemp societal issues category :

• Medical regulation of therapeutic and recreational cannabis in France: a priority public health issue? by Tristan Mahe
• Technical and economic study on the cultivation of two industrial hemp varieties for CBD and CBG production by Arthur Libault
• Cannabis use interrelations: lessons in market design by Davide Fortin
• Medical cannabis in the treatment of anxiety in adults: a review of the literature by Dimitri Allard Demoustiez
• Evaluation of the eligibility of industrial hemp as candidate pant for the remediation of PFAS contaminated soils by Simon vandersanden

The 2 winners

After deliberation by the jury, the 2 winners were chosen:

Pharmacist Timur Ozdemir won the Pharma category for his analysis of the potential of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of schizophrenia.

Simon Vandersanden, PhD student, won the Societal Issue category for his work on the ability of hemp plants to extract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from soils, and the plant compartments that store PFAS.

The 2 winners each took home the sum of €2,500.

The next RACE competition will take place in 2024.