Publications 

 

2024 

Ramani A, Townsend R, Rodriguez E, Haughian JM, and Stewart LK. Daily Cannabidiol and L-Theanine Beverage Consumption Does Not Alter Anxiety, Fatigue, Cognitive Function, or Natural Killer Cell Function. A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Healthy, Young Adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Integrative. (2024). 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbii.2024.100045 

 

2023 

 Kisiolek JN, Flores VA, Ramani A, Butler B, Haughian JM, Stewart LK. Eight Weeks of Daily Cannabidiol Supplementation Improves Sleep Quality and Immune Cell Cytoxicity. Nutrients (2023). 15(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194173 

 

Flores VA, Kisiolek JN, Ramani A, Townsend R, Rodriguez E, Butler B, Stewart LK. Effects of Oral Cannabidiol on Health and Fitness in Healthy Adults: An 8 Week Randomized Trial. Nutrients. (2023). 12(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122664.  

 

Lisano J, Kisiolek J, Flores V, Smoak P, Pullen N, Stewart LK. Chronic Cannabis Use is Associated with Altered Monocyte Phenotype, Immune Response, and Depression in Physically Active Individuals. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. (2023). 101(6). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjpp-2022-0451 

 

Lisano J, Flores V, Kisiolek J, Stewart LK. Regular Use of Cannabis in Female Athletes is Associated with a Reduction in Early Anaerobic Power. Journal of Strength and Conditioning. (2023). 37(3). 612-622. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000004297. 

Presentations (by Year…similar to UNC Active Schools Institute 

 

Stewart , LK.Is Cannabidiol a Slam Dunk for Athletes? Invited Talk. 11thAnnual Concussion 

Symposium. Sport Neuropsychology Society. May 5, 2023.  

 

Ramani AH, Flores VA, Kisiolek JN, Townsend R, Rodriguez E, Butler B, Stewart LK. Eight Weeks of Daily Cannabidiol Appears to Attenuate Declines in Anaerobic Power Over Time. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. May 2023. UNC Research Day 2023.  

 

Townsend R, Stewart LK. Esports, Exercise, and Depression. A Cross-Sectional Analysis. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. May 2023. UNC Research Day 2023. 

 

2022 

 Vita AA and Pullen NA. Exploring the mechanism of berberine-mediated Tfh cell immunosuppression. Phytomedicine. 2022; 105 (October). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154343 

 

Rasé VJ, Hayward R, Haughian JM, and Pullen NA. Th17, Th22, and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Population Dynamics and Response to IL-6 in 4T1 Mammary Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022 (September); 23(18): 10299. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810299. 

 

Moderate Intensity Endurance and Resistance Exercise Attenuates Cachexia in Tumor-bearing Mice. Wood NR, Garritson J, Mathias A, Haughian JM, Hayward R. Anticancer Res. 2022 Jan;42(1):397-405. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.15498.