Speaker Name: Dr. Sebastian Straube
Session Description:
This presentation will consider the safety aspect of using cannabis in detail, exploring evidence pertaining to road safety and discussing implications for the workplace. Reference will be made to the 2025 OEMAC position statement on the implications of cannabis use for safety-sensitive and decision-critical work.
Learning Objectives:
- Consider the safety aspect of using cannabis with regard to road safety
- Consider the safety aspect of using cannabis with regard to workplace safety
- Discuss the 2025 OEMAC position statement on the implications of cannabis use for safety-sensitive and decision-critical work
BIO
Sebastian Straube holds degrees in Medicine and Physiological Sciences from the University of Oxford, where he also did his DPhil (PhD). After clinical work and research at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, he joined the University Medical Center Göttingen (Germany). There he completed his Habilitation (German postdoctoral qualification) and his postgraduate training in Occupational Medicine. Dr. Straube took up his current post in the Division of Preventive Medicine of the University of Alberta’s Department of Medicine in 2014. He was appointed as Division Director for Preventive Medicine in 2016 and promoted to Full Professor in 2019.
Dr. Straube has also been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health since 2015. He is the Director of the Foundation Course in Occupational Medicine, which teaches Occupational Medicine to physicians in Canada and the Middle East. Dr. Straube’s research is focussed on information synthesis in Occupational Medicine and beyond.