Matthew Hill is a Professor in the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Psychiatry at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, the inaugural Chair of the Mental Health Initiative in Stress and Trauma and the Deputy Director of the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education. Dr. Hill’s research has primarily focused on endocannabinoid signaling, its dynamic regulation by stress and how it modulates neural circuits governing stress, fear and anxiety. He has published over 190 scientific papers in the field, sits on numerous editorial boards for several scientific journals. Dr. Hill has been the recipient of numerous awards and has been elected as a Member in the Royal Society of Canada College of Young Scholars. Dr. Hill has regular engagement with the media and has been featured in the New Yorker, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Scientific American, Wall Street Journal, Vice News, CBC News and Radio as well as in documentaries on cannabis produced by PBS/NOVA, Vice and CBC: The Nature of Things and was recently featured in an episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast that was focused on Cannabis.