Dr. David I. Wasserman is an Associate Consultant at CannDelta Inc. where he brings his scientific, technical, and teaching experience to the team. David has a strong passion for refining procedures, and critical thinking and provides retail store training, scientific, and regulatory consulting with a client-first approach. Prior to joining CannDelta, David worked as a Research and Development Associate at Canadian Cannabis Licensed Producer TerrAscend where he was involved in formulating and designing Cannabis 2.0 products, coordinating technology transfers, and interpreting and coordinating compliance to regulatory requirements. In addition, he worked to analyze processes and procedures used to produce cannabis products and implemented strategies to help refine, streamline, and improve upon them, especially in scaling from benchtop to full production.
For over 10-years, David had been conducting research and teaching at some of Canada’s top universities. In addition to his research into the neuronal basis of addiction, David has substantial experience with scientific and regulatory writing (including grants, technical documents, SOPs, and section 56 exemptions); developing course curriculums, lecturing, and teaching; and utilizing an array of scientific equipment and procedures.
David earned his Ph.D., Master’s degree, and an Honours Bachelors of Science in psychology (neuroscience) from the University of Toronto where he studied the neuropharmacology and mechanisms of action of drugs of abuse in rodents. Following his doctorate, he held a postdoctoral position at the University of Guelph where he utilized touchscreen technologies and transgenic rodent models of Alzheimer’s Disease to study the longitudinal course of the disease. Afterwards, David relocated to Western University where became the Lab Manager of the Rodent Cognition Core and a Research Associate and Lab Manager at the Translational Cognitive Neuroscience (TCN) Lab. At Western, he helped to design and plan biosafety-level-2 compliant facilities (laboratories, animal facilities, and surgical suites), establish laboratory procedures, oversee and train staff, and help guide the policies, scientific, and technical directions of the research group.
