Philanthropists Barry and Joy Lambert have been recognised with Honorary Fellowships by the University of Sydney for their pioneering collaboration on the establishment of the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics. Barry and Joy Lambert (centre) with Sydney Medical School’s Head of School and Dean, Professor Cheryl Jones, and Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr Michael Spence (L-R). The couple was conferred with Honorary Fellowships by Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael Spence at the Faculty of Medicine and Health graduation ceremony. The citation referred to their “substantial contributions to research excellence at the University through the establishment of the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics”. In 2015, Mr and Mrs Lambert pledged $33.7 million to the University of Sydney for research into the therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis at the Brain and Mind Centre . Their gift is being used to fund the Lambert Initiative. The Lambert Initiative is a world-leading research centre […]