About the Authors

Manik Chhabra

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Evan C. Lewis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North Toronto Neurology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert Balshaw

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Breanne Stewart

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Quality Management in Clinical Research (QMCR), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Zina Zaslawski

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Trinity Lowthian

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Youth Research Partners, Childhood Cannabinoid Therapeutics (C4T), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Zahra Alidina

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Youth Research Partners, Childhood Cannabinoid Therapeutics (C4T), Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada

Melila Chesick-Gordis

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Youth Research Partners, Childhood Cannabinoid Therapeutics (C4T), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wenli Xie

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Britt I. Drögemöller

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Galen E. B. Wright

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Kathryn A. Birnie

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Katelynn E. Boerner

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vivian W. L. Tsang

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Samantha Lee Irwin

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Texas at Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s Pediatric Headache Program, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Daniela Pohl

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Alexander G. Weil

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Sainte Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Erick Sell

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Erika Penz

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Amy Robson-MacKay

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sophia Mbabaali

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Stephanie Blackman

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Center for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Shanlea Gordon

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jane Alcorn

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cannabinoid Research Initiative of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Richard J. Huntsman

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cannabinoid Research Initiative of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Division Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Tim F. Oberlander

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

G. Allen Finley

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Center for Pediatric Pain Research, IWK Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lauren E. Kelly

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

lauren.elyse.kelly@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

Lauren E Kelly is the Scientific Director for The Canadian Collaborative for Childhood Cannabinoid Therapeutics (C4T) academic research team. She holds funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Cancer Society, Research Manitoba, the Sick Kids Foundation, the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, the University of Manitoba and a Mitacs Accelerate award in partnership with Canopy Growth. Dr. Kelly was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Health Products Containing Cannabis at Health Canada and is president elect for the Board of Directors of the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC). Richard J. Huntsmanis a clinical lead for both the Cannabinoid Research Initiative of Saskatchewan and C4T. He was the co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Health Products Containing Cannabis at Health Canada. Katelynn E Boerner’s time is supported by a fellowship from the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program, and she currently holds unrelated funding from the Society of Pediatric Psychology, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, ZonMw: The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, and the CHILD-BRIGHT Network. Evan C. Lewis has received speaking honoraria from Spectrum Therapeutics, Biome Grow, MedReleaf and Miravo Healthcare. He holds a non-salaried position as the Chief Medical Advisor for the JMCC Group. He was the Vice President of Neurology Services for Numinus, a psychedelic medicine treatment and research company. He is a member of the Expert Committee of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society (MCCS) in the United Kingdom and sits on the Advisory Councils for Cannabis Patient Advocacy & Support Services (CPASS) and MedCan. In the last 12 months, Samantha Lee Irwin has received honoraria for authoring a chapter for the Canadian Pharmacy Association (CPhA) and for doing an online lecture for NeuroDiem. She also receives compensation for scientific consulting (Impel NeuroPharma Inc, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals and Lundbeck A/S) and has had research support from the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Manik Chhabra has been granted the 2022 Research Manitoba-George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation in Health Research PhD Studentship Award. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.