Dr David Allsop
Lecturer
David joined the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) as a lecturer in June 2009 and is coordinating a study into the withdrawal effects associated with quitting cannabis.
David has many years of quantitative research experience, and has lectured on experimental design and statistical analysis as well as on various aspects of animal behaviour. David performed his doctoral work on the evolution of reproductive behaviour at Edinburgh University in Scotland, before carrying out postdoctoral studies in animal behaviour at Sydney University, under a Royal Commission Commonwealth Research Fellowship.
David has carried out wide ranging experiments in fields as diverse as the evolution of altruism, designing genetic probes using cloning techniques, to quantifying the neurophysiological correlates of emotion using brain imaging techniques. David is particularly interested in understanding human behaviour from an evolutionary perspective.
