Key Note Events

  • Frederick Streeter Barrett, PhD

    Breaking Barriers and Expanding Consciousness: Pioneering Psychedelic Science

    Website

  • Hamilton Morris

    Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: Synthetic Ibogaine-Natural Tramadol

    Website

  • Penn Psychedelic Collaborative

    Faculty Advisory Board Panel Discussion

Consciousness & Mind

  • Manoj Doss, PhD

    What Episodic Memory Research Can Tell us About Mechanisms of Psychedelic Drug Action: FLUX Model

    Website

  • Haley Maria Dourron, PhD Candidate

    Examining Perceptions of Psychedelic-Induced States in People with a History of Psychosis: Impact of Symptoms and Mental Health Benefits

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  • Jeffrey Vadala, PhD

    Virtual Reality and Psychedelics: Understanding the Mind and Human Experience

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  • Vicente Estrada Gonzalez, PhD

    Virtual Reality and Psychedelics: Understanding the Mind and Human Experience

    Website

  • Andrés Gómez Emilsson, Director of Qualia Research Institute

    Neural-Field Annealing and Psychedelic Thermodynamics

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Law & Public Policy

  • Allison Hoots, Esq.

    Freedom of Religion and Psychedelics

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  • Taylor Kurtzweil, M.S.

    Porta Sophia and the Psychedelic Patent Landscape

    Website

  • Jamie Ware, JD, MSW

    Legal Landscape and Barriers to Psychedelic Therapy & Breakthrough Therapies Act

Psychiatric Applications

  • Terence Ching, PhD

    New Directions in Psilocybin Research in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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  • Emily Hartwell, PhD

    Current Status of Psychedelics in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

  • Amy Lehrner, PhD

    Clinical Considerations in MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD

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  • Jamila Hokanson, MBA, MS, MD

    New Directions in Psilocybin Research in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Physiology & Biology

  • Carlo Siracusa, DVM, PhD

    Are Behavioral Disorders of the Domestic Dog and Cat a Viable Model for the Study of Psychedelic Treatements?

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  • Cody Wenthur, PharmD, PhD

    Investigating the Mechanistic Relationship Between Glucocorticoid Release and Anxiolytic Effects of Psychedelics: Insights from Rodent Studies

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  • Sarah Jefferson, MD, PhD

    Long-lasting Impacts of Short-acting Psychedelics on Brain Plasticity

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  • Emily Cribas, PhD

    A gut feeling: How our intestinal cellular network could bidirectionally shape psychedelics and their therapeutic effects

History, Sociology, & Anthropology

  • Joanna Kempner, PhD

    Role of Citizen Science in Psychedelic Research

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  • Lucas Richert, PhD

    From Peyote to Anhalonium: A Scandalously Short History of Mescaline Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century

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  • Andrea Ens, PhD Candidate

    Radically Conservative: Richard Alpert’s Postwar Psychedelic Conversion Therapies

Chemistry & Pharmacology

  • Dr. Ryan Gumpper

    Exploring the Mechanisms of 5-HT2A Receptor Activation: Potential for Biased Ligand Development

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  • Jason Wallach, PhD

    The Pursuit for Novel Psychedelics

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  • Michael H. Baumann, PhD

    Mining the NPS Library to Discover Novel Entactogens with Therapeutic Potential

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Beyond Psychiatric Applications

  • Caitlin Thompson

    Exploring Potential of Kambo for Autoimmune Disease: The First Human Observation Study

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  • Victor Pablo Acero, Bioengineering PhD Candidate

    Psychedelics for Neurotrauma: A Review of Mechanisms and Future Outlooks

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  • John Grothusen, PhD

    Salvinorin A for Stroke Rescue Purposes

Spirituality, Mysticism, & Theology

  • David Yaden, PhD

    Measuring Psychedelic Experience: Toward Cross-Cultural Inquiry and Data-Driven Instruments

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  • Bryan McCarthy, PhD

    Strange Bedfellows? MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy and a Roman Catholic Theology of Love

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Training & Pedagogy

  • Jamie Beachy, MDiv, PhD

    Preparing Ethical Practitioners for the Psychedelic Revival

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  • Emily Bloesch, PhD

    Beyond Consultation: A Working Group Approach to Psychedelic Studies

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  • Brigadier General (Ret.) Stephen N Xenakis, MD

    Brigadier General (Ret.) Stephen N Xenakis, MD

    Landscape Overview for Psychedelic Practitioners

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Medical Ethics & Philosophy

  • Nese Devenot, PhD

    Untested Assumptions in the Psychedelic Hype Bubble

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  • Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBe

    IRBs as Stakeholders in Psychedelic Research

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  • Wiliam Smith, MD, PhD

    Ethical & Policy Issues in Implementation of Psychedelics for Mental Health Care

Therapeutic Facilitation & Integration

  • Victor Cabral, MSW, LSW, CTTP

    Authenticity and Liberatory Consciousness: A Path Towards Liberation in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

    Website

  • Angela Ward, BSN, RN, HWNC-BC

    Empowering Healing: The Role of Ketamine and Psychedelic Nurse Coaching in Holistic Patient Care

    Website

  • Jess M. Jones, LCSW

    Promising Trauma-informed & Culturally-Responsive Practices in PAP

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  • Stephanie Van Hope, DPN, RN

    Nursing’s Past and Future in the Evolving Field of Psychedelic Therapy

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Plenary Sessions

  • Michael Baime, MD

    Meditation and Psychedelics

    Website

  • Mila Romero, Resident of Laklãnõ Xokleng Indigenous Reserve

    Instituto Zag and the Spirituality of Master Plants

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