WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Research Grand Rounds

Join us for the WSU Elson S. Floyd Research Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 27!

12:10 p.m. – 1 p.m. PST

Guest speaker Dr. Matthew W. Johnson, PhD, will be presenting on “Psychedelics in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.”

Matthew W. Johnson, PhD, is The Susan Hill Ward Endowed Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Working with psychedelics since 2004, he is one of the world’s most widely published experts on psychedelics. He has published over 150 scientific papers, including psychedelic safety guidelines that helped to resurrect human psychedelic research, the first research on psychedelic treatment of tobacco addiction, and studies of psilocybin in cancer-related distress and depression. His psilocybin review recommended Schedule IV upon potential medical approval.

More information and register here.

Contact Renee Wahl, renee.wahl@wsu.edu, for questions.

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