Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social
The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research studies how psychedelics affect behavior, mood, cognition, brain function, & biological markers of health.
hopkinspsychedelic.org
hopkinspsychedelic.org
Next up in the Psychedelic Archives Project guest speaker series is Dr. Catherine Freddo, presenting on Jan 7, 2025 at 4:30pm EST. Join for free at the link below! 👇
jhubluejays.zoom.us/j/92622903856
jhubluejays.zoom.us/j/92622903856
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Next up in the Psychedelic Archives Project guest speaker series is Dr. Catherine Freddo, presenting on Jan 7, 2025 at 4:30pm EST. Join for free at the link below! 👇
jhubluejays.zoom.us/j/92622903856
jhubluejays.zoom.us/j/92622903856
On Thursday December 11, it was Dr. Brandon Weiss', Dr. Fred Barrett's, and Dr. Bit Yaden's honor to host Bradley Plunkett, Mikayla Harris, and Katie Johnston, professional staff members of Senator Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Senate Committee of Veteran Affairs
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December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On Thursday December 11, it was Dr. Brandon Weiss', Dr. Fred Barrett's, and Dr. Bit Yaden's honor to host Bradley Plunkett, Mikayla Harris, and Katie Johnston, professional staff members of Senator Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Senate Committee of Veteran Affairs
More details: x.com/JHPsychedeli...
More details: x.com/JHPsychedeli...
On Tuesday December 9, CPCR Director Dr. Fred Barrett and Assistant Professor Dr. Brandon Weiss took part in a roundtable exchange among VA representatives, researchers, and veteran groups organized by the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs.
For more details:
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For more details:
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December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On Tuesday December 9, CPCR Director Dr. Fred Barrett and Assistant Professor Dr. Brandon Weiss took part in a roundtable exchange among VA representatives, researchers, and veteran groups organized by the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs.
For more details:
x.com/JHPsychedeli...
For more details:
x.com/JHPsychedeli...
Dr. David Yaden was interviewed by The Harvard Gazette on the need for large, rigorous NIH-funded psychedelic research.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dr. David Yaden was interviewed by The Harvard Gazette on the need for large, rigorous NIH-funded psychedelic research.
Our new review is out! 🎉
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
We pull together behavioral and neuroimaging evidence showing that psychedelics not only shift perception and emotion but also influence how the brain handles cognitive control.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
We pull together behavioral and neuroimaging evidence showing that psychedelics not only shift perception and emotion but also influence how the brain handles cognitive control.
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our new review is out! 🎉
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
We pull together behavioral and neuroimaging evidence showing that psychedelics not only shift perception and emotion but also influence how the brain handles cognitive control.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
We pull together behavioral and neuroimaging evidence showing that psychedelics not only shift perception and emotion but also influence how the brain handles cognitive control.
We review evidence that psychedelics disrupt executive function acutely but post-acutely enhance cognitive flexibility via increased executive network connectivity, though more research is needed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We review evidence that psychedelics disrupt executive function acutely but post-acutely enhance cognitive flexibility via increased executive network connectivity, though more research is needed.
Curious about psychedelics beyond the hype? Our new Coursera course, Psychedelic Science and Medicine, offers clear, evidence-based education on how they work & who they may help.Perfect for clinicians, students, researchers, or anyone wanting reliable info in a rapidly growing field. Enroll below👇
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Curious about psychedelics beyond the hype? Our new Coursera course, Psychedelic Science and Medicine, offers clear, evidence-based education on how they work & who they may help.Perfect for clinicians, students, researchers, or anyone wanting reliable info in a rapidly growing field. Enroll below👇
CPCR Faculty
@existwell.bsky.social
will give a talk on his book, which is now out on paperback, in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins campus. Open to the public! Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm 11 E. 33rd St
@existwell.bsky.social
will give a talk on his book, which is now out on paperback, in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins campus. Open to the public! Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm 11 E. 33rd St
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
CPCR Faculty
@existwell.bsky.social
will give a talk on his book, which is now out on paperback, in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins campus. Open to the public! Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm 11 E. 33rd St
@existwell.bsky.social
will give a talk on his book, which is now out on paperback, in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins campus. Open to the public! Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm 11 E. 33rd St
Over the weekend, CPCR hosted a satellite event to the 2025 @sfn.org conference. Researchers around the world gathered to discuss the latest advances in psychedelic neuroscience—sharing successes and challenges of translational models and exploring strategies to bridge preclinical and clinical work.
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Over the weekend, CPCR hosted a satellite event to the 2025 @sfn.org conference. Researchers around the world gathered to discuss the latest advances in psychedelic neuroscience—sharing successes and challenges of translational models and exploring strategies to bridge preclinical and clinical work.
CPCR Medical Director, Dr. Sandeep Nayak spoke on a panel yesterday with Jada Pinket Smith at the Not Alone Summit in Las Vegas, discussing psychedelics and mental health
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
CPCR Medical Director, Dr. Sandeep Nayak spoke on a panel yesterday with Jada Pinket Smith at the Not Alone Summit in Las Vegas, discussing psychedelics and mental health
Dr. David Yaden will be speaking at MGH’s Psychedelics & Psychedelic Medicine Conference (Nov 14–15, virtual). Learn the latest research + earn CME/CE. Use code NET50 to save $50.
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dr. David Yaden will be speaking at MGH’s Psychedelics & Psychedelic Medicine Conference (Nov 14–15, virtual). Learn the latest research + earn CME/CE. Use code NET50 to save $50.
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Can psychedelics help us understand disease-related hallucinations?
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
Hallucinations Happen When the Brain Fills in the Blanks
Psychedelics and Parkinson’s may trigger hallucinations through the same system, revealing how fragile the balance is between externally and internally generated perception.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can psychedelics help us understand disease-related hallucinations?
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
Last week, Drs. Weiss and Yaden joined a Humanities on the Hill panel after the film In Waves and War, discussing the impact of war on Veterans and the promise of psychedelic therapies, alongside Marcus Capone, Paul Shenk, and Dr. Virginia Jewiss.
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last week, Drs. Weiss and Yaden joined a Humanities on the Hill panel after the film In Waves and War, discussing the impact of war on Veterans and the promise of psychedelic therapies, alongside Marcus Capone, Paul Shenk, and Dr. Virginia Jewiss.
‼️Healthy Volunteers Needed‼️
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
‼️Healthy Volunteers Needed‼️
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
CPCR members (Fred Barrett, Jessica Dyal, Tess Richardson) attended the kickoff meeting for Reunion Neuroscience’s REKINDLE trial, which will test RE-104—a shorter-acting psilocybin-like compound—for adjustment disorder. Stay tuned for recruitment updates!
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CPCR members (Fred Barrett, Jessica Dyal, Tess Richardson) attended the kickoff meeting for Reunion Neuroscience’s REKINDLE trial, which will test RE-104—a shorter-acting psilocybin-like compound—for adjustment disorder. Stay tuned for recruitment updates!
🎬 Free Screening: In Waves and War — a documentary on three former Navy SEALs’ journeys with psychedelic therapy.
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎬 Free Screening: In Waves and War — a documentary on three former Navy SEALs’ journeys with psychedelic therapy.
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
Dr. Fred Barrett presented preliminary data on psilocybin’s efficacy for treating depression with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and its underlying therapeutic mechanisms at the 38th annual ECNP Congress in Amsterdam.
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dr. Fred Barrett presented preliminary data on psilocybin’s efficacy for treating depression with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and its underlying therapeutic mechanisms at the 38th annual ECNP Congress in Amsterdam.
🚨 There are limited spots left to attend the SfN Psychedelic Research Event 🧠
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
SFN — Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
hopkinspsychedelic.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨 There are limited spots left to attend the SfN Psychedelic Research Event 🧠
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Welcome our new postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Eddie Jacobs. Dr. Jacobs comes to us from Oxford where he investigated ethical aspects of psychedelic therapies. At the CPCR, his work will explore how pre-existing worldviews & beliefs influence the quality and character of psychedelic experiences
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Welcome our new postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Eddie Jacobs. Dr. Jacobs comes to us from Oxford where he investigated ethical aspects of psychedelic therapies. At the CPCR, his work will explore how pre-existing worldviews & beliefs influence the quality and character of psychedelic experiences
🎙️ New podcast from @undarkmag: Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu, joins Harvard’s Dr. Bertha Madras to discuss what we really know about psychedelics as medicine.
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
Podcast: Do We Know Enough to Use Psychedelics As Medicine?
This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to a psychologist and a neuroscientist about the science behind psychedelics.
undark.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🎙️ New podcast from @undarkmag: Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu, joins Harvard’s Dr. Bertha Madras to discuss what we really know about psychedelics as medicine.
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
Reposted by Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases
AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit
academic.oup.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze.
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
Psychedelics and plasticity: from synapses to cognition | 38th ECNP Congress preview
YouTube video by European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze.
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
Dr. Brandon Weiss recently met with congressional staff, NIH, and federal regulators to discuss Veteran health and the importance of rigorous research in guiding safe, responsible psychedelic therapies.
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dr. Brandon Weiss recently met with congressional staff, NIH, and federal regulators to discuss Veteran health and the importance of rigorous research in guiding safe, responsible psychedelic therapies.
🚨 ATTN SfN attendees: Join our pre-SfN event “The Trip between Bedside and Bench: Advancing Cross-Species Translation in Psychedelic Neuroscience.”
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
SFN — Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
hopkinspsychedelic.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 ATTN SfN attendees: Join our pre-SfN event “The Trip between Bedside and Bench: Advancing Cross-Species Translation in Psychedelic Neuroscience.”
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
1/ New consensus statement just dropped on the potential for psilocybin in clinical care, from the Task Group on Psychedelics and Related Compounds of the US National Network of Depression Centers
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
1/ New consensus statement just dropped on the potential for psilocybin in clinical care, from the Task Group on Psychedelics and Related Compounds of the US National Network of Depression Centers
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...