The Penn Psychedelics Collaborative is a multi-school consortium of faculty, researchers, clinicians, and trainees advancing the University of Pennsylvania as a hub of scholarship and innovation in the psychedelic field. We catalyze novel transdisciplinary research by integrating ideas across disciplines, increase broader societal impact by engaging and collaborating with the community, and shape the future of psychedelic scholarship through educational and training programs.
Through the catalyzation of transdisciplinary research, we envision that the Penn Psychedelics Collaborative will advance our understanding and utilization of psychedelics towards the betterment of human well-being, and expand our understanding of human consciousness.
Our Mission
Foundational Pillars
SYNERGY
Transdisciplinary Research
& Collaboration
• To foster work between scholars across ethnobotany, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, clinical medicine, nursing, social policy, law, bioethics, religious studies, anthropology, business, and philosophy.
• To create new conceptual, experimental, theoretical, methodological, clinical, and translational innovations that integrate and transcend discipline-specific strategies to tackling research problems.
POSSIBILITY
Student Education
& Training
• To develop world-class coursework and training programs.
• To prioritize student training through mentorship, research opportunities, coursework, and professional development opportunities.
HARMONY
Community Outreach
& Engagement
• To prioritize the needs of the Philadelphia community to conduct naturalistic setting, participatory- driven, harm reduction, and implementation research.
• To ensure the inclusion of all stakeholders and expedites the translation of research to the communities in need.
• To provide legislators and advocacy organizations with the knowledge necessary to create evidence-based policies.