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Berkeley University

The UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP) is a newly founded academic center that aims to improve health and well-being through culturally informed psychedelic research, training, and public education. The center is overseen by a multidisciplinary group of UC Berkeley faculty and is entirely funded through the generosity of donors such as The Steve and Alex Cohen Foundation, David Fialkow, Tim Ferriss, MUD\WTR, Christiana and Kimbal Musk, Blake Mycoskie, Joe and Sandy Samberg, and Dick Simon. BCSP is administratively housed within the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and draws on the expertise of researchers from across UC Berkeley.

BCSP's work spans five main focus areas, including a public education and journalism program that produces evidence-based, objective journalism, discussions, and courses about psychedelics, a research program that employs psychedelics to better understand fundamental properties of the mind, brain, and body, a training program that offers a certificate in psychedelic facilitation to prepare professionals working in a variety of fields to include psychedelics in their work, a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across all of its programs, and a dedication to the Indigenous principle of reciprocity, recognizing the interconnectedness with multiple social and cultural communities and giving back to the long-standing communities that have served as stewards of plant and fungal medicines.

• Teaches: Globally
• Website: https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/training/