The NYU Langone Psychedelic Medicine Research Training Program

The Psychedelic Medicine Research Training Program at NYU Langone offers extensive guidance and mentorship for budding scientists delving into psychedelic studies.

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Course Description

The NYU Langone Psychedelic Medicine Research Training Program provides comprehensive support and mentoring for early-career scientists pursuing psychedelic research. Launched in 2020 by NYU Langone’s Center for Psychedelic Medicine, this program aims to develop independent research careers focused on psychedelic and psychedelic-inspired treatments.

Trainees receive partial or full salary and benefits for up to 5 years, along with mentorship and funding to complete a research project. The training encompasses proposal development, study implementation, data analysis, grant applications, and more. Weekly seminars led by program directors provide guidance, accountability, and community.

This innovative program builds capacity and sustainability in this emerging field by fostering the next generation of psychedelic scientists. Graduates gain the knowledge, experience, and networks to conduct rigorous studies expanding psychedelics’ therapeutic applications.

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

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This course includes

  • Modules 5
  • Duration 5 Years
  • Skills University
  • Language English
  • Availability Always
  • Certificate No
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