The Neuropsychopharmacology of Psychedelic Drugs

Sponsored by the Hans Lowenbach Memorial Fund

Frederick Streeter Barrett, Ph.D. is the Oliver Lee McCabe III, Ph.D. Professor in the Neuropsychopharmacology of Consciousness and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research. Dr. Barrett has been conducting psychedelic research at Johns Hopkins University since 2013. His research in heathy participants and in patients with mood and substance use disorders focuses on the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms underlying the acute subjective and enduring therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs. Dr. Barrett has published first-in-human studies of the acute and enduring effects of classic psychedelics and atypical hallucinogens on emotion, decision making, and brain function, and he has developed scientific instruments and published foundational papers on the psychometric evaluation of both mystical and challenging experiences evoked by psychedelic drugs. Dr. Barrett has been featured on the TEDMED stage and PBS NOVA and he has appeared in numerous popular press and news outlets, including NPR, CNN, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Telegraph, The Hill, Forbes Magazine, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, Business Insider, Vogue, Wired, VICE, Nature Outlook, Scripps Research, and local public radio stations throughout the United States and abroad.