The Penn Psychedelics Collaborative is a multi-school consortium at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to pioneering transdisciplinary scholarship spanning the medical, therapeutic, metaphysical, and sociopolitical dimensions of psychedelics.
Our mission is to enhance human well-being, deepen our comprehension of human consciousness, and catalyze paradigm shifts across scientific and societal boundaries.
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.