Academic Psychedelic Research

Jessica Nielson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and the Institute for Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Jessica has been researching the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca to treat posttraumatic stress (PTS) since 2016, and is currently the Principal Investigator for the VISUP study, the first psilocybin clinical research study at UMN investigating how psilocybin impacts visual perception and neuroplasticity in the human brain.

Academic Psychedelic Research

Dr. Ranji Varghese is board certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. He completed his medical school training at the University of California, Irvine and his specialty training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He currently serves as Medical Director for Choices Psychotherapy and The Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center at Hennepin Healthcare.

He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota where he has published in peer reviewed journals, serves as Principal Investigator on a human subject trial utilizing high density-EEG as a tool to better understand dissociative sleep states and provides Clinical Supervision and didactic lectures for Sleep Medicine Fellows.

As part of his personal, clinical and research interests into the varied states of consciousness, he is co-investigator of the VISUP trial, the first FDA approved psilocybin trial in the state of Minnesota. His role includes assisting in the development of research protocols and safety standards, and serving as a safety and research monitor during human subject psilocybin administration.

Academic Psychedelic Research

Dr. Doss is a meta-physician who has spent his professional career -0. His interest in ketamine and psychedelic-assisted medicine started after the loss of a friend who struggled with burnout and depression. He believes that the pure medical model does not meet the current needs of the population. As a preventive medicine provider, he understands that the bio-psycho-spiritual approach is how we can help address the increasing rates of depression, anxiety, chronic pain, addiction, and suicide. Dr. Doss believes that ketamine assisted-psychotherapy is the practical application of this model in the clinical setting, and that the medicine is a tool to complement therapy, not a cure itself. He is a firm believer in post-traumatic growth, and seeks for all his patients to become stronger after experiencing trauma.

Dr. Doss is a board-certified physician and is a co-founder of the the Institute for Integrative Therapies (IIT), the first clinic dedicated to solely providing psychedelic therapies in Minnesota. Under the supervision of Dr. Paul Wolfson,  he has received Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy training at the Ketamine Training Center. He is also employed by HealthPartners as a staff physician, assistant faculty member, and Assistant Medical Director for General Mills. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Doss is an environmental health consultant working on projects that study the built environment’s impact on human health, including the State’s CVH and Diabetes 2030 Plan. He hails originally from Virginia and now calls Minnesota his home along with his wife (MN native) and two dogs. His goals in the coming years are to be an advocate for psychedelic therapies within the medical community, contribute to academic literature, and create a community of psychedelic practitioners.”

Ketamine and Treating Racial Trauma

Mailae Halstead is a Nationally Certified Counselor currently based out of Tolland, Connecticut. While much of her work is spent treating PTSD and OCD using empirically supported treatments, she is passionate about practicing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy that centers cultural humility and empowerment. Mailae is part of the Connecticut, Expanded Access site sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelics (MAPS) using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. She also regularly provides ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Mailae aspires to contribute to a future with equitable and de-stigmatized access to psychedelic healing.

Psychedelics and Unlocking the Womb

Ayana Iyi is a modern day witch with ancient sensibilities, utilizing entheogenic plants in her work as a Psychic and Medium. Ayana has an intimate relationship to spirit going back to early childhood. Sharing many decades of experience working as a healer of immense knowledge and power. Incorporating teaching fungi into her work was the perfect complement to accessing the ancient worlds of the divine feminine. Many testify to the fullness, depth and passion that Ayana brings to the Psychedelic community.

​Ayana Iyi Detroit native has realized that her journey as Warrior High Priestess is a journey of wisdom, innerstanding and truth. As a visionary in her communities and throughout the US, she inspires women to reclaim their Birthright(s) as Goddess, Warrior and Mother through counsel, tarot and entheogenic ceremony. Most importantly, by divine example. Wife, Elder and Mother to many, Ayana works effortlessly to provide spiritual guidance for all of her sisters and daughters. Showing that total acceptance, love and knowledge of self is her code of life through Profundity, Intelligence, Silence and Truth.

Intro to Meta programming the Human Biocomputer with Psychedelics

Founder of MycoSymbiotics, William Padilla-Brown is a social entrepreneur, citizen scientist, mycologist, amateur ‘psychologist’, urban shaman, writer, you-tube vlogger, contributing editor for Fungi mag, researcher, poet, and father. William holds Permaculture Design Certificates acquired through Susquehanna Permaculture and NGOZI. William is leading the country in the field of Cordyceps cultivation. William regularly teaches at mushrooms clubs around the country, festivals, Agricultural conferences, and more. 

Singularity Consciousness & Spontaneous Healing with Bufo

“The Beantown Ghetto Shaman” is a visual artist, certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher and intuitive healer from Boston. He grew up in the inner city of Roxbury and was influenced by his father and mother from a very young age to value the study of metaphysics, mysticism, occult information and spirituality. In college at Northeastern University Duli was introduced to psilocybin mushrooms which had a very life changing affect on him and ever since has been exploring the benefits of “Teaching Plants and Fungi”.  Through personal experience he advocates the use of entheogens in a sacred manner. Duli strongly believes that “Urban Shamanism” can help heal trauma based issues, bring people together from various backgrounds/races and bring a new found awareness of self and connection to the earth and Great Spirit!