This will be the first extended-state DMT study in the US. Bravo to Eugene Jhong for making such an important and far-sighted donation. today.ucsd.edu/story/1.5-mill…

Opioids No Better Than Placebo at Relieving Back Pain jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

We are conducting a brain imaging based-study on the effects of psilocybin (active ingredient in “magic #mushrooms ) on individuals with chronic #phantom limb #pain. Please scan QR code and/or share if interested.

Slower resting respiration rate during painful heat was associated with lower pain and higher CBF in the supramarginal gyrus (ventral attention network) in meditation naive individuals. Higher trait mindfulness predicted lower pain and breathing rate. rdcu.be/dgNvA

Great new study from Siri Leknes and her incredible team published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine rapm.bmj.com/content/early/… Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Brian D. Sites, M.D., M.S.

Out now in Nature Medicine, a first-of-its-kind phase 1 clinical trial shows #psilocybin is a safe, tolerable and acceptable therapy for females with #AnorexiaNervosa The study was led by @DrKnatzPeck and Dr. Walter Kaye of UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry Full paper: nature.com/articles/s4159…

A crash in the desert, an amputation, and magic mushrooms — check out the origin story of UCSD’s Psychedelic Research Center, the phantom limb study they’re working on and what drug they plan to start dosing people with next. Spoiler alert: it’s DMT. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/08/17/ucs…

Landmark study demonstrating that one (very high) dose of #Psilocybin with psychological support produced durable improvements in depression as compared to placebo. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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check out our work led by Patrick Finan and collaborators Carly Hunt Frederick Barrett Fadel Zeidan Eric L. Garland et al

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New #paper alert. Out now in Nature Communications Interested in gradients and the default mode network? Then read on. nature.com/articles/s4146…

🚨Job Alert x2! Two assistant prof searches at UCSD Psych: 1. Computational approaches to understanding behavior and/or its neural mechanisms. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03684 2. Social psych, broadly defined. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03683 Apply for either (or both?) by November 7th!

We are recruiting individuals living with phantom limb pain to study the effects of #psychedelics #psilocybin on pain and health? Please share if you know anyone interested.

Recently Published! 🧘‍♀️ Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Endowed Professor Fadel Zeidan was published in BiologicalPsychiatry for his newly published study on the impact of #mindfulness meditation for pain management. Read the study ➡️ tinyurl.com/ZeidanMindfuln…

In a breakthrough that could explain why opioid therapies are less effective in women, UC San Diego UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers have discovered that men and women utilize different biological systems to relieve pain. bit.ly/40ilT3y

Postdoctoral position available in department of Anesthesiology at UCSD. Please contact Dr. Fadel Zeidan for more information at [email protected] Lab page: buff.ly/4i6FF7w #Postdoc #Job #UCSD

Abstract portal is open until April 30th for the 2025 International Symposia for Contemplative Research held in Chapel Hill, NC from November 3 - 6, 2025. iscrsociety.org/2025-conferenc…

We are recruiting individuals who are registered and non-registered organ donors to complete a few surveys. $15 to complete! Scan the flyer !