Brad Adams, Ph.D.
Ayahuasca, Psychiatric Distress, and the Meaning of Life: Results from a Pilot Study in Peru
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Peter H. Addy, Ph.D.
Clinical Potential of the Plant Salvia Divinorum
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Brian T. Anderson
Drug Ethnography and Clinical Trials: Designing a Psilocybin Therapy Protocol
Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Draulio Barros de Araujo, Ph.D.
Rapid Antidepressant Effects of the Psychedelic Ayahuasca in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

José Carlos Bouso, Ph.D.
What Do the Spirits Do? Towards an Understanding of the Psychological Mechanisms of Transformation
Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Ignacio Carrera, Ph.D
Ibogaine and Neurotrophic Factors: GDNF, BDNF and NGF Releasing Properties of Ibogaine and Activity of Novel Ibogaine Analogues
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Wendy Chapkis, Ph.D.
Medical Marijuana in a Recreational Age
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM • Skyline Room

Bruno Ramos Gomes, M.A.
Plant Medicine or Psychedelic Medicine? Understanding the Healing Processes with Ayahuasca and Ibogaine
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Dawn D. Davis, M.A.
Conservation Strategies for Sustainability of the Peyote Gardens: What is the Indigenous Approach?
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM • Jr. Ballroom

Alexander Dawson, Ph.D.
Peyote's Race Problem
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Benjamin De Loenen, M.A.
Ayahuasca Legal Prosecution Worldwide: Connecting the Dots
Friday April 21, 2017 • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Laura Dev, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate
The Role of Plants in Knowledge Production: Collaborators or Objects of Study?
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM • Jr. Ballroom

Kevin Feeney, Ph.D.
Peyote as Medicine: An Examination of Therapeutic Factors that Contribute to Healing
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Ben Feinberg, Ph.D.
Conflict and Transformation in Mazatec and Outsiders' Views of the Therapeutic Value of Mushroom Use in Huautla
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Martin Fortier, Ph.D. Candidate
The Sense of Reality in Hallucinogenic Experiences: A Comparative Study of Serotoninergic and Anti-Cholinergic Plants
Friday April 21, 2017 • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM • Skyline Room

Paul Glue, M.D., FRC Psych
Ibogaine and Opioid Withdrawal: Does it Work and Is it Safe?
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Débora González, Ph.D.
Long-Term Effects of Ayahuasca on the Quality of Life, Well-Being and Health of Western Users: A Longitudinal Study
Friday April 21, 2017 • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Rachel Harris, Ph.D.
Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety
Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM • Grand Ballroom

Kathleen Harrison, M.A.
Cannabis and Spirituality: Exploring the Plant-Human-Spirit Relationship
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Grand Ballroom

Shana Harris, Ph.D.
"Ibogaine Works": Examining the Effectiveness of Psychedelic Drug Treatment from an Anthropological Perspective
Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM • Skyline Room • CE

Sandor Iron Rope
Indigenous Perspectives on Peyote’s Healing Potentials and Conservation Challenges
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 2:00 - 3:00 PM • Grand Ballroom

Adele Lafrance, C. Psych.
Nourishing the Spirit: Exploratory Research on Ayahuasca Experiences Along the Continuum of Recovery from Eating Disorders
Friday April 21, 2017 • 2:30 - 3:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Anya Loizaga-Velder, Ph.D.
Evaluating the Efficacy of Ayahuasca Assisted Treatment for Substance Dependency
Friday April 21, 2017 • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Gabor Maté, M.D.
From Jungle To “Civilization": How Plant Medicines Can Promote Health In a Toxic Culture
Friday April 21, 2017 • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Dennis McKenna, Ph.D.
Beyond Ayahuasca: Occurrence and Biological Activities of Some Naturally Occurring ß-carbolines
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Diana Negrín, Ph.D.
Peyote Dreams: From Collective Ritual to Personal Treatment?
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE • CME

Jessica Nielson, Ph.D.
Ayahuasca for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Assessing Risks and Benefits through Anonymous Community Feedback
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Tehseen Noorani, Ph.D.
Re-Teaching New Tools: Critical Pedagogy and Psychedelics as Plant Teachers
Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM • Jr. Ballroom

Melanie Oliveira, Hons. B.Sc.
Examining the Effects of Pre- and Post-Ceremony Factors on Self-reported Therapeutic Experiences to Identify Preliminary Guidelines for Mental Health Clinicians Regarding the Ritualized Use of Ayahuasca
Friday April 21, 2017 • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Bruno Rasmussen Chaves, M.D.
Ibogaine in Brazil: Finally Stepping out from the Underground?
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Raven Renèe Ray, M.A.
Ayahuasca Treatment Center Safety for the Western Seeker
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM • Skyline Room

Stevens Rehen, Ph.D.
Biological Effects of Ayahuasca in Human Neural Stem Cells and Minibrains
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Amanda Reiman, Ph.D.
The Use of Cannabis as a Substitute for Opiate and Non-Opiate Based Pain Medication
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Jordi Riba, Ph.D.
Salvinorin-A: A Perception-Modifying Drug with a Unique Neurophysiological Profile
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM • East Hall • CE

Sidarta Ribeiro, Ph.D.
Whole Organisms or Pure Compounds? Entourage Effect versus Drug Specificity
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Emilia Sanabria
Healing Encounters: Ayahuasca and the Politics of Knowledge
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM • Grand Ballroom

Constanza Sánchez Avilés, Ph.D.
Ayahuasca Practices as Intangible Cultural Heritage: A New Piece in the Drug Policy Puzzle?
Friday April 21, 2017 • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Stacy B. Schaefer, Ph.D.
Peyote: Plant Medicine for the Body, Mind, and Soul
Saturday April 22, 2017 • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Scott Shannon, M.D., ABIHM
Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Anxiety: A Large Case Series
Friday April 21, 2017 • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Jordan Sloshower, M.D., M.Sc.
Integrating Plant Medicines and Psychiatry: Theory and Methods of a Model Clinic
Sunday April 23, 2017 • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Adam Snider, M.A.
Psychotherapy with Clients who Participate in Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM • Skyline Room

Joanna Steinhardt, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
Psychedelic Naturalism: Psilocybin and the Evolution of Amateur Applied Mycology
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM • Skyline Room

Joe Tafur, M.D.
The Potential Role of Epigenetics in Ayahuasca Shamanism
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Jr. Ballroom • CE

Gerald Thomas
The Impact of Ayahuasca-Assisted Therapy for Addiction and Stress Among a Rural First Nations Community in Canada: A Qualitative Analysis
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE

Luís Fernando Tófoli, Ph.D.
Treating Alcohol-Related Disorders with Ayahuasca
Friday, April 21, 2017 • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM • Grand Ballroom • CE

Clare S. Wilkins
A Novel Approach to Detoxification from Methadone Using Low, Repeated, and Cumulative Administering of Ibogaine
Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Skyline Room • CE