UCLA Ecological Medicine & Psychedelic Studies Initiative

Team

Leadership

Helena Hansen, MD, PhD

Cofounder & Director

Landon Pollack

Cofounder & Executive Director

Charles Grob, MD

Cofounder & Clinical Director

Ziva Cooper, PhD

Scientific Director

Marisol Ramos, MPP, MA

Senior Administrator

Founding Academic Council

Brian Anderson, MD, MSc

Katrina DeBonis, MD

Ronan Hallowell, MA, EdD

Ira Lesser, MD

Michael Makhinson, MD

Wendy Slusser, MD, MS, FAAP

Thomas Strouse, MD

Symposium Organizers

Taimie L. Bryant, PhD, JD, MA

Sam Gandy, PhD

Nurit Katz, MBA, MA

Todd Lynch, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C

Denese Shervington, MD, MPH

Stephanie Michael Stewart, MD

Scientific Advisors

Anya Bershad, MD

Jessica Jeffrey, MD, MPH, MBA

Stephen R. Marder, MD

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