Usona Institute
Charles Raison is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Human Ecology and the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Charles is the Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families. Charles also serves as the Interim Director of Research in Spiritual Health at Emory University and as the Director of Clinical and Translational Research at Usona Institute. With a background in integrative mental health and a focus on the bi-directional relationships between stress and immune systems, Dr. Raison has also held positions at The University of Arizona and UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
Usona Institute
Usona Institute is a non-profit medical research organization dedicated to supporting and conducting pre-clinical and clinical research to further the understanding of the therapeutic effects of psilocybin and other consciousness-expanding medicines. Our mission and focus is on alleviating depression and anxiety in people for whom current medical treatments fall short in offering relief and a better quality of life. To learn more about our planned clinical trials, please visit https://usonaclinicaltrials.org