Rachel Yehuda
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Key Impact
She is a leading PTSD and trauma researcher whose work now helps shape clinical research on MDMA- and psilocybin-assisted therapy.
Background & Research
Rachel Yehuda is a prominent neuroscientist and psychiatrist known for her foundational research on traumatic stress, PTSD, intergenerational trauma, and stress biology. She leads Mount Sinai’s Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research, where her group studies MDMA- and psilocybin-assisted treatments for PTSD. She is also a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has long been associated with trauma research in veterans and other trauma-exposed populations.
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