- Strong match: 2 shared modalities
- Strong match: 3 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
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Ohio State University
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4 Trials1 Paper
The Ohio State University is a public land-grant research university based in Columbus, Ohio, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs and conducting research across many fields. It was founded as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and serves as a major educational and economic institution in Ohio.
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Blossom’s read
Ohio State is a serious, research-led university entrant rather than a specialist practitioner school. Its Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education brings together social work, psychiatry, plant pathology and public-health perspectives, with notable leadership from Alan Davis, whose background includes Johns Hopkins’ psychedelic research centre, and mycologist Jason Slot. The current offer is strongest as an accessible academic foundation and harm-reduction education, not as a route to becoming a psychedelic therapist or facilitator.
Who is Ohio State University for?
The Certificate in Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Studies best suits curious members of the public, students, researchers and professionals who want a structured grounding in psychedelic science, therapeutic applications, history, ethics and culture. Its separate P.E.A.C.E. training is aimed at licensed behavioural-health, emergency-department and emergency-medical-services professionals.
What do you need before you start?
CIPS is presented as open to students, professionals and lifelong learners at any institution, with no clinician licence listed as an entry condition. Completion requires all five units and a minimum score of 80% on the associated quizzes; P.E.A.C.E. seminars have professional eligibility requirements that vary by session.
Is Ohio State University accredited?
Ohio State University has institutional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. CIPS awards a certificate from Ohio State’s Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education, but it is an introductory university certificate rather than a professional licence or clinical facilitator qualification. The course listing does not state that CIPS carries CME, CE or other professional-credit approval.
How much does it cost?
The currently listed CIPS section costs $250. It is a 15 to 20-hour, online self-paced course covering five units, with readings, teaching materials and quizzes included in the course structure. P.E.A.C.E. seminars funded through Ohio’s Department of Behavioral Health may be free to eligible professionals.
What do you walk away with?
Learners who complete CIPS receive an Ohio State Certificate in Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Studies and gain introductory knowledge of psychedelic biology, therapeutic models, history, ethics, cultural contexts and equity considerations. The certificate can support further study, research or professional development, but it does not authorise clinical practice or psychedelic facilitation.
Research journey
Built from the 3 trials Ohio State University has sponsored, placed at the date each one started.
Similar course providers
Reference points selected from shared training modalities, learner audience, level, delivery format, pricing, and location.
- Strong match: 2 shared modalities
- Strong match: 4 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
- Strong match: 3 shared modalities
- Strong match: 5 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
- Strong match: 2 shared modalities
- Strong match: 3 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: introductory level
- Also shares: online delivery
Quick Facts
- Type
- academic
- Founded
- 1870
- HQ
- United States
- Website
- Visit
Research Landscape
What the registered trials Ohio State University sponsors or participates in look like when you line them up. Counts come from Blossom’s trial records as of August 2026.
What's live right now, and what stopped?
SourcedRegistry status of all 4 Ohio State University trials Blossom tracks. Orange marks trials recruiting or opening.
Don't read stopped trials as failures: trials end early for funding, recruitment, and strategy reasons too. Status is as last synced from the registry; some 'recruiting' trials may already have finished.
Sponsored Trials
3RecruitingII
A Mechanistic Study to Assess a Single Dose of CYB003 in Participants with Depression and Anxiety
- Start Date
- Compounds
- Psilocybin, Placebo
CompletedII
Psilocybin for the Treatment of Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Start Date
- Compounds
- Psilocybin
Active not recruitingIV
Ketamine-Assisted Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A Pilot Study
- Start Date
- Compounds
- Ketamine
Where this pipeline sits in the field
Ohio State University runs late-stage trials that Blossom ranks by how soon a catalyst is expected, alongside every other Phase 2 and Phase 3 study in the field.
Collaborated Trials
1Research Papers
1Recent activity
- StartedA Mechanistic Study to Assess a Single Dose of CYB003 in Participants with Depression and Anxiety (NCT06820723, psilocybin)
- CompletedPsilocybin for the Treatment of Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCT05554094, psilocybin)
- NewsA pilot study at Ohio State University found that nine of 12 veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD no longer met diagnostic criteria one month after psilocybin-assisted therapy.Independent
- StartedPsilocybin for the Treatment of Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCT05554094, psilocybin)
- StartedKetamine-Assisted Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A Pilot Study (NCT05950711, ketamine)