Insight 20223
August 31 – September 3 in Berlin
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Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Internal Medicine

Prof. Dr. Matthias Liechti

University Hospital Basel

Matthias Liechti is a professor for clinical pharmacology and internal medicine at the University Hospital Basel. With his psychopharmacology research group at the Departments of Biomedicine and Clinical Research, Matthias Liechti investigates the pharmacology of psychoactive substances both in vitro and in humans. The group is best known for the work on the acute effects of MDMA (ecstasy) and LSD in humans. The team also characterizes the pharmacology of the constantly emerging novel psychoactive substances (designer drugs) using in vitro methods. In experimental clinical studies, the team investigates the clinical pharmacology of psychostimulants, MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, DMT and mescaline. The team also conducts Pharmaco-fMRI studies in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry. Further, the group is conducting phase 2 studies with LSD in patients with cluster headache, major depression, and anxiety disorder in collaboration with the respective disease specialists.

Conference Presentations

INSIGHT 2023: Acute Effects of Different Psychedelics and Their Interaction with Other Medications (TALK)

INSIGHT 2021: Psychedelic Research & Therapy (VIDEO)

INSIGHT 2019: Current Research on LSD in Healthy Subjects and Patients (VIDEO)

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