Decolonizing Indigenous Medicine: From Sacred Plants to Psychedelic Science
Saturday | April 18, 2026 | 9am - 5pm
AMCR - Alumni Memorial Commons Room - 152 Langford Bldg. - West Campus
PANELS
9:30-10:40am | THE ETHICAL USE OF INDIGENOUS SACRED PLANTS
Dr. Dawn D. David - researcher - member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
Faith Hochman - Duke University | Alicia Martinez - Duke University
10:50am-12:10pm | PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED-THERAPY
Dr. Tamar Glatman Zaretsky - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Alyssa Draffin - University of North Carolina
Vittoria Corvelli and Christina Colwell - Duke University
1-2:10pm | ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF PSYCHEDELICS
Dr. Charles Nichols - Louisianna State University.
Dr. Diego Bohórquez - Duke University School of Medicine
Caleb Lian - Duke University
2:20-3:50pm | THE HEALING PROMISES OF PSYCHEDELICS
Dr. Zarmeen Zahid - John Hopkins University.
Dr. Cynthis Kuhn - Duke University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Escobar Gomez - Duke University | Elie Zeichick - Duke University
4-5pm | CULTURAL CONVERSATION
A Paradise Threatened with Alex Lucitante, member of the Cofán people (Ecuador) and 2022 winner of the Goldman Prize for Leadership
For more information about this event, contact: Larissa Carneiro (larissa.carneiro@duke.edu)