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Sarah Mennenga
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Sarah Mennenga is a neuroscientist and expert in psychedelic medicine, neuropharmacology, and clinical trials investigating novel treatments for mental health and substance use disorders.
Her research examines how psychedelics affect the brain, why individuals respond differently to treatment, and how these therapies can be developed safely and effectively.
Her work spans preclinical and clinical research, integrating molecular biomarkers, behavioral assessments, and objective measures of treatment response to better understand therapeutic mechanisms and advance precision medicine.
Mennenga is a research professor at Arizona State University, where she leads interdisciplinary research at the intersection of neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychedelic medicine.
She has extensive experience designing and conducting psychedelic clinical trials, including research on psilocybin for depression and alcohol use disorder, and leads federally and state-funded initiatives advancing psychedelic therapeutics.
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PBS NewsHour
NYU Langone News
Theoretically, if you were to break down all these associations temporarily—anxiety, emotion, cues in the environment—that would change the direction in which things go in the future.
Sarah Mennenga PBS NewsHour
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