{"id":741,"date":"2023-06-22T13:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelics\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:58:06","slug":"rachael-sumner-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/rachael-sumner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachael Sumner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributor &#8211; Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/06\/Rachael-Sumner-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/06\/Rachael-Sumner-1-1.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/06\/Rachael-Sumner-1-1-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>I am a research fellow at the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland.&nbsp;My research focusses on using electroencephalography (EEG) and computational modelling to provide a mechanistic understanding of how drugs and disorder affect the brain. I have worked with ketamine, scopolamine, LSD in the context of understanding novel treatments for depression. From my doctoral work I have a particular passion for women\u2019s health and menstrual cycle related disorders. I am currently leading a clinical study on catamenial epilepsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auckland profile:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprofiles.auckland.ac.nz%2Fr-sumner%2Fpublications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CP.Sjostedt-Hughes%40exeter.ac.uk%7C16c08a925f46413bc6fa08db2481b1cb%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C638143911664822684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JRV85MGaJH896WcQ5vUMXV4Sm5QllsWEUy3I5iqDYT4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/profiles.auckland.ac.nz\/r-sumner\/publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Colloquium Presentation: 31 March 2023 \u2013 3.30-5pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acute mood-elevating and pro-social properties of microdosed LSD in healthy volunteers: a home-administered randomised controlled trial.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microdosing psychedelic drugs is a widespread social phenomenon with diverse claims of benefits to mood and cognition. Randomised controlled trials have failed to support these claims, but the laboratory-based dosing in trials to date may have limited ecological validity. In this study healthy male volunteers were randomised into Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) (n = 40) and placebo (n = 40) groups and received 14 doses of either 10 \u03bcg LSD or an inactive placebo every three days for six weeks. First doses were given under supervision in a laboratory setting, with other doses self-administered at home. I will present on the MDLSD study early results including those that demonstrate that microdosing elicited increases in scales associated with mood and prosocial effects. I will include discussion on future directions for microdosing and where our research is heading next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributor &#8211; Speaker I am a research fellow at the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland.&nbsp;My research focusses on using electroencephalography (EEG) and computational modelling to provide a mechanistic understanding of how drugs and disorder affect the brain. I have worked with ketamine, scopolamine, LSD in the context of understanding novel treatments for depression. 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