Katharina Kirchner MSc

Katharina Kirchner MSc is currently involved with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) as an assistant to Dr. P. Gasser for the study of "LSD-assisted psychotherapy in persons suffering from anxiety associated with advanced-stage life-threatening diseases". She conducted her master thesis in "LSD-supported psychotherapy, effects on daily life and long term changes", supervised by Dr. P. Gasser & Dr. R. Stohler. Prior she joined a research project in Harare, Zimbabwe, for two months, which concerned the social- psychological evaluation of the implementation of solar disinfected water (SODIS)-strategy, in cooperation with UZH, ETH Zürich and EAWAG. Also, she did a clinical internship at the treatment center for torture victims in Ulm, Germany, and at the psychiatric department in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her extracurricular activities included organizing music and culture events in Zürich, voluntary work in Guatemala, and volunteering for the Psychedelic Science congress of MAPS in San Jose, USA, at the Word Psychedelic Forum in Basel, Switzerland, and for the 5th World conference for Ethnomedicine in München, Germany.