Jerome Sarris is Professor of Psychedelic Medicine at the Centre of Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, with adjunct positions at NICM Health Research Institute (Western Sydney University) and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (University of Melbourne). Co-Director of the Psychae Institute, he is a principal investigator of the Global Ayahuasca Project. His work focuses on the therapeutic potential of psychoactive plants — including psilocybin, ayahuasca, cannabis and kava — for mood and anxiety disorders.