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Dr Simon Ruffell

Psychiatric Doctor

  • Senior Research Associate

Research interests

  • Mental Health

Biography

Simon graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Sheffield before specialising in psychiatry. He has an interest in transcultural psychiatry, working overseas in Northern Uganda. He has a special interest in psychedelic research, namely ayahuasca and has spent the last four years conducting research into the use of ayahuasca in an adapted traditional setting in the Peruvian Amazon. Simon is currently based at The Maudsley Hospital in South London, as well as working as a Senior Research Associate at King's College London looking at the use of psilocybin in treatment resistant depression.

Research interests

  • Transcultural Psychiatry
  • Psychedelics
  • Ayahuasca

News

Largest trial to date shows that psilocybin reduces depression symptoms

A new multicentre clinical trial led by COMPASS Pathways across 22 international sites, including the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience...

Spilled medication and bottle

News

Largest trial to date shows that psilocybin reduces depression symptoms

A new multicentre clinical trial led by COMPASS Pathways across 22 international sites, including the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience...

Spilled medication and bottle