Dr. Larissa Carneiro, Ph.D. is starting to recruit students for the research project "Decolonizing Indigenous Medicine: From Sacred Plants to Psychedelic Science" that will start in this Fall. This new research project that aims to create an academic space at Duke for undergraduate research on the use of psychoactive substances for healing in indigenous, religious, and scientific contexts. Mentored by a variety of scholars from Duke, from other institutions, and from indigenous communities, students will discuss and propose ways of decolonizing indigenous medicine, reflecting on the possibility and availability of a new medical research paradigm that will assure that indigenous knowledge is respected and integrated into contemporary psychedelic science.
She is seeking talented and interested undergraduate students to work with the emergent field of psychedelic science. Student researchers will gain valuable experience and expertise, earn a stipend ($500 per semester), and have the chance to work on a project with lasting significance not only to the fields of Religious Studies but also to indigenous studies, chemistry, biology, psychology and neuroscience and psychology and any other related field.
Please contact Dr. Carneiro via email directly for any additional questions or to request more information. Apply Now