Since 2006, she has worked in clinical research at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on clinical studies with psilocybin for adults with anxiety related to advanced-stage cancer and with MDMA-assisted therapy for autistic adults who experience social anxiety. She is currently a lead clinician and supervisor for a new clinical trial at UCSF of psilocybin-assisted therapy for psychological distress in long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS. She earned her doctorate degree at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where she co-developed and taught the first graduate-level course on psychedelic theory, research, and clinical considerations for therapists and researchers in training. More: https://www.aliciadanforth.com/