Usona Institute Employee Directory
Research ServicesWisconsin, United States11-50 Employees
Usona Institute is a small nonprofit medical research organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, dedicated to advancing pre-clinical and clinical studies around psilocybin and other consciousness-expanding medicines. Its work aims to relieve depression and anxiety for people whose current treatments offer limited relief or quality of life improvements. Operating in the research services field, the organization supports and conducts studies through collaborations with researchers and clinical sites. The institute focuses on patients with major depressive disorder and related mood conditions, as well as researchers and health systems involved in clinical trials. Recent developments include a Phase 3 psilocybin program with the University of New Mexico for MDD, and reports that Usona is exploring methylone as a potential treatment for PTSD. Details about planned trials are available on its clinical trials site.