Eddie Jacobs, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Eddie Jacobs is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the CPCR, where he works under the mentorship of Dr. David Yaden. His current research examines whether individuals' pre-existing worldviews and belief systems influence the quality and character of their psychedelic experiences.

Eddie completed his DPhil (PhD) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, where his Wellcome Trust-funded research explored ethical challenges in psychedelic-assisted therapy. He led the drafting and development of the Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelic Ethics (HOPE) Consensus Statement, convening researchers, clinicians, reform advocates, and other stakeholders to establish shared understanding of key ethical considerations as psychedelic treatments scale. Rather than only identifying ethical challenges, Eddie's work aims to anticipate and navigate them as psychedelic treatments enter real-world practice.

Eddie serves as a translator between psychedelic science and its broader contexts. His work translates across domains: from academic publications in The American Journal of Bioethics, Neuroethics, and The Lancet: Child and Adolescent Health, to policy-relevant research on public attitudes toward psilocybin reform in the UK, to collaborations with photographer Adam Isfendiyar that communicate participants' experiences to broader audiences through the exhibition Visions of Psychedelics.