Our Team
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make - Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help." - Dr. Jane Goodall
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Dr Grace Blest-Hopley
Founder and Researcher
Grace founded Hystelica due to her passion and interest in women’s psychedelic use. Grace is a neuroscientist with a Ph.D from King’s College London. She has spent 10 + years research the effects of cannabinoids and psychedelics; across clinical, recreational and naturalistic settings.
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Dr Zahira Cohen
Research Associate
Zahira is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and a clinical research fellow at Imperial College London, where she focuses on female-specific psycho-neuro-biology and psychedelic assisted therapies.
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Dr Lindsey Block
Research Associate
Lindsey has a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Wisconsin. From there, Lindsey completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, studying pregnancy complications. Currently, she is a lecturer at Northwestern University in Illinois. Lindsey is passionate about women's health and pregnancy, and strives to push the reproductive field forward by training and supporting the next generation of reproductive scientists.
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Ingeborg Lykke Monsen
Researcher and Manager
Ingeborg has a Master's in Clinical Psychology from King’s College London, where she researched the increased risk of psychosis during menopause. She has a passion for women’s mental health and psychedelic therapy.
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Aline Frick
Research Assistant
Aline is a neuroscience master student at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. She has an interest in the interaction between hormonal cycle and psychedelic research, particularly focusing on the potential benefits psychedelics offer for female-specific conditions. Her vision is to cultivate a more equitable research focus on women's and mens' health in the field of psychedelics.
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Internship 2024
Join the Hystelica Team
Apply for Summer 2024 to - info@Hystelica.com
By 5pm BST on the 19th of April 2024
