What we do?
Pioneering Psychedelic Science for Healing and Wellness.
Our Mission
To heal the sick and better the well through psychedelic medicine and therapies
To provide high quality standardized and tested psilocybin mushroom products for therapeutic and wellness applications throughout Jamaica and the World.
Our Vision
To be a global leader in psychedelic mushroom research and their therapeutic applications
Our Core Team and Collaborators
Prof. Rupika Delgoda
Director of Research
•Expert in Natural Product Research
•Leads research to gain molecular understandings of bioactive natural products including those with cytotoxic or cancer preventive value, in addition to pharmacokinetic based drug-herb interactions.
•2021 Science and Technology Laureate
The Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence
•PhD in Pharmacology, University of Oxford, U.K.
Dr. Kimberley Foster
Chief Operations Officer
•Expert in quality management and research with a focus on developing patented technology to optimize psilocybin expression in psychedelic fungi
•B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Processing, University of the West Indies.
•PhD in Biotechnology, University of the West Indies.
Mr. Shemar Daniel
Production Supervisor
•Over 3 years of experience working with psychedelic mushrooms with a focus on cultivation, processing and safety testing.
•B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Processing, University of the West Indies.
•MSc in Forensic Science Molecular Biology, University of the West Indies
Mr. Babumon Thankappan
Analytical Chemist
•Expert in extraction and characterization of natural products
•Extensive experience with analytical instrumentation including HPLC, GC-MS, Spectrophotometer etc.
•MSc in Chemistry, Mar Athanasius College, India.
Dr. Isaac Morrison
Scientific Collaborator
•Expertise in developing methodologies for extraction and chemical analysis via HPLC to determine the tryptamine content of various mushroom products
•PhD in Biochemistry, University of the West Indies.
Mr. Marshall Tyler
Scientific Collaborator
- MA, Chemical Biology, Harvard University
- Research Background in neuropsychiatric disorders
- Former Director of Psilocybin Research at Fieldtrip Health
Prof. Jason Slot
Scientific Collaborator
•Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University.
•Expert in Fungal evolutionary genomics, metabolism, and molecular ecology.
•PhD in Biology, Clark University.
Dr. William Irvine
Scientific Collaborator
•Specializes in computational biochemistry and structural bioinformatics.
•Focuses on structure-guided drug design and the application of structural bioinformatics to understand natural products and their metabolism.
•PhD in Computational Biochemistry, New Zealand
Dr. Dingle-Spence
Key Medical/ Experience Collaborator
•Director of the Jamaica Cancer Care & Research Institute (JACCRI).
•President-Elect of the Caribbean Palliative Care Association (CARIPALCA).
Dr. Winston De La Haye
Key Medical/ Experience Collaborator
•Consultant General and Addiction Psychiatrist at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
•Past President of the Jamaica Psychiatric Association.
•Fulbright Fellow in Substance Abuse at Johns Hopkins University.
Our UWI Partners
Future Wellness Lab is uniquely positioned on the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus with access to Scientists and Technicians to aid in achieving our mission.
We collaborate with CCRIB as our main research partners in the Faculty of Science and Technology