ABOUT
Dr Malin Vedøy Uthaug is a holistic health, catharsis and altered states of consciousness researcher from Norway and one of the world leading experts on 5-MeO-DMT. She is on a mission to further uncover the uncharted territories of consciousness of both mind and body for so to harness the knowledge for human healing, thriving and optimization.
Dr Uthaug has a background in health and social psychology, completed her PhD in Psychopharmacology at Maastricht University under supervision of Professor Johannes Ramaekers. Her doctoral dissertation featured five original naturalistic observational studies on the effects of Ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT, and was completed in record speed (2,5 years) making her a PhD by the age of 27. After her PhD defense, Dr Uthaug worked at The Centre of Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, previously led by Professor Robin Carhart-Harris, now led by Dr David Erritzøe. Here she continued exploring the effects of not only 5-MeO-DMT, but also (Holotropic) Breathwork.
Today, Dr Uthaug is involved several naturalistic observational research projects in the sphere of 5-MeO-DMT, Freediving and Breathwork. She is on a mission to assess their mechanisms and effects through holistic means to further explore the mind-body connection, as well as the implications of somatic release on wellbeing. Besides being a researcher, Dr Uthaug is also scientific advisor, an editor for the ‘Journal of Psychedelics Studies’, a board member for the American podcast Psychedelics Today and one of the original co-founders of Norwegian Psychedelic Science whose main aim is to educate the general public as well as researchers, and mental health practitioners in Norway about psychedelics. Furthermore, she was also the recipient of the Willy Schweitzer Award for Young Researchers at Insight Conference in Berlin 2021. Last but not least, Dr Uthaug overcome her thalassophobia (i.e., fear of the ocean) by training freediving. In April 2022, during her first ever freediving competition, she accomplished two national records for Norway.