Anne Aicher
Clinical Researcher
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Research Footprint
Anne Aicher appears in 10 tracked papers (2023–2025), most studied alongside Ayahuasca, DMT and Placebo, across Depressive Disorders, Healthy Volunteers and Safety & Risk Management.
Most-cited paper: Potential therapeutic effects of an ayahuasca-inspired N,N-DMT and harmine formulation: a controlled trial in healthy subjects (31 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Milan Scheidegger, Helena Aicher and Dominik Dornbierer.
Background & Research
Recorded in internal study records as H. D. Aicher, this researcher is principally associated with a series of clinical and experimental investigations into ayahuasca‑inspired combinations of N,N‑dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmine. Their work, as listed in the institutional database, includes factorial pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic dose‑escalation studies in healthy volunteers, randomised controlled trials assessing effects on mindfulness and compassion, and controlled investigations of potential therapeutic effects relevant to anxiety and depressive disorders. Aicher's projects span mechanistic pharmacology (interaction of DMT and harmine), behavioural and cognitive endpoints (creative thinking dynamics during artistic creation), and neurophysiological measures (changes in brain differentiation between self and other faces), indicating a translational focus from drug kinetics to psychological and neural outcomes.
Aicher appears to operate primarily in early‑phase human experimental medicine paradigms—studying safety, tolerability, dose interactions and acute psychological effects in volunteer populations—rather than late‑phase clinical efficacy trials. Their contributions are notable for integrating PK/PD methodology with psychometric, cognitive and neuroimaging endpoints to characterise how combined tryptamine/MAO‑inhibitor formulations modulate self‑processing, creativity, social‑affective variables and constructs relevant to mood and anxiety. External public records for the researcher under the initials H. D. Aicher were not found in the supplied search results; the profile is therefore synthesised from internal trial and manuscript records.
Key Impact
Notable for conducting controlled human studies of ayahuasca‑inspired N,N‑DMT and harmine formulations, including PK/PD dose‑escalation work and randomised trials in healthy volunteers that probe psychological, cognitive and neurophysiological effects.
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Affiliations
Institutions, companies, and organisations Anne Aicher is associated with.
University of Zurich
academicWithin the 'Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics' at the University of Zurich, Dr Milan Scheidegger is leading a team conducting psychedelic research and therapy development. Researchers here are investigating the therapeutic potential of psychedelics to reverse maladaptive neurobehavioral patterns in stress-related mood disorders and to enhance psychotherapeutic learning capabilities.
View stakeholder →University of Basel
academicThe University of Basel Department of Biomedicine hosts the Liechti Lab research group, headed by Matthias Liechti. Research here is primarily focused on the pharmacology of psychoactive substances. Much of the clinical research exploring the effects of LSD is taking place at University Hospital Basel. Researchers here are exploring the potential of LSD to treat Cluster Headache, Major Depressive Disorder and anxiety associated with severe somatic diseases. Professor Liechti is also conducting studies comparing the acute effects of LSD, psilocybin and mescaline, and MDMA for fear extinction.
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