Darron T. Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington. He is also a co-director at the Center for Novel Therapeutics in Addiction Psychiatry (NTAP). He is a physician assistant and US Army veteran with over twenty years of healthcare experience in primary care and psychiatry. He is also a MAPS-trained MDMA-assisted therapist. Dr. Smith’s research and scholarship examine US-based systems of racial oppression and systemic inequality found in all societal domains, including healthcare, the family (transracial adoption), healthcare disparities, religion, sport, culture, and politics. Dr. Smith’s current research intertwines the study of applied neuroscience, race-based trauma, PTSD, and addiction. Dr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors for the American Psychedelic Prescribers Association (APPA) and the Chacruna Institute.