The Trip Report

#16: Greg Kubin: The Varieties of Mental Health Innovation

Feb 8, 2024

Greg Kubin, co-founder of PsyMed Ventures, discusses innovative topics in mental health such as Gut-Brain-Axis, metabolic health, and neurotechnology. They also touch on the origin of PsyMed Ventures, academic research, and more in a colorful conversation.

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Advancements in neurotechnology offer promising diagnostic and therapeutic tools for mental health disorders.

Exploration of gut-brain axis highlights the potential of precision pre & probiotics in enhancing mental wellness.

Metabolic health interventions like the ketogenic diet show promise in improving conditions such as schizophrenia and PTSD.

Deep dives

Expansion of Focus to Beyond Psychedelic Medicine

The podcast episode discusses the expansion of focus beyond psychedelic medicine towards other innovative technologies and interventions for mental health. The co-founder of Simon Ventures shares insights on how their interest in psychedelic medicine led them to explore areas like neurotechnology, AI, precision psychiatry, and metabolic health. They emphasize the importance of leveraging their expertise in psychedelics to navigate and invest in emerging mental health solutions.

Different Approaches to Commercializing Research

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Food as Medicine and Future Opportunities

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Introduction

2min

The Evolution of Simon Adventures and Mental Health Innovations

18min

Innovative Discussion on Digestive System Capsules and Healthy Donors

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Metabolic Health and Mental Health Innovations

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Embracing Analog: Typewriters and Journaling

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Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Mental Health

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Exploring Salutogenic Poop Capsules and Podcast Promotion

2min

Welcome back to The Trip Report Podcast, a production of Beckley Waves, a Psychedelic Venture Studio.

This week, I am speaking with Greg Kubin, co-host of the Business Trip Podcast and co-founder and partner at PsyMed Ventures, a fund investing in frontier mental health technologies and treatments.

Greg and I chat pretty regularly, sometimes weekly, about the state of play in psychedelics, neurotech, investing, consciousness, and a rapidly changing world.

As an early-stage investor in frontier mental health and wellness technologies, Greg has a unique lens into what future approaches and landscapes might look like.

A recent focus in my writing has been the ‘emergent paradigms’ afoot that are nearing—or achieved—tipping points in their acceptance and application; in this conversation, Greg and I discuss a handful of these topics, including:

* The Gut-Brain-Axis and the innovations afoot in diagnostics and precision pre & probiotics

* Metabolic Health, its impact on mental health, and tools like the ketogenic diet

* Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interface for diagnostics and therapeutics

We also discuss:

* The origin story of PsyMed Ventures and the Business Trip Podcast

* The pharmaceutical industrial complex

* The relationship between academic research and commercialization and the archetype of the “Entrepreneurial Scientist.”

As well as many colorful tangents, digressions, and detours.

And now, I bring you my conversation with Greg Kubin.

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* Hosted by Zach Haigney