Additional Titles & Roles
- Co-Director, Healthy Mind Lab
- Founding Director, WashU Center for Holistic Interdisciplinary Research in Psychedelics (CHIRP)
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Training: Biomedical Research Training in Drug Abuse, 2010
- Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2007
- Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2005
- M.D.: University of Iowa, 2002
- B.A.: University of Iowa, 1998
Major Awards
- WashU Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Mentor of the Year Award, 2025
- WashU Medicine Dean’s Impact Award, 2023
- WashU Masters in Applied Health Behavior Research Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, 2021
- Child Fellowship Mentoring Award, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 2019
- Resident Mentoring Award, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 2018
- Mortimer Goodman Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mental Health through MO NAMI, 2014
- Eli Robins Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychiatry, Teaching and Research, 2007
Research Interests
Dr. Nicol is clinical trialist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University (WashU) School of Medicine and founding director of the WashU Center for Holistic Interdisciplinary Research in Psychedelics (CHIRP). She and her research team in the Healthy Mind Lab employ precision methods such as digital and multiomic phenotyping and functional MRI to better understand how treatments – both medical and behavioral – work to optimize mental and physical health across the lifespan.
Recent Publications
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The science of psychedelic medicine
Siegel, J. S., Liston, C., Nicol, G. E., Carhart-Harris, R. L. & Bogenschutz, M. P., Feb 2026, In: Nature medicine. 32, 2, p. 449-462 14 p.
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Pharmacotherapy of major depressive disorder in older adults: from an evidence-informed stepwise algorithm to precision medicine
Lenze, E. J., Karp, J. F., Gebara, M. A., Nicol, G. E. & Mulsant, B. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Optimizing the Work of Learning for Flourishing: A Randomized Pilot Study of a Digital CBT-Based Intervention in Medical Students
Sanchez, J. S., Perry, D., Kinghorn, A., Vermette, D., Gray, T., Duncan, J. G., Evanoff, B. & Nicol, G. E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Academic Psychiatry.
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Risk Factors for Falls in Older Depressed Adults Treated with Bupropion: An Analysis of the OPTIMUM Randomized Clinical Trial
Bender, D. A., Mulsant, B. H., Lavretsky, H., Brown, P. J., Karp, J., Reynolds, C. F., Lenard, E., Yingling, M. D., Miller, J. P., Nicol, G., Kharasch, E. D. & Lenze, E. J., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of general internal medicine.
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Correction to: Psilocybin’s acute and persistent brain effects: a precision imaging drug trial (Scientific Data, (2025), 12, 1, (941), 10.1038/s41597-025-05189-0)
Subramanian, S., Reneau, T. R., Perry, D., Chacko, R., Laumann, T. O., Flavin, K., Horan, C., Schweiger, J., Metcalf, N., Lenze, E. J., Snyder, A. Z., Dosenbach, N. U. F., Nicol, G. & Siegel, J. S., Dec 2025, In: Scientific data. 12, 1, 1029.