Silo Pharma Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has named Dr. Peter Hendricks, Ph.D. to its newly formed Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Peter Hendricks is an Associate Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Health and Behavior department where he has led studies and authored a number of published research articles that explore the therapeutic impacts of psychedelic drugs, including psilocybin. UAB is one of the few universities in the world currently investigating the medicinal benefits of psilocybin. Dr. Hendricks has served as Associate Professor at UAB since 2010. He has focused his research on the interplay between psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and a host of sociological issues such as criminality, substance abuse, and suicide. His most current area of research focused on the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of classic and novel phenethylamine, tryptamine, and lysergamide psychedelics.