Alicia Danforth, Ph.D. has worked in clinical research with psychedelic medicines since 2006 at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She was a study coordinator and co-facilitator for Dr. Charles Grob's pilot study of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential anxiety reactive to late-stage cancer. She presently is a co-investigator with Dr. Grob for a pilot study of MDMA-assisted therapy for social anxiety in autistic adults.

In 2015, Danforth became a licensed psychologist in California. In 2013, Danforth graduated from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a specialization in Transpersonal Research and Education. Her dissertation was on the MDMA (Ecstasy) experiences of adults on the autism spectrum. At ITP, she co-taught a class with James Fadiman and David Lukoff for clinicians in-training entitled "Psychedelics: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications". Danforth is a Black Rock City Ranger, harm reduction advocate, former broadcast journalist, and avid poi spinner.

In 2009, Danforth appeared in National Geographic's production Inside LSD, and she has spoken about her psychedelic work at numerous events, including the World Psychedelic Forum, Horizons, Symbiosis, the Women's Visionary Congress; Burning Man (at Palenque Norte, Entheon Village, and the Saraswati Speaker Series), the Students for Sensible Drug Policy's International Conference, Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century, the Boom Festival, Catalysts: The Impact of Psychedelics from Culture to Creativity, The American Psychological Association Convention, Bioneers, The Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference, and Psychedelic Science 2013.