About Mind Cure
MINDCURE is focused on finding new ways to treat the profound distress of a world suffering from a mental health crisis. This is a tremendous opportunity to bring a new category of psychoactive and psychedelic treatments to market.
MINDCURE’s founding team and advisors have deep industry-specific experience in biotech, life sciences, new product discovery, research, technology, and entrepreneurship.
The company is uniquely situated in Canada, benefiting from a sophisticated investment community, world-class scientific professionals, and government leadership in research. Health Canada demonstrates that a science-first approach will pave the pathway for innovative research.
Management
Kelsey Ramsden
President and CEO
Kelsey has over 15 years of experience founding, scaling, and operating innovative companies across Canada and the Caribbean. She has bui...
Dr. Ryan Hartwell, PhD
CSO
Dr. Hartwell, an entrepreneur with a strong record of successful business startups, is a co-inventor of FS2 and AI-001 cell therapy. Prio...
Dr. Dan Engle, MD
Primary Investigator
Dr. Engle is world-renowned for his specializations in psychiatry and neurology. With a background in integrative psychiatry, neurocognit...
Geoff Belair
CTO
Geoff has over 30 years of experience in the fintech industry building innovative and industry-leading technology solutions to drive oper...
Stephen Inouye
CFO and Director
Stephen is a financial executive providing strategic financial advice to numerous private and public companies. In 2014, Stephen co-found...
Jason Pamer
Director
Jason has over 20 years of experience managing operations and product development in the technology and consumer products industries. He ...
Sacha Hebbert
Senior Product & Marketing Manager
Sacha leads our creative team, helping to bring world-class and innovative products to the market, while driving MINDCURE’s focus on qual...
Mark Kelly
Innovations R&D Manager
Mark holds an MSc (in Paleotoxicology) from Queen’s University. He gained valuable International experience with CREMA&nbs...
Karim Lalani
In House Counsel
Karim is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and i...
Andi Graci
Executive Assistant
Andi Graci has over 10 years of professional experience in Executive Assistance, Project Management, Human Resources, Event Coo...
Advisors
Hamilton Morris
Advisor
Hamilton Morris is a chemist, filmmaker, and science journalist. He uses an interdisciplinary approach combining anthropology a...
Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff is the Director of ICORD and a professor in the departments of Zoology and Surgery at the University ...
Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C.
Advisor
Hector has over 30 years of experience providing legal advice to high growth public and private companies in life sciences, health, minin...
Dr. Jason Wallach, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Wallach is an instructor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as the Substance Use Disorders Institute at the Univers...
Jon Bier
Advisor
Jon Bier has 15+ years in marketing and public relations and is CEO/Founder of Jack Taylor PR, a communications agency with offices in Br...