Alicia Danforth has worked as a psychedelic research associate, coordinating and co-facilitating sessions with Dr. Charles S. Grob for a Harbor-UCLA trial--from 2005 through 2008--using psilocybin to treat anxiety in patients with Stage IV cancer. She is currently supporting a nationwide recruitment effort for a similar trial underway at Johns Hopkins.

Danforth is a Black Rock City Ranger, harm reduction advocate, former broadcast journalist, and avid poi spinner. She's also a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, focusing on the potential of psychedelics and MDMA to treat co-occurring conditions, such as anxiety and depression, in adults on the autism spectrum.

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, a Women's Visionary Council salon; Burning Man (at Palenque Norte & Entheon Village), the Students for Sensible Drug Policy's International Conference, Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century, the WVC Congress, and Catalysts: The Impact of Psychedelics from Culture to Creativity.