Psychedelic Exceptionalism
Cheung, K.*, Earp, B.D*. Patch, K.R, Yaden, D.B. (2025) Distinctive but not Unique: The Risks of Psychedelic Ethical Exceptionalism. American Journal of Bioethics. (* - co-first authors, target article). [link]
Cheung, K.*, Earp, B.D.*, Patch, K., Yaden, D.B. (2026). Are psychedelics ethically exceptional after all? Some further reflections. American Journal of Bioethics. (* - co-first authors). [link]
Psychedelics & Informed Consent
Cheung, K., Propes, C., Graziosi, M., Patch, K.R., Yaden, D.B. (2025). Informed Consent Documents from Psychedelic Clinical Trials: A Descriptive Ethical Analysis. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. [link]
Propes, C. & Cheung, K. Social Value Communication Amidst the "Hype" of Psychedelic Research. American Journal of Bioethics. (Open Peer Commentary). [link]
Psychedelics & Research Ethics
Psychedelics and Independence
Cheung, K., Ehrenkranz, E., Earp, B.D., Jacobs, E., Yaden, D.B. (2026). Analyzing the Concept of Independence in Psychedelic Research. Accountability in Research: Ethics, Integrity and Policy.
Cheung, K., Ehrenkranz, R., Yaden, D.B. (2025). Enhanced Independence: De-Biasing Processes in Psychedelic Science and Beyond. Research Ethics. [link]
Other
Rajwani, K., Jacobs, E., Bruce, L., Hokanson, J., Almonte, M. T., Feroz, F., Waldman, E., Cheung, K., Levy, N., Savulescu, J., Singh, I., Yaden, D. B., & Earp, B. D. (2025). Clinical psychedelic research in adolescents: A scoping review and overview of ethical considerations. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. [link]
Cheung, K., Ehrenkranz, E., Hinkle, J.T., Yaden, D.B. (2024) Commentary: A framework for the assessment of adverse events in psychedelic research. Journal of Psychopharmacology. [link]
Cheung, K. and Yaden D.B. (2024) Commentary: On the need for metaphysics in psychedelic therapy and research. Frontiers in Psychology. 14:1341566. [link]
Other Psychedelic Ethics
Cheung K, Brodie M, Chang S-L, et al. (2025). Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin: Addressing Medical Malpractice Risk and Physicians’ Concerns. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. [link]
Caraccio, M.*, Cheung, K.*, Porsdam Mann, S.*, Bruce., L.,….Earp, B.D. (2025). Psychedelics Beyond Medicine: Treatment, Enhancement, Hype, Consent, and the Limits of Medicalization. Philosophical Psychology. (* - co-first authors) [link]
Evans, J., Aixala, M., Anderson, B., ….Cheung, K.,…Yaden, D.B. (2025) On Minimizing Risk and Harm in the Use of Psychedelics. Psychiatric Research and Practice. [link]
Gordon, C., Cheung, K., Earp, B.D. Savulescu, J. (2024) Moral Enhancement and Cheapened Achievement: Psychedelics, Virtual Reality, and AI. Bioethics. [link]
Cheung, K., Propes, C., Jacobs, E., Earp, B. D., & Yaden, D. B. (2024). Psychedelic group-based integration: ethical assessment and initial recommendations. International Review of Psychiatry, 1–11. [link]
Jacobs, E., Earp, B. D., Appelbaum, P. S., Bruce, L., Cassidy, K., Celidwen, Y., Cheung, K., … Yaden, D. B. (2024). The Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelics Ethics (HOPE) Working Group Consensus Statement. The American Journal of Bioethics, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2342764 [link]
Cheung, K., Earp, B. D., & Yaden, D. B. (2024). Valuing the acute subjective experience. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 67(1), 155-165. [link]
Plourde, L., Chang, S. L., Farzin, H., Gagnon, P., Hébert, J., Foxman, R., ... Cheung, K.,..& P3A Study Group. (2024). Social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life: A population-based survey. Palliative Medicine, doi.org/10.1177/026921632312224. [link]
Cheung, K., Patch, K., Earp, B. D., & Yaden, D. B. (2023). Psychedelics, Meaningfulness, and the “Proper Scope” of Medicine: Continuing the Conversation. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1–7. Cambridge University Press [download here]
Psychedelic Policy
Propes, C., Cheung, K., Eisenberg, M., Yaden, D.B. (2025). Gaps in Psychedelic Policy and How to Close Them. JAMA Health Forum. [link].
Genomics
Uberoi, D., Dalpé, G., Cheung, K., et al. (2024) The Key Features of a Genetic Nondiscrimination Policy: A Delphi Consensus Statement. JAMA Network Open.
Kaiser, B., Uberoi, D., Raven-Adams, M.C., Cheung K., et al. (2024) A proposal for an inclusive working definition of genetic discrimination to promote a more coherent debate. Nature Genetics.
Fernando, A., Kondrup, E., Cheung, K., Uberoi, D. and Joly, Y., (2024). Still using genetic data? A comparative review of Canadian life insurance application forms before and after the GNDA. FACETS, 9, pp.1-10. [link]
Dalpé, G., Huerne, K., Dupras, C., Cheung, K., Palmour, N., Winkler, E., ... & Joly, Y. (2023). Defusing the legal and ethical minefield of epigenetic applications in the military, defense, and security context. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 10(2), lsad034. [link]
Dalpé G, Cheung K, and Joly Y, (2022). “Opportunities and challenges of using epigenetic technologies in defence and security contexts”, Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security online report [download here]
Miscellaneous
Liao, S.M., Haykel, I., Cheung, K., Matalon, T. (2025). Navigating the complexities of AI and digital governance: the 5W1H framework. Journal of Responsible Technology.
Cheung, K. (2024) Using curiosity to render the invisible, visible. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-024-09665-3 [link]
Cheung K. A role for kindness and curiosity in healthcare. Journal of Medical Ethics, Published Online First: 23 August 2023. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109499 [link]
Reports
Cheung, K., Darden, M., Eisenberg, M., Macis, M., Polsky, D. (2025) Psychedelic Policy for Maryland: An Independent Report offered to the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances. https://hbhi.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-11/Psychedelic%20Policy%20for%20Maryland_JHU_Report.pdf
Cheung, K., Propes, C., Jacobs, E., Earp, B.D., Yaden, D.B. (2025) Response to the US Congress Request for Information (RFI) on psychedelic research for mental health, as submitted by the Hub at Oxford for Psychedelic Ethics. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389592041_Response_to_the_US_Congress_Request_for_Information_RFI_on_psychedelic_research_for_mental_health_as_submitted_by_the_Hub_at_Oxford_for_Psychedelic_Ethics
Blog articles
Cheung K., Yaden D.B, Earp, B. “Are Psychedelic Experiences Intrinsically Valuable?”. September 20, 2024. https://blog.apaonline.org/2024/09/20/are-psychedelic-experiences-intrinsically-valuable/
Cheung K. “The Role of Curiosity in Healthcare”. Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare. August 28, 2024. https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-role-of-curiosity-in-healthcare.html
Cheung K. “Plant Blindness and “Seeing” Vegetal Timescales” Edge Effects. July 16, 2024. https://edgeeffects.net/plant-blindness-and-seeing-vegetal-timescales/
Cheung K. “The Writings of Trees: Ogham, Phytographia, and Calligraphy”. Arcadiana. June 3, 2024. https://arcadiana.easlce.eu/2024/06/03/the-writings-of-trees-ogham-phytographia-and-calligraphy/
Cheung K. “What Place Does Kindness Have in Medicine?”. Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. August 25, 2023. https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/25/what-place-does-kindness-have-in-medicine/.
