The District House is a benefit of District216. Come by for a portion or all of the evening, meet amazing members + guests, and interact with speakers on a variety of topics.
Topic: "Psychedelics for Chronic Pain"
Description: Bob & Kevin will present overviewing psychedelics as a promising treatment for chronic pain conditions, including cluster headache and migraine. They will cover the history of research in this area dating back to a study of mescal/peyote in 1896. Bob & Kevin will explain the Mechanisms of Action that are believed to be involved in pain relief and will detail the substances, doses, schedules and adjunctive therapies that are most commonly used when using psychedelics for chronic pain.
When: Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm (Speaker at 6:30pm)
Where: LoDo Studios, 216 E. Gutierrez Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(Please only park across the street on the Office Max side of the lot.)
Members are Free to attend The District House evenings, and are prioritized when we reach capacity.
Guests Welcome to purchase $25 tickets (discounted from $50) to The District House evenings.
Note: We will be filming the speaker(s) for the District216 Change Your Lens Series. Refreshments provided.
Speakers: Bob Wold & Kevin Lenaburg
SPEAKER BIOS
Bob Wold, Executive Director of Clusterbusters
Bob was diagnosed with Cluster Headaches over 40 years ago which eventually led to his founding Clusterbusters, Inc. in 2002. Since the founding of Clusterbusters, the organization has grown to the largest cluster headache support and advocacy non-profit organization in the U.S. Bob’s work with Clusterbusters has included research projects carried out at institutions such as Harvard, Yale and the University of West Georgia in the United States; McGill University in Montreal, Canada; and Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany.
In addition to his work as Founder and Executive Director of Clusterbusters Inc., Bob sits on a number of boards and councils including the Board of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy, the National Headache Foundation’s Patient Advisory Council, the Eli Lilly Patient Advisory Board, and the Governance Committee of the Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients.
Bob is one of the three Founders of the Psychedelics & Pain Association.
Bob married his wife Mary in 1973 and together they raised 4 children and are proud grandparents of a growing family.
Kevin Lenaburg, Executive Director, Psychedelics & Pain Association
For more than a dozen years, Kevin has worked to support people living with pain and advance policies that reduce suffering. He has led coalitions focused on responsible pain management and improving care for people with migraine and other headache diseases. Kevin’s experiences include driving public policy change, organizing stakeholder summits, engaging in regulatory issues, and supporting relationships with a diverse range of organizations. He concurrently serves as the Policy Director for Clusterbusters, a nonprofit that advocates for people with cluster headache, one of the most painful conditions known to medicine, and as the Executive Director for the Psychedelics & Pain Association. Kevin has seen the transformative power of psychedelics to heal the people he loves, and he is passionate about advancing research and responsibly expanding access to new therapies that can effectively help to manage pain. Kevin grew up and currently lives in Goleta, California.
