Christopher Cleary

Christopher Cleary, DNP, PMHNP-BC, in a purple shirt and blue jacket standing with arms crossed on the terrace at the UC Irvine Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing.
Orange County Register, August 19, 2025

UCI expert answers questions about future of psychedelic medicine

"Chris Cleary is about to become a key player in psychedelic medicine. He’s a mental health nurse, with a doctorate in nursing, who has been tapped by UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing to lead the creation of new classes in the use of traditional psychedelics – psilocybin, MDMA and the like – as part of a regimen to treat depression, PTSD and other mental health woes." (Andre Mouchard)
Christopher Cleary, DNP, PMHNP-BC, in a purple shirt and blue jacket standing with arms crossed on the terrace at the UC Irvine Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing.
Orange County Register, August 18, 2025

With UCI and other programs, psychedelics soon could be as controversial as aspirin

"UC Irvine said last month that its Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing is now one of two California schools (UC Davis is the other) planning to start teaching future mental health nurses how psychedelics can be used to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and addiction, among other maladies. The school also has tabbed assistant clinical professor Chris Cleary, a mental health nurse with a doctorate in nursing and an active practice in Los Alamitos, to lead the new program, which is likely to start over the next 24 months." (Andre Mouchard)