MEET OUR TEAM
DR. BEN BREGMAN, MD
FOUNDING PSYCHIATRIST
Ben Bregman, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, teacher, author, and philosopher exploring the intersections of integrative mental health, healthcare innovation, psychedelic policy, and biomedical ethics in his role as the lead clinician and medical director of Washington Integrative Mental Health Systems, PLLC, which he founded in 2020.
He completed his medical training at Brown University Medical School in 2003, and his residency at The George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health in 2012. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, at George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and the Chair of the Substance Committee on the Maryland Taskforce for the Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances.
RENUKA NARAIN
CO-FOUNDER, STRATEGY & OPERATIONS LEAD
Renuka Narain is co-founder at WIMHS and leads strategy and operations. She is also an MPH student at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a research and healthcare operations professional focused on the future of mental health care. Her interests lie at the intersection of clinical innovation, health systems design, and public health policy, with a particular focus on implementation, governance, quality, and patient safety. She is passionate about expanding access to innovative models of care while ensuring strong oversight, accountability, and public trust, and about building mental health systems that better support both patients and clinicians.
HEATHER HONSTEIN, MS-N, PMHNP-BC
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTIONER & RESEARCH THERAPIST
Heather Honstein is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, psychedelic therapist, clinical researcher, and educator dedicated to advancing innovative mental healthcare. Her work spans psychiatry, psychotherapy, research, and integrative medicine, drawing on experience in psychiatric nursing, intensive care, psychedelic-assisted therapy, clinical trials, and contemplative practices. She supports the development of novel psychiatric treatments while maintaining a trauma-informed, evidence-based clinical practice. She is particularly interested in the processes of transformation, resilience, and meaning-making, and in bridging research, clinical care, education, and public engagement.
ALEX TRIBO
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR
Alex Tribo is a scientist, patient advocate, culture-builder, and multipotentialite with nine years of experience spanning wet lab, academic, industry, state and federal government settings, where she has specialized in psychiatric research (including launching some of the first-of-their-kind psychedelic trials) and its meaningful translation and implementation to the public. She takes pride in bringing a rare bench-to-clinic-to-policy perspective to her work and continues to build rich relationships with researchers, activists, clinicians, and patients in the psychedelic and psychiatric space. Above all, Alex cares about people: who benefits from the research, who gets access to care, how that care is delivered, and whether the systems behind these efforts are equitable and ethical.
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REBECCA LUNA, PsyD
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Rebecca Luna, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist whose research and clinical interests center on mind-body health, nervous system regulation, and the promotion of psychological well-being. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in integrative psychology, reflecting her longstanding interest in the interplay between mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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Throughout her career, she has worked in family medicine, chronic pain rehabilitation, inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric care, mindfulness-based organizations, higher education, and private practice. These experiences have contributed to her ongoing interest in how psychological, physical, and systemic factors influence health, well-being, and optimal functioning.