Roland Griffiths

Roland Griffiths
portrait photo of Roland Griffiths wearing a light blue shirt, dark blazer, and patterned tie, smiling directly at camera
Griffiths in 2019
Born
Roland Redmond Griffiths

(1946-07-19)July 19, 1946
Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 16, 2023(2023-10-16) (aged 77)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsPsychopharmacology
WorkplacesJohns Hopkins
ThesisThe effects of pentobarbital on extinction responding in rats (1972)
Travis Irving Thompson

Roland Redmond Griffiths (July 19, 1946 – October 16, 2023) was an American psychopharmacologist. At Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he was professor of neuroscience, psychiatry, and behavioral science, and he was the director of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research.