Jordan Aday

Jordan S. Aday (J. S. Aday) is a clinical researcher whose work focuses on naturalistic and survey-based investigations of psychedelic use, with particular emphasis on ayahuasca ceremonies, user attitudes, and the downstream psychological and social effects of psychedelic experiences. Aday has contributed to prospective naturalistic studies examining outcomes such as gratitude, connectedness to nature, and changes in aesthetic experience following ayahuasca use, and has led retrospective and cross-sectional surveys probing major life changes associated with naturalistic psychedelic use.

Beyond outcome measurement, Aday has examined pragmatic and ethical issues in contemporary psychedelic practice, including users' attitudes toward treatment costs and the appeal of non-hallucinogenic alternatives, and has documented the prevalence of personal psychedelic use among therapists — work that bears on training, clinical standards and research generalisability. Methodologically, Aday's contributions emphasise ecologically valid designs, participant-reported outcomes, and the implications of naturalistic data for clinical translation and policy debates in psychedelic medicine.