Dr. Pamela Kryskow is the medical lead for the Roots To Thrive Program. She is a founding board member of the Psychedelic Association of Canada and the medical chair of the Vancouver Island University Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Medicine assisted Therapy. Dr. Kryskow is also a clinical instructor at UBC and an adjunct professor at VIU.

She is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, and the mental wellness of frontline healthcare workers and first responders. Additionally, she is a co-investigator on the largest microdosing study, Microdose.me, which is ongoing with over 22,000 enrolled participants.

Prior to studying medicine, she was a City of Coquitlam Firefighter for eight years and a provincial forestry firefighter for four seasons.

Her heritage includes Polish, Ukrainian, and German. She currently resides in the traditional unceded territory of the Klahoose First Nations, where in her personal life she loves hiking in the forest, ocean kayaking, growing kale, and daydreaming in a hammock.