Foundations of Natural Products Psychopharmacology 2026
This intensive 3 hour professional training workshop, covers the clinical evidence and scientific data supporting the use of various natural product supplements.
NZPsS Member: $90; NZPsS Student: $45; Non-Member: $130
Please note that all registrations have to be paid in full before the event takes place - otherwise you will miss out on receiving the Zoom link (this is usually sent two days before the event takes place). This event will be recorded for all those who are registered on the day. Recording is available for three weeks – the link will be sent after the event.
As a pharmacist and university lecturer, I am routinely contacted by psychologists who are interested in knowing more about natural products, or they seek some form of pharmacological understanding of natural products in order to know more about their patient’s biological wellbeing (based on their patient’s prescribed and/or over-the-counter medicines).
This intensive 3 hour professional training workshop, covers the clinical evidence and scientific data supporting the use of various natural product supplements. In addition, the classification, therapeutic uses, side effects, interactions and contraindications of various natural product supplements are discussed.
1) Natural product anxiolytics / sedatives
2) Natural product stimulants / cognition enhancers
3) Natural product anti-depressants
4) Conclusion
Presenter: Professor Michael Knott
Michael Knott completed his B. Pharm degree at Rhodes University in 1999, his MSc (Pharmacy) with distinction in 2002, and later finished a PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) at Rhodes University (in South Africa) in 2012. He is currently registered as a pharmacist in South Africa, Namibia and Malta (EU).
Michael moved to Namibia in 2014 to assist with setting up the first and only School of Pharmacy in the country. He is a full professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy, University of Namibia. In addition, he also lectures the topic of psychopharmacology to psychology students.
He is passionate about natural products and travelling, as a result, he loves to explore remote parts of Namibia and learn more about natural products from the San and Damara people. He is well published in the field of natural product drug discovery. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=omDl2d8AAAAJ&hl=en
In 2020, he got his PhD from Rhodes University nostrificated (or recognised) in Poland (EU) by the Medical University of Gdansk, and in 2018 he completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education with distinction at the University of Namibia. He is married to Harriet, a psychologist (who is registered in New Zealand), and has a daughter who is 11 years old.
