Vilmarie is advancing the use of harm-reduction principles in clinical practice, coordinating an international organization of progressive drug policy advocates, and facilitating the introduction of psychedelic medicine in Chicago. She has dedicated her studies and clinical work to advance harm reduction as the standard for substance-use disorders. Vilmarie was awarded a WPR grant to present "Psychedelic Harm Reduction: Building Community through Advocacy and Education" at Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP), July 13- 15, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.