Richard J. Davidson
Founder, Center for Healthy Minds & Healthy Minds Innovations, William James & Vilas Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry
Our Community
The Center for Healthy Minds encompasses an interdisciplinary team of scientists, students, research staff and administrative staff. We draw from the scientific expertise, collaboration and philanthropic support from partners around the globe.
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Larissa G. Duncan
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being, Director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being, and Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
John D. Dunne
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities, Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures
Simon Goldberg
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
Julie Poehlmann-Tynan
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Dorothy A. O’Brien Professor in Human Ecology, Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Charles L. Raison
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Melissa Rosenkranz
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Sarah J. Short
Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Dorothy Jones King Distinguished Chair in Educational Psychology, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Heather C. Abercrombie
Scientific Director, Center for Healthy Minds
Scott Anderson
PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology and Founder, YogAutism
Alexandra Barnes
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Tony Chambers
Director, Equity, Inclusion and Innovation, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations
Leandro Chernicoff
Graduate Student, Department of Educational Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
Ty Christian
Systems Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Dekila Chungyalpa
Director of the Loka Initiative, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations
Cortland Dahl
Research Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds & Chief Contemplative Officer, Healthy Minds Innovations
Debra Dawidziak
Financial Assistant, Center for Healthy Minds
Isa Dolski
Associate Director, Center for Healthy Minds and Assistant Treasurer, Healthy Minds Innovations
Anna J. Finley
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Dan Fitch
Research Software Developer, Center for Healthy Minds
Endang Fourianalistyawati
Graduate Researcher, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Center for Healthy Minds
Corrina Frye
Senior Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Alyssa Gerarden
Senior Financial Specialist, Grants, Center for Healthy Minds
Robin Goldman
Director of the Research Support Core, Center for Healthy Minds
Lauren Gresham
Senior Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Marianne Griffin
Administrative Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Dan Grupe
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Lisa Gundlach
Senior Director of Development, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations
Angel Hammond
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Jeanne Harris
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Katerina Herder
Director of Development, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations
Estelle Higgins
Research Intern, Center for Healthy Minds
Matt Hirshberg
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Roxanne Hoks
Senior Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Hassan Hossayrami
Research Intern, Center for Healthy Minds
Lorri Houston
Director of Donor Engagement, Center for Healthy Minds
Susan Huber Miller
Director of Academic & Continuing Education Programs, Center for Healthy Minds
Shaun Huffman
Marketing Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Sara Ifert
Senior Marketing Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Ted Imhoff-Smith
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Audrey Jacobsen
Office and Resource Manager, Center for Healthy Minds
DK Jang
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Susan Jensen
Executive Assistant to Richard Davidson, Senior Administrative Program Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Andrew Kirvin-Quamme
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
John Koger
Research Technology Manager, Center for Healthy Minds
Tammi Kral
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Ajay Kumar Nair
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Jane Lambert
Undergraduate Coordinator & Training Grant Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Pema Lhamo
Graduate Student, Department of Educational Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
Elizabeth Nord
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Brendon Panke
Operations Assistant, Center for Healthy Minds
Walker S. Pedersen
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Laurel Quinlan
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Jane Sachs
Research Program Manager, Center for Healthy Minds
Stacey Schaefer
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Sarah E. Skinner
Associate Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Sasha Sommerfeldt
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
Marianne Spoon
Director of Communications and Marketing, Center for Healthy Minds
David Thompson
IT Lead, Center for Healthy Minds
Brittany Thomson
Assistant Center Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Tawni Tidwell
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Emily Urban-Wojcik
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Nate Vack
Research Software Developer, Center for Healthy Minds
Lori Vavrus
Senior Financial Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Lisa Wesley
Human Resources Generalist, Center for Healthy Minds
Christy Wilson-Mendenhall
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds & Scientific Lead, Healthy Minds Program, Healthy Minds Innovations
