Brooke A Ammerman
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Assistant Professor of Psychology
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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Bernadette Baker
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
John Curtin
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Professor of Psychology
Richard J. Davidson
Founder, Center for Healthy Minds & Healthy Minds Innovations, William James & Vilas Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry
Larissa G. Duncan
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
John D. Dunne
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities, Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures
Simon Goldberg
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Jo Handelsman
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Virginia Medinilla
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Teri Pipe
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Richard E. Sinaiko Professor in Health Care Leadership, Professor of Practice at the School of Nursing
Julie Poehlmann
Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Dorothy A. O’Brien Professor in Human Ecology, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Charles L. Raison
Affiliated 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
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Sarah J. Short
Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, Dorothy Jones King Distinguished Chair in Educational Psychology, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
Dalal Abu Amneh
Visiting Scientist and Artist, Center for Healthy Minds
Pablo Aquiles-Sanchez
Research Program Coordinator, Center for Healthy Minds
Polina Beloborodova
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Tiantian Cai
Graduate Student, Asian Languages & Culture
Tony Chambers
Director for Community Well-being, 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
Contemplative Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds & Chief Contemplative Officer, Healthy Minds Innovations
Debra Dawidziak
Accountant, Center for Healthy Minds
Isa Dolski
Associate Director, Center for Healthy Minds and Ex Officio Board Member, Healthy Minds Innovations
Kyle Dougherty
Grad Student, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Nicci Fite
Chief of Staff to Dr. Richard Davidson, Healthy Minds Innovations
Alyssa Gerarden
Research Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Robin Goldman
Director of the Research Support Core, Center for Healthy Minds
Marianne Griffin
Administrative Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Dan Grupe
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds
Heather Harris
Director of Communications & Marketing, Center for Healthy Minds
Nicole Hendry
Research Program Coordinator, Center for Healthy Minds
Estelle Higgins
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Matt Hirshberg
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds
Susan Huber
Director of Well-being in Higher Education , Center for Healthy Minds
Ross Jacobucci
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds
Zishan Jiwani
Graduate Student, Department of Counseling Psychology
Matthew Kaharudin
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Sarah Keib
Office Coordinator, Center for Healthy Minds
Ginnie Kim
Graduate Student; Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology
Kristin E. Klingman
Loka Program Assistant, Center for Healthy Minds
Sin U Lam
Graduate Student, Department of Counseling Psychology
Jane Lambert
Undergraduate Coordinator & Training Grant Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Wendy Lau
Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Pema Lhamo
Graduate Student, Department of Educational Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
Srideepti Marada
Research Coordinator, Center for Healthy Minds
Jennie Nguyen
Assistant to the Director, Center for Healthy Minds
Brendon Panke
Operations and Community Resource Coordinator, Center for Healthy Minds
Emily Peterson
Clinical Research Coordinator II, Center for Healthy Minds
Kevin M. Riordan
Graduate Student, Department of Counseling Psychology
Kate Riordan
Clinical Research Coordinator l, Center for Healthy Minds
Xiaoxu Rong
Graduate Student, Department of Educational Psychology
Hannah Sandvold
Multimedia Designer, Center for Healthy Minds
Lily Smith
Graduate Student, Department of Counseling Psychology
Mirtha Sosa Pacheco
Outreach Program Coordinator, Loka Initiative, Center for Healthy Minds
Caroline Swords
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Sydney Tan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Healthy Minds
Brittany Thomson
Center Administrator, Center for Healthy Minds
Tawni Tidwell
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds
Nate Vack
Research Software Developer, Center for Healthy Minds
Gabriela Valdivia
Research Specialist, Center for Healthy Minds
Stephanie Van Riper
Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Victoria Vlisides
Digital Content Editor, Center for Healthy Minds
Graham Washburn
Associate Director of Development, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
Lisa Wesley
Human Resources Generalist, Center for Healthy Minds
Camille Y. Williams
Pre-doctoral Trainee Department of Counseling Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
Christy Wilson-Mendenhall
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Minds
Qiang Xie
Graduate Student, Department of Counseling Psychology and the Center for Healthy Minds
