Cassandra Vieten, Co-Investigator
Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D., is President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego. Her research has focused on spirituality and health, transformative experiences and practices, and the development of mindfulness-based interventions for emotional well-being. Her primary interest lies in how psychology, biology, and spirituality interact to affect experience and behavior.
She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and completed her research training in behavioral genetics at The University of California, San Francisco. She is author of Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year, and coauthor of Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, and Spiritual Competencies in Clinical Practice: Guidelines for Psychologists and Mental Health Professionals. She has published numerous articles in scientific journals, has developed and delivered training in Spirituality and Mental Health at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and workshop leader.