Susan Bauer-Wu

Susan Bauer-Wu is the past president of the Mind & Life Institute, an organization co-founded by the Dalai Lama in 1987 to bring science and contemplative wisdom together to better understand the mind and create positive change in the world. In her work with Mind & Life, she has championed “human-earth connection” as a priority focus area. She began her career as an oncology and hospice nurse, and later received a PhD in psychoneuroimmunology and post-doctoral training in behavioral medicine. She has held faculty and leadership roles at the University of Virginia, Emory University, Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and has been teaching mindfulness/MBSR for over 20 years. Susan is the author of A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis through the Power of Our Hearts and Minds (2023) and Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious & Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion & Connectedness (2011).