Impact Earth: Innovation, Episode 3
Impact Earth: Innovation, Episode 3
Dr.
Esther Sternberg, Professor; Director of Research, Andrew Weil Center
for Integrative Medicine and Director, Institute on Place, Wellbeing and
Performance
The Power of Built Environments to Heal, Dr.
Sternberg is a Professor of Medicine in the University of
Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Research Director of the Andrew
Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and Director of the UArizona
Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance. A native of Canada,
Dr. Sternberg earned her bachelor’s degree and Medical Doctorate from
McGill University in Quebec, Canada. in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
She completed both her residency in Internal Medicine and her Fellowship
in Rheumatology at McGill University. Internationally-recognized
for her discoveries of the science of the mind-body interaction in
illness and healing, Dr. Sternberg is a major force in collaborative
initiatives on mind-body-stress-wellness and environment
inter-relationships. Her best-selling popular books Healing Spaces: The
Science of Place and Well-Being and The Balance Within: The Science
Connecting Health and Emotions are informative and scientifically based
inspirations to doctors and lay persons alike in dealing with the
complexities and
21st century frontiers of stress, healing and wellness. Dr. Sternberg’s
many honors include recognition by the National Library of Medicine as
one of 300 women physicians who have changed the face of medicine, the
Anita Roberts National Institutes of Health Distinguished Woman
Scientist Lectureship, and an honorary doctorate in medicine from
Trinity College, Dublin. Currently Research Director for the Andrew Weil
Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona at Tucson, Dr.
Sternberg was previously Section Chief of Neuroendocrine Immunology and
Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health; Director of the
Integrative Neural Immune Program, NIMH/NIH; and Co-Chair of the NIH
Intramural Program on Research on Women’s Health. She has been featured
on numerous radio and television programs, including PBS’s The New
Medicine and Life Part II, NPR’s Speaking of Faith and, in 2009, with
Emmy Award winning Resolution Pictures, created and hosted a PBS special
based on her books: The Science of Healing. Well known for her ability
to translate complex scientific subjects for lay audiences, Sternberg
has testified before Congress, advised the World Health Organization,
and is a regular contributor to Science Magazine’s “Books et al.”
column, and a regular columnist for Arthritis Today. A dynamic speaker,
recognized by her peers as a spokesperson for the field, she translates
complex scientific subjects in a highly accessible manner, with a
combination of academic credibility, passion for science and compassion
as a physician. Dr. Sternberg lectures nationally and internationally to
both lay and scientific audiences and is frequently interviewed on
radio, television and film and in print media on subjects including the
mind-body connection, ‘stress and illness’, spirituality, love, and
health, and place and well-being. She is a member of the University of
Arizona Arthritis Center Scientific Advisory Council and was the keynote
presenter at the 2013 University of Arizona Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference.
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