General: Emory University is a leader in meditation research and scholarship, and in integrating meditation and other contemplative practices into clinical and community settings. Along with colleagues in the Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies, Susan Bauer-Wu, SIO board member, is actively involved in these efforts. Dr. Bauer-Wu is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Emory University, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, and Member, Winship Cancer Institute, who has extensive experience as a teacher and researcher of mind-body interventions, especially mindfulness meditation in oncology and palliative care settings.

Services: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and other mindfulness based practices are provided to cancer patients and families, health care professionals, and college students, individually and in group settings. Dr. Bauer-Wu also teaches in the contemplative end-of-life care program, Being With Dying at the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, training health care professionals in neuroscience and meditation and in the use of contemplative practices for self-care and in the care of seriously ill patients.

Interests: The Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies is interested in integrating Eastern meditative practices with Western health care and in society, in general, through rigorous research, vibrant dialogue, and meaningful experiential learning.

On the Web: Meditation Research, Scholarship, and Practice at Emory University, Georgia