Susan Smalley
Susan Smalley | |
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| Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Michigan, BA, Anthropology, 1976 University of California, Los Angeles, MA, Anthropology, 1981 University of California, Ph.D, Anthropology, 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Behavioral Geneticist, Writer, Activist, Investor |
| Known for | Genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders Mindfulness meditation |
| Spouse | Kevin Wall |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavioral genetics mindfulness |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Genetic influences on spatial ability: Transmission in an extended kindred (1985) |
| Website | www |
Susan Smalley is an American behavioral geneticist, writer and activist. The co-author of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness, she is the founder of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (MARC), and professor emerita in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA. Her research centers on the genetic basis of childhood-onset behavior disorders, such as ADHD, and the cognitive and emotional impact of mindfulness meditation on health and wellbeing. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and lectured globally on the genetics of human behavior and the science of mindfulness.