Amishi Jha Biography

University of Miami Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Contemplative Neuroscience at the Mindfulness Research & Practice Initiative. Prior to her present position, she received her Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis, completed a post-doctoral study in brain imaging at Duke University, and worked as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. Her studies concentrate on the neural underpinnings of attention, learning and memory, and mindfulness-based training. Her current initiatives, funded by the US Department of Defense and a number of private organizations, look into how to best improve resilience in high-stress populations by applying contemplative/mind training strategies that enhance the brain's attention networks. PopTech named her a Science and Public Leadership Fellow, and she is on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Frontiers in Cognitive Science, and Frontiers in Psychology.

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