Susan Bauer Wu Advisory Board Member
Susan Bauer-Wu is a clinical researcher, educator, and mindfulness practitioner and teacher. She is currently the Tussi and John Kluge Professor in Contemplative End-of-Life Care at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Religious Studies and member of the directorate of the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia. Her research, scholarship, and teaching have focused on the effects of chronic stress and the use of contemplative approaches to bolster stress resilience and sense of well-being, especially for those challenged by serious illness, which is the basis of her book, Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious & Life-limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion and Connectedness....