Dr. Shamini Jain is a psychologist, scientist and social entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), a nonprofit collaborative accelerator that connects scientists, health practitioners, educators, and artists to help lead humanity to heal ourselves. Dr. Jain also serves as adjunct faculty at UC San Diego, where she is an active member of the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine’s Research Committee. Her bestselling book, Healing Ourselves: Biofield Science and the Future of Health, via Sounds True Publications, is available at booksellers worldwide.
CHI was formed through Shamini’s deep desire to bring key stakeholders together to create a coherent and effective movement to move us beyond models of “disease thinking” and “medical management”, into the study of whole-person healing, and personal and societal empowerment.
Dr. Jain obtained her BA degree in Neuroscience and Behavior at Columbia University, her MA degree in Integrative Health Psychology from the University of Arizona, and her PhD in Clinical Psychology and Psychoneuroimmunology from the San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She conducted her clinical internship at the Veterans Administration Health Center in La Jolla, CA, and her post-doctoral fellowship at UCLA’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research. Dr. Jain has received numerous awards for her pioneering research in meditation, biofield healing and psychoneuroimmunology, which has been featured in TIME, US News and World Report, CNN, and other news media.
Dr. Jain is an international keynote speaker and teacher. She integrates her background in clinical psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, Jain spiritual wisdom, and the healing arts to teach people how they can best heal themselves and live life with joy. She teaches regularly at retreat centers including Esalen and Kripalu, and shares her research on the science of healing in diverse venues, including NATO, TEDx, major universities and medical centers, health-related conferences, and corporations.
Dr. Jain is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, and serves as a board member and advisor for several nonprofit and social benefit companies. Beyond her passions for helping foster the world-wide healing movement, her biggest joys are spending time with her beautiful family, singing and surfing.
Learn more about Dr. Jain’s nonprofit, the Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI).
