Robert Keith Wallace, Ph.D.

Chair • Professor of Physiology • Director of Research

Dr. Robert Keith Wallace is recognized as the pioneering researcher in the neurophysiology of higher states of consciousness. His seminal research was published in such prestigious scientific journals as Scientific American, Science, and The American Journal of Physiology. It was Dr. Wallace’s research on the physiology of meditation that opened the door for the study of the relationship between mind and body and its application in the field of behavioral medicine. After receiving his Ph.D. in physiology in 1970 at the University of California, at Los Angeles, he did postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wallace is the founding president of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Currently a member of the board of trustees, as well as Professor of Physiology, and Co-Director of the doctoral programs in neuroscience and physiology, Dr. Wallace is the author of two books, The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment and The Physiology of Consciousness, and has lectured extensively to large groups in over 50 countries around the world.

Paul J. Morehead, Ph.D.

Associate Chair • Assistant Professor of Physiology and Health

As a faculty member in the Department of Maharishi Vedic Science and as Principal and Dean of Students of the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment Middle School, Fairfield, Iowa, Prof. Morehead has nearly two decades of experience developing and teaching courses in Maharishi Vedic Science and Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care. He has been a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation program since 1973.

Robert Schneider, M.D.

Professor of Physiology and Health • Director, Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention

Dr. Schneider is one of the foremost physician researchers in the field of natural medicine. For more than a decade, he and his collaborators have examined the efficacy of the Transcendental Meditation^® program and Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, especially hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This research, which has been supported by private and government sources, including nearly $18 million from the National Institutes of Health and private funding agencies, has resulted in more than 80 professional publications and presentations and brought international attention to the efficacy of the Transcendental Meditation program and Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care in reducing hypertension, cardiovascular disease and associated mortality. Dr. Schneider is one of the founding faculty of the Department of Physiology and Health and a consultant to the National Institutes of Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention on natural medicine.

Sanford I. Nidich, Ed.D.

Professor of Physiology and Health and Education • Associate Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention

Dr. Nidich has pioneered research on the effects of Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care on hypertension, self-actualization, moral development, student intelligence, drug abuse, and aging factors. He is Co-Investigator on several major National Institutes of Health grants supporting study of Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care and cardiovascular disease. He is co-author of the book Growing Up Enlightened, which describes the accomplishments of children attending the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Fairfield, Iowa. Prior to joining the Department, Dr. Nidich was Director of Maharishi Vedic University and a member of the Department of Maharishi Vedic Science. More

Richard Averbach, M.D.

Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Health

A pioneering physician in natural medicine, Dr. Averbach is internationally known for his expertise. In 1984, Dr. Averbach and a colleague founded the first Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Centers in the U.S. and served as U.S. co-directors of physician training in Maharishi Ayur-Veda, overseeing the training of more than 1,000 medical doctors both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Averbach has participated in research projects and published extensively on Maharishi Vedic Medicine. He has also lectured throughout the world at leading medical institutions and conferences.

Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D.

Adjunct Professor of Research

Dr. Lonsdorf received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and did her post graduate training at Stanford University. From 1987 to 2000 she was the Medical Director of the Maharishi Vedic Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she treated over 5,000 patients using the techniques of Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care.

Dr. Lonsdorf has trained extensively in India, the United States and Europe and has worked with some of the world’s leading Ayurvedic physicians.