Esther Sternberg M.D.

Internationally recognized design and health, mind-body science pioneer, Esther Sternberg M.D., is Research Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, Founding Director, University of Arizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance. Formerly Senior Scientist and Section Chief, National Institutes of Health, and founding member, American Institute of Architects’ Design and Health Leadership Group and Research Consortium, she advised the U.S. Surgeon General, General Services Administration, Department of Defense, U.S. Green Building Council, Australian Green Building Council, International WELL Building Institute’s Task Force on COVID- 19, and the Vatican on design and health. Her Wellbuilt for Wellbeing – GSA research is informing healthy design standards. She received the Federal Government’s highest awards, was recognized by the National Library of Medicine as one of 339 women who “Changed the Face of Medicine,” received an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, and served as member and Chair of NLM’s Board of Regents. She received her M.D. from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, authored 235 scholarly articles, edited 10 technical books. Her best-selling Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-being helped spark the design and health movement’s re-birth, 21st century style.