Sue Smalley, Ph.D.

Sue Smalley, Ph.D., Professor emerita in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, conducted seminal studies on the genetics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum disorders, publishing over 100 peer reviewed papers in the field of behavioral genetics.

 In 2004, she founded the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA to increase mindfulness through research and education.  She retired from UCLA and co-founded PTKCapital, a family investment fund that invests in early stage companies in wellness and entertainment.

Sue has written extensively for Huffingtonpost and Psychology Today as well as co-authoring the book, Fully Present: the science., art and practice of mindfulness (Second edition, 2022). She recently helped co-create the Bedari Kindness Institute at UCLA.