Dr. Candace Pert is best known for her opiate receptor, endorphin and peptide research. Her work is based on how the bodymind functions as a single psychosomatic network of information molecules which control our health and physiology.
Her new book Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d is a journey into how mind, body, and spirit are inseparable. We are hard-wired for bliss, which is both physical and divine. She also authored Molecules of Emotion: the Science Behind Mindbody Medicine and recorded the CD Psychosomatic Wellness: Healing Your Bodymind with guided imagery and music to optimize health.
Candace is currently Scientific Director of RAPID Pharmaceuticals where she is developing Peptide T, a therapeutic for treatment of HIV. She is featured in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? and Bill Moyer's TV program Healing and the Mind. She is a former Research Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Section Chief at the National Institute of Mental Health.