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Stephen Post, Ph.D. and Jill Neimark
BIO
Professor of Bioethics, Philosophy, and Religion in the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Stephen G. Post is also president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love - Altruism, Compassion, Service, which was founded in 2001 with a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The Institute facilitates research, writing, conferences, and courses at the interface of science, spirituality, and love for humanity. Through the Institute, he has funded more than fifty studies at major American universities on phenomena such as altruism, compassion, and forgiveness. He has chaired nine national conferences in his field, and delivers numerous invited lectures in the United States, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom.
His most recent book is WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE : The Exciting New Science That Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Happier, Healthier Life, co-authored with Jill Neimark. Dr. Post has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Science, The International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of Religion, The American Journal of Psychiatry, The Journal of the American Medical Association,and The Lancet. He has written seven scholarly books on love, and is also the editor of eight other books, including THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: Cultural, Scientific & Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal and ALTRUISM AND HEALTH: Perspectives from Empirical Research, both published by Oxford University Press. He is also editor-in-chief of the definitive, five-volume ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOETHICS.
His own research and writing was initially in the area of agape love and then in general bioethics, but two decades ago Dr. Post developed a specialty in ethical issues surrounding developmental cognitive disabilities and dementia in the context of an aging society. For this work he was elected a Distinguished Fellow of College of Physicians of Philadelphia. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and ten private foundations, including the Ford Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation, which provided the initial funding for the Institute. An elected member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of Alzheimer’s Disease International, he serves on theNational Ethics Advisory Board for the Alzheimer’s Association and is one of several individuals recognized for “distinguished service” by its national board.
Dr. Post lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with his wife, Mitsuko, and their two children, Emma and Andrew. They worship regularly at St. Paul’s Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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