Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she leads interdisciplinary research on consciousness, health, and extended human capacities. She is a clinically trained naturopathic physician and a formally trained clinical researcher, having earned a Master of Clinical Research through Oregon Health & Science University’s rigorous Human Investigations Program. She also completed two two-year postdoctoral research fellowships and received a five-year National Institute of Health K award, a mentored career development grant that advanced her training in clinical research, randomized controlled trials, neuroscience, electrophysiology, and biostatistics.
Dr. Wahbeh has spent her career building and leading research at the intersection of physiology, healing, and consciousness. She has served as Director of Research at IONS since 2017 and previously as a scientist at the institute, leading and collaborating on funded studies as principal investigator and co-investigator. Her work has included clinical trials, psychophysiology, EEG and other electrophysiological methods, scale development, mixed methods research, and the scientific study of stress, trauma, mind-body medicine, and exceptional human experiences. In addition to research leadership, she has extensive experience in research administration, grant development, team management, and scientific communication. She leads the IONS science team with a commitment to bridging rigorous discovery with meaningful human transformation.
Dr. Wahbeh is especially known for her pioneering research on channeling and is the author of The Science of Channeling: Why You Should Trust Your Intuition and the Force That Connects Us All. Her current work focuses on the rigorous investigation of consciousness related phenomena, including channeling, mediumship, healing, remote viewing, lucid dreaming, and related experiences at the edges of human potential. She has also contributed to emerging scientific inquiry into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) through empirical and conceptual work examining anomalous experience and its implications for consciousness research. Dr. Wahbeh has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications journal articles and has spoken internationally on mind-body medicine, stress physiology, trauma related conditions, consciousness, and extended human capacities. She is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University, a Board Member and Past President of the Parapsychological Association, and a mentor to PhD students, Master’s students, postdoctoral fellows, and other trainees through formal committee service and research mentorship. With more than 25 years of dedicated meditation practice, she brings a grounded presence to the frontiers of noetic science.
Dr. Wahbeh is the author of some 100+ peer-reviewed publications and the book The Science of Channeling: Why You Should Trust Your Intuition and the Force That Connects Us All. Brimming with cutting-edge science, the book draws together much of her research on the subject. The Science of Channeling is written in true noetic fashion as it seeks to unite the science with practical application.
