James O'Dea is a past president of what American non-profit parapsychological research institute that was founded in 1973?
James O'Dea (activist) James O'Dea is an Irish-born activist, author and educator. He is a past president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a former faculty member of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. James trained over 1000 Peace Ambassadors during the Shift Network's Peace Ambassador Training. He co-directed the Social Healing Project with Dr. Judith Thompson. He is an adviser to The Peace Alliance and KOSMOS Journal and is former executive director of the Seva Foundation and a former Director of the Washington, DC office of Amnesty International. He is also a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Group.
Gary Wand Gary S. Wand is an American physician and a Alfredo Rivière and Norma Rodriguez de Rivière professor who specializes in endocrinology and metabolism. He is the Johns Hopkins University director and a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Merit Award. He is a member of both Endocrine and Pituitary Societies and also of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. In 2008 he wrote a research paper called "The influence of stress on the transition from drug use to addiction" which was published by the National Institutes of Health in one of their magazines. A year later he collaborated with M Uhart to an article called "Stress, alcohol and drug interaction: An update of human research" which was published by the Addiction Biology journal.