The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health About the Author Dr. Emeran Mayer previously served as the founding chair of UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, as the executive director of UCLA Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, and as the codirector of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center. He has joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry. His work has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and has been featured in Psychology Today,  the New York Times, the Sunday Times, and on NPR and PBS. He lives in Los Angeles.