Julie Beischel, PhD

cofounder and director of research at the Windbridge Research Center

• bio

  Julie Beischel, PhD, is a cofounder and the director of research at the Windbridge Research Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to performing rigorous scientific research and creating educational materials focused on dying, death, and what comes next. Beischel received her PhD in pharmacology and toxicology with a minor in microbiology and immunology from the University of Arizona.

  Beischel’s research mostly focuses on mediums: individuals who report experiencing communication with the deceased and communicate the specific resulting messages to the living. Her studies include testing the accuracy and specificity of the information mediums report, as well as the experiences, psychology, physiology, and potential social applications of mediumship readings during bereavement.

  Beischel is the author of numerous peer-reviewed research articles, as well as the books Among Mediums: A Scientist’s Quest for Answers, Meaningful Messages: Making the Most of Your Mediumship Reading, From the Mouths of Mediums, and Investigating Mediums.