Jennifer “Kim” Penberthy, PhD, is a member of the Faculty Research Council at the Contemplative Sciences Center. She is a clinical psychologist who holds the Chester F. Carlson Professorship Chair in Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the UVA School of Medicine.

A clinician, researcher, teacher, and innovator, she uses contemplative practices to help people who have deep mental suffering, addiction, and chronic medical conditions, such as cancer and lupus.

Dr. Penberthy also employs mindfulness and contemplative practices to help educate medical residents and physicians in how best to work with distressed patients while also taking care of themselves. She has published extensively on mindfulness and healing and presented across the world. She most recently co-authored a book with her daughter, Morgan. Their book, Living Mindfully Across the Lifespan: An Intergenerational Guide, is published by Routledge Taylor & Francis.