Cindy Engel Ph.D.

Cindy Engel, Ph.D., is a rare combination of research biologist, author, and bodywork therapist—on a mission to understand the interplay of mind and body. As well as writing in peer-reviewed academic journals, she is the author of Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Might Learn From Them—a book that topped the prestigious Berkeley Popular Science list and became a classic on the topic of animal self-medication. Her insights and expertise have led to interviews and articles being published in The New Scientist, The Financial Times Weekend, The Mail on Sunday, and The Ecologist. She was also a science consultant and a contributor for BBC Radio 4’s series Murder, Magic & Medicine. An Associate Lecturer at The Open University, she lives and works in rural Suffolk, England. Her latest book exploring the science of somatic empathy, Another Self: How Your Body Helps You Understand Others, is available now.