Liz Neporent

Helen Riess, MD is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

She is renowned for her work on empathy, having developed a globally-recognized neuroscience-based program for strengthening empathy.

Riess's research focuses on the physiological and neurological basis of empathy and its application in various fields, particularly healthcare.

She has created empathy training curricula used internationally in healthcare, business, and education.

Riess's work has been featured in prominent publications such as the New York Times and HuffPost.

She is based in Boston, Massachusetts and is associated with Empathetics, an organization dedicated to empathy education and research.