Overview
The Trinity Institute for Applied Neuroscience and Spirituality (referred to by the acronym TIANS) was founded in 2016 to explore ways to help us understand ourselves better; to be aware of why we think and feel the way we do, in effort to nurture our true nature. While emerging out of Trinity Church Branford, CT, we are a separate, secular 501(c)3 non-profit. We charge no fees for our services and are funded by benefactors who strongly believe in the value of the work.
We are the People of TIANS
Dr. John Seibyl, MD serves as Chairman of the Board, President of the Institute, Co-Benefactor and Senior Scientist. Dr. Seibyl trained as a post-doctoral fellow in Psychiatry and Nuclear Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and served as Chief of the Section of Nuclear Medicine at Yale. He then went on to co-found, the non-profit Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders where he is currently Board Chairman and Distinguished Scientist. He is also the co-founder of Molecular Neuroimaging, LLC now Invicro, LLC, a Konica-Minolta Company. Dr. Seibyl has won numerous grants and contracts in the context of his work in brain imaging, publishing over 250 articles, book chapters, and case reports. More casually he writes short prose, poetry, bikes, runs, and advocates for people (himself included) with Parkinson's. Click here for his personal website.
Catherine Seibyl, MSN, MPH is co-Director and co-Benefactor of the Trinity Institute of Applied Neuroscience and Spirituality. She attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH where she received both a bachelors and masters degree in nursing, and subsequently received a masters degree in public health from Yale University in New Haven, CT. She has worked as a pediatric nurse practitioner, overseen the evaluation of residential treatment programs for veterans with mental illnesses at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and has implemented and overseen the Godly Play program at Trinity Episcopal Church in Branford, CT.
Jen Zehler is a certified teacher and received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education at New Jersey City University and her Master's Degree in Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University. She is also a graduate of the Women's Leadership Institute program at Hartford Seminary. Jen completed teacher training with Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) and is a Qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, and has received training through Mindful Schools, Mindful Life, and Mindfulness In Schools Project (.b). She also holds certification in Restorative Justice Circle Keeping from Planning Change and has completed trauma training for working with youth through The Center for Adolescent Studies. Jen resides in Barre, MA at The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS), and Jamaica Plain, MA. She enjoys biking, pickleball, creative arts, and reading.
Peter Schuller is a systems scientist whose professional career has been spent as a lawyer, investment banker, management consultant, business school adjunct professor, and senior corporate executive for a public company. In 2007 he founded the Institute for Applied Theology and Science and spent the next five years doing research in neuroscience, complexity science, Information Theory, and network science. In 2012, he directed that research toward the innovation of new tools for organizational development and the design of "Knowledge Networks", which he describes in his book, The New World of Networked Thinking. Recently, he started Intelligent Ideation, Inc. to design and market a novel, information-centric approach to leadership and organizational development. Peter grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, speaks French, and has traveled to more than 40 countries, so he brings a cross-cultural, global perspective to the challenge of organizational leadership.