Gary Schwartz

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Gary Schwartz, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona. He is also the Director of The VERITAS Research Program of the Human Energy Systems Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Schwartz is the co-author of The Living Energy Universe, and is the author of The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death and The Truth About Medium and has published several hundred scientific papers and edited eleven academic books.

Dr. Schwartz's major research focus has been in the controversial field of parapsychology. The stated goal of The VERITAS Research Program is "using individuals called mediums to communicate with the deceased" and using scientific methodology and protocols to measure the results. Subject mediums have included television-psychic John Edward and "researcher"-psychic Allison DuBois. Some of his experiments have been funded and featured by HBO premium television network.

Dr. Schwartz's research has garnered him much criticism, notably from skeptic James Randi of the James Randi Educational Foundation and Paul Kurtz and Ray Hyman of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). Ms. DuBois has also had a falling out with Dr. Schwartz over his book The Truth About Medium[1].

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• The VERITAS Research Program at the University of Arizona
• "How Not to Test Mediums: Critiquing the Afterlife Experiments", a critique of Gary Schwartz' research from The Skeptical Inquirer (January 2003)
• "Follow Up: How Not To Review Mediumship Research", Gary Schwartz' response to the above critique from The Skeptical Inquirer (May 2003)
• "Follow Up Reply: Hyman's Reply to Schwartz's 'How Not To Review Mediumship Research"' , Ray Hyman's response to the above critique of his critique from The Skeptical Inquirer (May 2003)