Susan Magsamen is the founder and executive director of the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her work explores how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably change the brain, body, and behavior, and how these insights can inform health, wellbeing, and learning programs. Magsamen developed Impact Thinking, a translational research model that applies scientific methods to arts and aesthetics for real-world applications. She co-directs NeuroArts Blueprint project with the Aspen Institute and is co-author of New York Times bestseller Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.