Jeffrey Long,
M.D. is a near-death experience (NDE) researcher. Dr. Long founded the
Near Death Experience Research Foundation www.nderf.org, and two other
web sites devoted to experiences related to NDE, After Death
Communication Research Foundation www.adcrf.org and Out-of-Body
Experience Research Foundation www.oberf.org. This family of web sites
is the largest publicly accessible collection of exceptional human
experiences of their type available. Portions of the www.nderf.org web
site have been posted in over 20 foreign languages. This is leading to
increasing awareness that, worldwide and across cultural boundaries, we
all share these types of experiences, and they are similar to a degree
that is medically inexplicable. The potential to heighten world
understanding is obvious, and very important. Dr. Long serves on the
Physician Advisory Committee of IANDS (International Association for
Near-Death Studies, www.iands.org. Dr. Long is a physician actively
practicing the medical specialty of radiation oncology (the use of
radiation to treat cancer) in Seattle, Washington.
Jody Long, Esq.
is also involved in the consciousness studies with NDERF/ADCRF/OBERF.
Jody is a family law lawyer (solicitor) and is an active co-investigator, and
writer with the websites and related projects. Jody gave the websites a
face-lift in March 2002 and is the current webmaster of NDERF, ADCRF
and OBERF. Jody’s dedication to the website and input on directions for
NDERF has been important for the growth and research prominence of the
websites today. OBERF was resurrected and now is doing really well
since people all over the world want to talk about and hear about other
consciousness events. The NDERF international project is very exciting
because it has opened global vistas. Consciousness can now truly be
studied on a world-wide basis. Jody has been on talk radio in a segment
called 'Ask the Lawyer'. She also served on the Seattle, Friends of
IANDS, Board of Directors. Jody has been published in a peer reviewed
journal for research. Her research has many original components to it
and serves as the basis for many new studies and ways to look at NDE
and consciousness. The research has been used as part of a curriculum
in a school in England. Dr. Kevin Nelson, University of Kentucky, was
so inspired by her research he conducted a study and published in the
medical journal, Neurology. Dr. Von Lommel, also has adopted many of
her ideas on consciousness studies. She appears in articles in woman’s
magazines in Sudan, Morocco, Egypt, and Argentina. She has helped
countless authors and publishers in their research and publicity
efforts. Jody has actively been involved in paranormal research for
several decades and has extensive knowledge in many paranormal areas.
Additionally, she has had a couple of OBEs and personally experienced
several paranormal events.
