Iris Bell

Iris Roberta Bell is an American psychiatrist, professor, author and alternative medicine researcher. She is known for studying multiple chemical sensitivity and homeopathy. Bell is a longstanding environmental illness advocate, and developed the Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale, which aims to allow patients to measure their emotional well-being. Bell has published over 140 professional papers and book chapters and has served as an editorial board member for several journals.

Education Bell attended undergraduate school at Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in biology. She received her PhD in neuro- and biobehavioral sciences from Stanford University in 1977 and her medical degree in 1980. In 1984, Bell completed her psychiatry internship and residency at the University of California-San Francisco. She is board certified in psychiatry, nationally certified in biofeedback and holds a license to practice homeopathy and integrated medicine in Arizona.

Bell's research focuses on integrative health care and she has received multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research homeopathy. Her recent research focuses on the nanoparticles of homeopathic medicine and the effect of alternative medicine on all of the parts that make up an individual person.