Elisabeth Targ

Elisabeth Targ
Elisabeth Targ
Born	August 4, 1961; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	July 13, 2002 (aged 40); Portola Valley, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Stanford University
Known for	Research into prayer and healing
Parents	Russell Targ (father); Joan Fischer (mother);
Relatives	Bobby Fischer (uncle)
	Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, parapsychology

Elisabeth Fischer Targ (August 4, 1961 – July 13, 2002) was an American psychiatrist specializing in psychic phenomena and the role of spirituality in health and healing. Targ produced a series of papers investigating the effects of prayer on AIDS patients, attempting to test the theory with a high degree of experimental rigor, with questionable results that eventually were not confirmed by a study published after her death. She died of glioblastoma, the same cancer she was studying, on July 13, 2002.

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