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In this episode of the Mind & Life Podcast, Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD, speaks with Harvard Osher Center Director Peter Wayne about his work on mind-body and movement-based interventions like tai chi. Their conversation covers many topics, including:
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
By Kathryn A. Hansen, Elizabeth G. Walsh, and Cynthia Price
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12 Feb 2021.
The leadership of the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine expresses our support for the COVID-19 vaccine. We encourage our patients, members, clients, friends, and family to get the vaccine as soon as it is made available to them. We want to emphasize our confidence in the rigor and science behind the formation of this vaccine.
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Harvard University: Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds
Northwestern University: Grand Rounds
University of California, San Francisco: Integrative Health Grand Rounds
University of Wisconsin–Madison: Integrative Health Grand Rounds
David Victorson, Christina Luberto, and Karen Koffler. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 21 July 2021.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Peter Wayne, PhD, has been appointed to the role of director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Wayne has been engaged with the Osher Center from its establishment in 2001 and has played a critical role in its development over the past two decades.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and isolation. Many are focusing on building a healthy lifestyle as a way to cope with this. Because Integrative Medicine emphasizes the promotion of wellbeing overall, Osher Collaborative members are well-positioned to provide support and resources to their patients and communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated greater interest in ways to strengthen the immune system. Our Collaborative members have shared their expertise on cultivating our body’s defense mechanisms with patients and with the broader community.
Osher Collaborative members are actively treating patients, engaging learners, publishing their perspectives, and developing research studies relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak.
UCSF Osher Center faculty member
Ashley Mason, PhD, has quickly launched a robust new study,
TemPredict, which aims to understand whether an algorithm can
predict the onset of symptoms, such as fever, cough, and fatigue,
associated with COVID-19. Participants wear a sensor, the Oura
Ring, that measures dermal body temperature, heart rate, and
related metrics.
UCSF Osher Center integrative geriatrician, Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, the author of the New York Times best seller Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life, has published multiple articles on ageism and COVID-19.
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Faculty Development has announced a new Office for Well-Being (OWB) for which Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, will serve as interim director.
Melinda Ring, Iman Majd, and Darshan H. Mehta. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11 March 2020.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Aterah Z. Nusrat, Iman Majd, and Peter M. Wayne. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 16 December 2019.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
David Vago, PhD, Research Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, along with Amit Bernstein, PhD, University of Haifa, Israel, and Thorsten Barnhofer, PhD, University of Surrey, edited the Special Issue on Mindfulness in Current Opinion in Psychology.
Martin Ingvar, Darshan H. Mehta, and Mats Lekander. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 15 May 2019.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Shelley R. Adler, Lucille R. Marchand, and Nancy Heap. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 13 March 2019.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement
Article excerpt:
For Helen Weng, her work as a neuroscientist, her lived experience as the child of Taiwanese immigrants, and her mindfulness practice are inseparable. Weng has spent the last 14 years investigating the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation. What she’s observed as a racialized person in mindfulness circles has made her want to do things differently—and help to change the conversation for other minorities who meditate.
Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Paula Gardiner, and Maria T. Chao