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Professional Development in Mindfulness Facilitation
Vanderbilt Osher Center (Nashville, TN)
This 50-hour training is designed for those who have experienced the transformative beauty of mindfulness practice in their own lives and wish to bring it into their work with others. There will be an emphasis on continuing to develop one’s own practice as we learn how to skillfully and compassionately guide others and to develop a well-rounded understanding of the contemporary field, research findings and historical origins.
Osher Collaborative at ICIMH 2018
Nearly 50 members of the Osher Collaborative attended the 2018 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, representing all 6 of our United States based Osher Centers.
Mindfulness in Corporate America: Is the Trojan Horse Ethical?
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Wolever, Ruth Q., Schwartz, E. Robert, and Schoenberg, Poppy L.A. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 2 May 2018
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Northwestern Osher Center Receives Community-Engaged Research Partnership Award
Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities
2018 Award Winner: Cooking Up Health: Docs & Kids in the Kitchen
In 2016, an Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) seed grant award enabled the strong partnership foundation to address childhood obesity issues and foster the development of a sustainable program for the delivery of cooking and nutrition education in the community by future physicians. The unique Cooking Up Health is an elective course at Feinberg which teaches medical students about nutrition through the lens of culinary medicine and community health and hands-on cooking. The medical students then deliver the healthy habit messages to Chicago Public Schools elementary school students in underserved communities.
The “New Organ” in the News: Is It Real and What Does It Mean?
Helene Langevin Presents Grand Rounds (Harvard Osher Center)
Recent news has shown a buzzing wave of media activity surrounding the report of a “new organ” permeating the whole body that could be important for cancer spread. Dr. Langevin discussed these findings in the context of previous research on connective and interstitial tissues.
How personal experience as a racial minority led to a career studying compassion meditation in diverse populations
Mind & Life Institute Interview with Helen Weng (UCSF Osher Center)
An Interview with Mind & Life Fellow, Helen Weng, PhD.
Helen is interested in how contemplative practices can improve communication within and between individuals, and how this in turn improves psychological and physical health. Her work is focused on developing a novel fMRI task to measure mindful breath awareness, using community-engaged approaches to adapt fMRI study procedures to underrepresented populations from diverse contemplative communities, and understanding how mindfulness-based interventions impact body awareness and psychophysiological variables.
Harvard Scientists Ask “What is the Point?” in Challenge to Acupuncture Researchers
JACM Publication by Helene Langevin and Peter Wayne (Harvard Osher Center)
In this provocative JACM article, “What Is the Point? The Problem with Acupuncture Research That No One Wants to Talk About,” Drs. Langevin and Wayne argue that failure to use clear terminology and rigorously investigate the subject of acupuncture points has hindered the growing legitimacy of acupuncture as an evidence-based therapy.
How Alternative Treatment Helps Chronic Pain, Opioid Addiction
News Channel 5 with Dr. Lindsey McKernan (Vanderbilt Osher Center)
As lawmakers debate on bills that could impact the opioid crisis in Tennessee, people have been looking for alternative treatments to help with chronic pain and, in many cases, addiction. Steve Olson has been taking individual and group clinical hypnosis sessions at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine on West End in Nashville.
8 Positive Skills for Stress Relief
Chicago Health Magazine with Judith Moskowitz (Northwestern Osher Center)
Social psychologist Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, director of research at Northwestern Medicine’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, discovered the power of positive emotions 20 years ago when she was researching how men who were caregivers of their partners with HIV — a terminal illness at the time — coped with negative emotions and depression caused by their situation. Surprisingly, the caregivers wondered out loud why they weren’t asked about the positive, meaningful moments they experienced.
Stop Stressing Out and Start Breathing, Deeply
CNN Interview with Dr. Darshan Mehta (Harvard Osher Center)
What’s one thing you can do right now to stop stressing out? Start breathing deeply. Here’s why it works.
Integrative Medicine and the Imperative for Health Justice
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Chao, Maria T. and Adler, Shelley R. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. February 2018, 24(2): 101-103.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
New JACM Column Partnership with the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions & Opportunities
Weeks, John. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. February 2018, 24(2): 99-100.
Melinda Ring On The Power Of Integrative Medicine
Chicago Woman Magazine
Executive Director of Northwestern Medicine Osher Center of Integrative Medicine, Melinda Ring shares her story into integrative medicine and its healing potentials.
Videos Now Available: Boston Osher Center Reception
(Boston, MA)
UPDATE: Videos of reception remarks from leadership supportive of the Osher Collaborative and HMS/BWH Osher Center are now available!
Good Feelings in the Midst of Chronic Pain
Scientific American
Researchers have been slow to realize that happiness, excitement and calm can co-exist with physical agony.
By Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University and director of research at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
This is Your Brain on Mediation by David Vago
10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast and Course
There has been an explosion of research in recent years on what meditation does to the brain, but as neuroscientist Dave Vago points out, the science of putting meditation under neuro-imaging is still quite young. Vago, the research director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, studies brain scans of meditators to analyze changes in brain activity, blood flow, size and function of certain areas in the brain, and he was part of a group of scientists who published paper aiming to define “mindfulness” and its neurological impacts.
Osher Collaborative 2017 Annual Meeting
(Boston, MA)
Core leaders of the Osher Collaborative recently gathered in Boston, MA, hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Leadership in New Era of Healthcare, by Susan Carter
TEDxNashville
How can we improve patient outcomes in healthcare environments and also be more fulfilled as healthcare professionals? Watch Susan Carter’s TEDxNashville talk to learn her simple yet profound answer to this important question.
How “Rat Yoga” Is Unraveling the Mystery of Back Pain
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Clinical and Research News recently published a video and accompanying article highlighting Dr. Helene Langevin’s research on the effects of stretching on back pain.