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Nashville Medical News Features Vanderbilt Osher Center
"The Osher Center: Healing Mind, Body & Spirit"
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Once considered “alternative” in American healthcare, integrative medicine is now a widely respected, evidence-based option for pain management, and The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt is leading the way. Founded in 2007, the Nashville clinic is one of six Osher Centers worldwide dedicated to healing the mind, body and spirit.
UCSF Osher Center Receives PCORI Grant for Study with Cancer Patients
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
A research team from the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine has been approved for a $2,780,075 funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Relieve Pain and Symptom Distress among Diverse Hospitalized Cancer Patients. Dr. Maria Chao, the Associate Director of Research and Associate Director for Health Equity and Diversity at the UCSF Osher Center, will lead the research.
Harvard Osher Director Quoted in “Finding Alternatives to Opioids” Article
NOVA Next, PBS
“Most cases of chronic pain are complex. The reaction of the central nervous system can amplify and perpetuate the pain,” says Dr. Helene Langevin, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.
UCSF Osher Center Funds RAP Grants for Dementia and Cancer
UCSF’s Resource Allocation Program (RAP) provides intramural research funding opportunities for the UCSF campus, making application for intramural research funding efficient and accessible for all faculty and non-faculty applicants. The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is sponsoring two of these grants, for integrative medicine research in the fields of cancer and dementia.
Integrative medicine seeks to mend the mind-body split
KALW Local Public Radio - Podcast
KALW Radio spoke with Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, who founded the Integrative Psychiatry program and Ayurveda consultation service at the UCSF Osher Center.
Vanderbilt Osher Center to study standards for mindfulness training
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As mindfulness grows in popularity as a treatment option for conditions ranging from anxiety to chronic pain, experts in integrative medicine at Vanderbilt are doing research to better quantify its effectiveness and setting standards for how it is administered.
New Awardees for Osher Research Pilot Grants
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The Harvard Osher Center is pleased to announce its most recent cohort of Osher Research Pilot Awardees, benefiting from a total of $100,000 pilot funding between them:
Osher Center Directors Quoted in Article: ‘What Is Alternative Medicine?’
U.S. News & World Report
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Over 30 percent of Americans use some form of non-conventional medicine, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. If you’ve ever stretched out on a yoga mat or popped a probiotic, you may be part of the growing segment of the U.S. population that uses non-conventional therapies to treat medical problems.
Is Inflammation the Key to Aging?
Huffington Post
By: Deepak Chopra, MD, William C Bushell, PhD, Ryan Castle, David Vago, PhD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.
Call for Applications
Training in Research in Integrative Medicine T-32 Fellowship Program
The UCSF Osher Center’s Training in Research in Integrative Medicine (TRIM) is a research fellowship program funded by a T-32 Training Grant from NIH/NCCIH. They are requesting new applications for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship positions to begin July 2018*.
Waking Up to an Invisible Epidemic
Huffington Post
By: Deepak Chopra, MD, William C Bushell, PhD, Ryan Castle, David Vago, PhD, Peder S. Olofsson, MD, PhD, Mark Lambert
Announcing Osher Collaborative Editorial Column in JACM
Accepting Editor and Review Board Submissions
Osher Collaborative is pleased to announce a new quarterly editorial column beginning 2018 in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM).
Dr. Lisbeth Berrueta Receives Best Paper Award
Earlier this month, Dr. Lisbeth Berrueta, Research Associate and laboratory manager for the Osher Center’s Connective Tissue Lab received the Musculoskeletal Research Center’s $500 Best Paper Award from Dr. Nancy Shadick, a co-chair of the BRI Musculoskeletal Research Center.
Drs. Eve & Paul Ekman in New Documentary on Dalai Lama
UCSF Osher Center research fellow Dr. Eve Ekman and her father, renowned research psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman are featured in a segment of the new documentary The Last Dalai Lama? which will be playing in Bay Area theaters starting July 7. The Drs.
Press Release: Bernard Osher Gift to Establish Integrative Medicine Center
Announcing the Sixth Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Thanks to the extraordinary philanthropy of Bernard Osher, the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine will soon be one of a select few institutions offering a unique and comprehensive center for evidence-based, integrative medicine.
On mental states, mindfulness, and self-transcendent experiences
In psychology, feelings of oneness and self-loss are often described as symptoms of psychopathology, but might they also be associated with well-being? An interdisciplinary team of psychologists and neuroscientists thinks so. The group, including David Vago, the director of research at Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, was put together by David Yaden, a research fellow in the Positive Psychology Center and Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences.
The Benefits of a Mindful Pregnancy
The New York Times highlights a new study by UCSF Osher Center members published in the journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
New Publication by Osher Collaborative, Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
Special Issue Integrative Medicine
We are thrilled to announce publication of this new “Primary Care – Integrative Medicine” issue, authored by Osher Collaborative faculty members and providers.
Dr. Sanford Newmark Writes Chapter in Dr. Andrew Weil’s Mind Over Meds Book
Osher Center medical director and neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Dr. Sanford Newmark, has written the chapter on Medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Dr. Andrew Weil’s new book, Mind Over Meds. The book includes 18 chapters, each on a different medical issue for which over-medication may be a problem, each penned by a different expert in the field.
“Integrative Therapies for Cancer Care” by U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report: “Are you wondering if complementary therapies might be right for you? You’re certainly not alone. Up to 80 percent of people with a history of cancer use one or more complementary and integrative therapies while undergoing treatment.”