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| Posted by: | Patricia A. Jennings, Ph.D. |
| Title/Position: | Project Director |
| School/Organization: | UCSF Health Psychology Program |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | September 22nd, 2005 |
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The Mind & Life Institute presents: MIND & LIFE XIII
Co-hosted by Georgetown University Medical Center and
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Dalai Lama will participate fully in all sessions
Investigating the Mind 2005:
The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation,
DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC,
November 8 - 10, 2005
CME Accredited
(Jointly sponsored by The Mind & Life Institute and CME-accredited by
Georgetown University Hospital.)
For Conference and Registration Information go to:
www.InvestigatingTheMind.org
This latest Mind and Life public meeting "Investigating the Mind 2005: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation" builds on the growing interest in meditation within modern medicine and biomedical science that has arisen over the past thirty years and further explores the emerging clinical opportunities.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS:
1. Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice, and
Implementation
2. Possible Biological Substrates of Meditation
3. Clinical Research I: Meditation and Mental Health
4. Clinical Research II: Meditation and Physical Health
5. Integration & Final Reflections
SPEAKERS:
Ajahn Amaro, B.Sc., Abhayagiri Monastery:
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., U. of Mass. Medical School, Emeritus:
Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D., Princeton University:
Helen S. Mayberg, M.D., Emory University:
Robert M. Sapolsky, Ph.D., Stanford University:
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D., University of Toronto:
David S. Sheps, M.D., University of Florida:
John F. Sheridan, Ph.D., Ohio State University:
Wolf Singer, M.D., Ph.D., Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung:
Ralph Snyderman, M.D., Duke University Medical Center
PANELISTS:
Jan Chozen Bays, M.D., Great Vow Zen Monastery:
Joan Halifax, Ph.D., Upaya Zen Center:
Father Thomas Keating, OCSO, St. Benedict's Monastery:
Margaret E. Kemeny, Ph.D., University of California-SF:
Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., Spirit Rock Meditation Center:
Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D., Shechen Monastery:
Sharon Salzberg, R.N., Insight Meditation Society:
Bennett M. Shapiro, M.D., Merck Research Laboratories, Emeritus:
Esther M. Sternberg, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health:
John D. Teasdale, Ph.D., MRC Cog. & Brain Sci. Unit, Emeritus:
B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D., Santa Barbara Institute
Meditation is becoming Mainstream in Western Medicine and Society
Applications of meditation are now common in the treatment of stress, pain, and a range of chronic diseases in both medicine and psychiatry, and som eapproaches are currently the subject of NIH-supported clinical trials and research studies. At the same time, the power of our non-invasive technologies have made it possible to investigate the nature of cognition and emotion in the brain as never before, and to begin to explore the interfaces between mind, brain, and body, and the implications of particular forms of meditative practices for modulating and regulating biological pathways to restore or enhance homeostatic processes and perhaps extend thereach of both mind and body in ways that might potentially promote rehabilitation and healing as well as greater overall health and well-being.
Recent studies are showing that meditation can result in stable brain patterns and changes over both short and long-term intervals that have not been seen before in human beings and that suggest the potential for the systematic driving of positive neuroplastic changes via such intentional practices cultivated over time. These investigations may offer opportunities for understanding the basic unifying mechanisms of the brain, mind and body that underlie awareness and our capacity for effective adaptation to stressful and uncertain conditions.
Mind and Life Dialogues
Mind and Life Institute XIII is the latest in a series of dialogues between scientists, the Dalai Lama, and other Buddhist contemplatives on areas of mutual interest at the intersection of western empirical science and the contemplative traditions and their associated methodologies, psychologies, and philosophies. Prior to 2003, all of these meetings have been held in private; however books describing them have been published and are widely available.
Investigating the Mind 2005: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation is the second Mind and Life Dialogue that will be open to a large audience, consisting primarily of people working in the fields of medicine, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, as well as students in these fields.
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