Research Seminars

2023-2024

• The Lessening Incontinence with Low-impact Activity (LILA) Trial: Evaluating Pelvic Yoga for Urinary Incontinence in Diverse Older Women, Alison Huang, MD, MAS
• Serving Life: Formative Research Exploring the Benefits of Yoga for Incarcerated Populations, Chanda Williams, PhD, C-YIAT
• Seeing the Whole Person: Implications for Mental Health Integration in Perinatal Care, Jessica M. Harrison, PhD
• Black Buddhist Approaches to Healing Intergenerational Trauma, Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD

2022-2023 

• The MAMAS and SEED Studies: Mindfulness Training during Pregnancy Associated w Two-Generation Impacts, Cassandra Vieten, PhD & Nicole Bush, PhD
• Equity Perspectives in Integrative Health: Insights from Latin America, Daniel Gallego-Pérez, MD, DrPH
• Equity and Rigor in Pragmatic Research: Findings and Lessons Learned from the PRACXIS Study, Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA
• Recipe4Health: Preliminary Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study of Produce Prescriptions & Group Medical Visits, Benjamin Emmert-Aronson, PhD, Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, and Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD

2021-2022 

• The Giving Voice to Mothers Study: Defining How Service Users Define Quality and Safety, Saraswathi Vedam, PhD, RM, FACNM, Sci D(hc) & Tanya Khemet Taiwo, PhD, MPH, LM
• From Terror to Transcendence: Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy to Treat Existential Distress Associated with Cance, Gabrielle Agin-Liebes
• Meeting People Where they Are: Implementation of Tele-Yoga in the VA, Francesca Nicosia, PhD, C-IAYT
• Using VA’s “Whole Health” Approach to Assess and Address COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts among U.S. Military Veterans: Successes, Shortfalls, and Opportunities" by Natalie Purcell, PhD, MPH
• Research Seminar: Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) for People Living with Memory Loss: From Concept to Commercialization by Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH
• Mindfulness and Health Promotion in African American Communities by Natalie Watson-Singleton, PhD

2020-2021 

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Distressed Cancer Population by Joanna Arch, PhD
• A Mindful Approach to Achieving Mental Health Equity by Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD 
• Who Owns Acupuncture and Other Stories: Cultural Misappropriation in Medicine by Nadine Ijaz, PhD 
• Stress, Early Adversity, and Depression – From Laboratory Mechanistic Insights to Daily Psychological Interventions by Stefanie Mayer, PhD 
• Adapting Mindfulness Programs for Stress Reduction in Native Communities by Jeffrey Proulx, PhD 
• Can a Digital Mindfulness + Healthy Eating Program Improve Health-related Behaviors Among Stressed Adults with Overweight? Findings from the StressFree UC + Health Randomized Clinical Trial by Rachel Radin, PhD 
• Lightning Talks by UCSF Osher Center Researchers and Affiliates 

2019-2020  

• Can Adolescents "Rewire" Their Brain by Practicing Mindfulness? - An MRI Connectome Study by Dr. Olga Tymofiyeva 
• Addressing Health Equity through Implementation Science by Megan Roberts, PhD  
• The Science of Social Justice: The Impact of Othering and Systemic Discrimination on Communities of Color and the Potential of Mindfulness to Heal by Sará King, MA, PhD 
• Living with chronic stress: What does life look like and how does that impact health? by Alexandra Crosswell, PhD 
• Lightning Talks by UCSF Osher Center Researchers from Multiple Presenters 

2018-2019  

• Interoception Symposium by Erika Siegel, Helen Weng, Wolf Mehling  
• Comparing Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans: Implementation Strategy for a Multi-Site Pragmatic Trial or 'We Want to Do it Differently at Our Site' by Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH  
• Being Present 2.0: Web-based Mindfulness Meditation Program for Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients and Caregivers by Chloe E. Atreya MD, PhD   
• Pragmatic Research of Integrative Pain Management in Diverse Patients by Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA 
• Osher Center Research Data Blitz 

2017-2018  

• The Impact of Killing in Combat among Veterans: Research and Clinical Implications by Shira Maguen, PhD  
• Minding the Implementation Gap in the Development of Mindfulness-based Programs by Rebecca Crane, PhD, PFHEA  
• Translational lifestyle research to optimize prostate cancer survivorship by June M. Chan, ScD  
• The Regulation of Affective Spillover: Amygdala-Prefrontal Contributions and the Impact of Mindfulness Training by Regina Lapate, PhD 
• Mindfulness in Education: Applications from Preschool to Professional Development by Lisa Flook, MA, PhD  
• A Neurocognitive Approach to Enhancing Interoception by David A. Ziegler, PhD 
• Osher Center Research Data Blitz 

2016-2017  

• Toward Contemplative Science: Issues, Models and Findings in the Scientific Investigation of Contemplative Practice by Clifford Saron, PhD  
• Emotions are Contagious: Physiological Covariation among Strangers and Close Others by Wendy Mendes, PhD  
• Why Depression Hurts: Interoception in Depression and Pain by Irina Strigo, PhD  
• Paving the way for integrative medicine by systematic use of patient reported outcome measures by Martin Ingvar, MD, PhD 
• The Differential Impact of CBT vs. MBSR for Social Anxiety Disorder: Mediators of Treatment Outcome by Philippe Goldin, PhD 
• Being Present: Audio-Based Mindfulness Meditation for Colorectal Cancer Patients and Caregivers by Chloe Atreya, MD and Ai Kubo, PhD 
• Osher Center Research Data Blitz by Various Osher Center Faculty and Fellows  

2015-2016  

• Stress and Inflammation: Role of Immune Cell Corticosteroid Receptors by Jeff Milush, PhD  
• Internet-Based Clinical Trials by Steve Bent, MD  
• Placebo and Beyond: Exploring Scientific Frontiers in Mind-Body Medicine by Shamini Jain, PhD  
• Compassion Development: Basic and Applied by Daniel Martin
   

2014-2015

• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression by Stuart Eisendrath
• Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise in Individuals with Dementia: the PLIÉ Study by Deborah Barnes
• Electroceuticals: A New Approach to Treating Brain Pathologies by Blake Gurfein
• Mindfulness to Prevent Acute Respiratory Infection by Bruce Barrett
• Cross-Cultural Variation in Interoceptive Accuracy: Mechanism and Implications for Emotional Experience by Christine Ma-Kellams

2013-2014

• Biofield Therapies: Surveying the Scientific Landscape by Shamini Jain
• Adolescent Depression- an Integrative Approach to Treatment and Prevention by Eva Henje Blom
• Mindful Exercise and Breathing for Veterans with PTSD by Emma Seppala
• Stressed or relaxed, how do Your Genes Fit: The role of CRF Family of Neuropeptides in Mediating Stress and Inflammation by Aditi Bhargava
• A Pilot Study of Yoga for Low Back Pain and its Mechanisms of Action: the YoMA Study by Sarah Corey
• Yoga and Urinary Incontinence by Alison Huang

2012-2013

• Yoga Research by Sat Bir S. Khalsa
• Yoga and Metabolic Syndrome by Alka Kenaya
• Nurturing Mindfulness in Schools: Advancing the Science and Practice of Awareness and Caring in Education by Mark Greenberg
• Teaching Positive Emotion and Coping Skills on the Internet: Successes, Insights, and “Learning Experiences” by Michael Cohn
• Food, Nutrition, and Cancer: Recent Recommendations and Evidence by Larry Kushi
• So, what is a Paleolithic diet and how can it help you? by Lynda Frassetto
• The Biology of Pain and Its Control by Howard Fields
• The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) for building more efficient and effective behavioral interventions by Linda M. Collins
   

2011-2012

• Compassion, If It is an Emotion, Why Don't We All Feel It? by Paul Ekman
• MBSR and Tinnitus by Jennifer Gans
• Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: Much Ado About Stretching? by Karen Sherman
• Meditation and Emotion Regulation: Psychological and Biological Effects of an Intervention by Margaret Kemeny
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression by Stuart Eisendrath 
• Acupuncture for the Treatment of Gulf War Illness by Lisa, Conboy
• The Compassionate Brain by Emiliana Simon-Thomas
• Opening Windows to the Brain: Lessons Learned from the Neuroimaging of Pain by Sean Mackey
• Keto-Adaptation:  Understanding the Cellular and Functional Responses to a Well-Formulated Low Carbohydrate Diet by Steve Phinney