phd programs in mind body medicine

Comprehensive Education and Skills Development for an Integrated Model of Care

The Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine will be held on October 31–November 2, 2024. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA. All sessions will be recorded and made available to all participants to view online, at your convenience, for 60 days following the course.  

COURSE OVERVIEW

Mind body approaches such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, cognitive skills, lifestyle interventions and positive psychology now boast an impressive evidence base to support their ability to improve—and in some cases, prevent—stress-related illnesses, ranging from asthma to hypertension, functional bowel diseases and pain syndromes. 

Whether you are a physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or therapist, mind body techniques provide you with evidence-based interventions to enhance patient care and clinical outcomes. 

The Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine is a comprehensive education program where you learn how to incorporate these skills into your practice. It teaches:

• The latest data on stress, stress management, and resilience enhancement, and their impacts on patient health and treatment options
• The mind body approaches that form the foundation of modern self-care
• When, where, and how you can employ mind body approaches to enhance patient care
• Practical skills to guide your patients in the use of self-care techniques

In addition to clinical approaches and integrative models of care, this program provides:

• Education on genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and how to leverage recent advances in the neuroimaging of contemplative states
• Opportunities for certification

HOW TO BEGIN OR ADVANCE YOUR USE OF MIND BODY MEDICINE

For those who are new to mind body medicine, this program provides comprehensive education to begin using integrated models of care within your practice. For those who have experience in these methods, this program provides updates and workshops to take your skills to the next level.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE

All participants can customize their learning experience. The program offers 48 skills development sessions, focused presentations, and interactive workshops. You can choose the ones that align with your specific goals and clinical interests.

WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY

This program is taught by leading practitioners and experts in the field of mind body medicine—including Dr. David R. Williams, Dr. Chris Palmer, Dr. Martin Picard, and Katarina Blom, who are all experts in the scientific research and practical application of mind body medicine.  

OPTIMIZED FOR IN-PERSON and REMOTE EDUCATION

The 2024 program has been enhanced for both in-person and distance learning. In addition to being held live in Boston, all sessions will be live streamed, and all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 60 days after the end of the course.  

OPTIONAL ONLINE PRE-COURSE WORKSHOPS

One day prior to the start of the Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine, you have the opportunity to expand your education with two online pre-course workshops.  

This half-day online pre-course presents practical and evidence-based approaches for your patients with obesity and other weight-related issues. Topics include: 

• The epidemiology and pathophysiology of obesity
• Medical approaches to obesity
• Mind body approaches to physical activity, nutrition, and sleep
• The link between chronic stress and obesity
• Patient perspectives and experiences

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Group medical visits—both in-office and online—are becoming increasingly popular tools in primary care and specialty practices to help patients make healthy lifestyle changes for:

• Symptom and chronic disease management
• Disease prevention

This special online pre-course workshop provides a practical, evidence-based introduction to group medical visits. Unique to this program is its immersive, fast-paced, 360-degree educational experience. You will learn about how group medical visits can promote health from four critical perspectives:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define the body’s response to stress, known as allostasis and allostatic load, and the role it plays in the development or exacerbation of medical conditions
• Recognize how modifiable lifestyle behaviors synchronized to circadian rhythm builds resiliency
• Enrich patient-provider relationship to affect patient outcomes
• Develop skills in a variety of meditation methods that elicit the relaxation response
• Evaluate the epidemiology of provider burnout and its consequences
• Summarize up-to-date meditation-induced brain imaging changes
• Develop strategies to lower your risk of provider burnout
• Enhance functional expression of empathy to improve clinical performance and personal resiliency
• Apply mind-body interventions in the treatment of multiple disease symptomatology
• Assess the influence of gut health and diet on mood 
• Improve your ability to motivate patients towards sustainable behavior change
• Deliver a more effective, integrative model of care
• Use newfound skills and tools to improve patient outcomes
• Identify modifiable risk factors for brain health
• Explain mind-body science of depression
• Acquire skill in state-of-the-art cognitive behavioral therapies applied to children, adolescents and young adults with a range of emotional and behavioral problems
• Identify the components of the Benson-Henry Care Model
• Support healthcare change designed to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases
• Define the underlying influences of happiness
• Formulate a more integrative model of patient care
• Experience a variety of healing modalities
• Review novel behavioral health interventions designed to influence brain health
• Interpret the signs of cognitive decline and depression as a guide towards prevention

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• Scholarly Concentration

Advancing Mind-Body Medicine

Director : Dr. Firdaus Dhabhar Description : Hippocrates said: “I’d rather know the PATIENT who has the disease, than know the disease the patient has.” Modern science could be used to do both, i.e., treat the patient and the disease together. Therefore, the overall goal of this pathway is to enable physicians to maximize healing and recovery by harnessing endogenous defenses that come from within the patient, while also applying all that medicine can provide from the outside. This pathway will explore how traditional and indigenous systems of medicine from across the world, and modern medical science, approach Mind-Body Medicine. We will delve into psycho-neuro-immune pathways and biological mechanisms through which the brain affects health and healing. We will also investigate mechanisms of resilience and well-being. Students will be encouraged, supported, and mentored to explore novel and potentially impactful ideas and hypotheses for their Capstone projects. It is hoped that the concepts, knowledge and experience gained through this pathway will be beneficial for pathway participants and for their future patients. Click here to learn more about the Advancing Mind-Body Medicine Pathway.

2024  Scholarly Concentration Application Resources

• Application   ( Due November 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm )
• NIH Sample *
• N IH Blank Template

*Attach your CV to the application using the required NIH format.

Firdaus S. Dhabhar, Ph.D.

Ayham Alkhachroum, M.D.

Amanda R. Alladin, M.D.

Barbara Bedogni, Ph.D.

Lilah M. Besser, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Eleonore Beurel, Ph.D.

Lunthita duthely, ed.d., ms.cti., ms, ryt-200.

Ariel Eber, M.D.

Michael fabbro, d.o..

Anat Galor, M.D., M.S.P.H.

Philip Harvey, Ph.D.

Derek M. Isrow, M.D., Ph.D.

Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D.

Warren L. Kupin, M.D.

Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, M.D.

Claudia A. Martinez Bermudez, M.D.

Mark S. Nash, Ph.D., FACSM

Michael J. Paidas, M.D.

Rivka Stone, MD, PhD

Danuta Szczesna-Cordary, Ph.D.

Trent Wang, D.O., M.P.H.

Gil Yosipovitch, M.D.

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Professor Associate Director Health Division, Department of Psychology Publications

Biography :  Dr. Michael Antoni received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rhode Island, his Master’s degree in Psychology at Connecticut College, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Miami in 1986, and completed a clinical internship at the Miami VAMC in 1987. He is Sylvester Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami, a College of Arts & Sciences Cooper Fellow, Cancer Control research program member at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC)... View Full Profile >

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