NCCIH funding will allow Brown researchers to evaluate complementary and integrative health interventions and produce a public-facing database to support rigorous systematic reviews.

Summit led by Mindfulness researcher Jeffrey Proulx makes shared space between mindfulness training and Indigenous cultural practice

Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Eric Loucks' work in the areas of mindfulness-based stress reduction and heart health are demonstrating how mindfulness can improve people’s lives and change their perceptions. Megan Hall chats with Professor Loucks about his journey into this area of study and what the future holds for mindfulness.

“Our brains don’t like uncertainty,” says Judson Brewer, psychiatrist and Director of Research and Innovation at the Brown University Mindfulness Center. And the job search process is nothing if not uncertain. In his book, “Unwinding Anxiety,” Brewer outlines three steps for dealing with anxiety ― during the work search or at any other time. For anyone tackling their own anxiety, here they are ...

"If we can train people in mindfulness skills and then apply those skills to people's relationships with the things that we know influence blood pressure -- like physical activity or diet or antihypertensive medication adherence or alcohol consumption -- we might be able to boost the effects" of their prescribed blood pressure control plan, said researcher Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.

Based on the popular Mindfulness-Based College (MBC) program at Brown University, this book offers powerful skills to increase academic success and boost mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health—now and for a lifetime.

In this month's installment of the Scientific Method, NPR talks about anxiety and the science behind it with Jud Brewer of the Brown University School of Public Health.

Dr. Judson Brewer, an associate professor at the Brown University School of Public Health, who created a mindfulness app called Eat Right Now, told the story of a patient who routinely ate a full bag of potato chips while watching a favorite TV show with her daughter ...

A video message from Mindfulness Center Director Eric B. Loucks.

MBSR Instructor Abraham Dejene decided to give it all up, quit his job, sell his belongings, and backpack through Southeast Asia.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown initiatives to advance diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion.

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Shufang Sun has joined the Mindfulness Center and the International Health Institute as an Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

It is a great pleasure to share that Patricia Holland, BSW, MS, has been promoted to Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown recently received an National Institutes on Aging (NIA) grant (R24AG065174) designed to foster research to reverse/remediate the effects of early life adversity (e.g. abuse, neglect, poverty, racial discrimination, etc.) in mid- and later-life, and welcome scientists to apply for pilot funding through the Reversibility Network program.

I am delighted to share that Lynn Koerbel has been appointed Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health.

Florence Meleo-Meyer has received an appointment as Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown is working to explain why mindfulness makes us healthier.

A study led by Professor Eric Loucks, Ph.D., finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits.

Watch an excerpt, on “Mindful Politics”, from the Watson Institute Master of Public Affairs Speaker Series titled “Election Debrief with Congressman Tim Ryan.” The talk by Congressman Ryan was cosponsored by the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.

Love can help us feel safe and happy, and mindfulness can help us learn to love in ways that support our well-being.

Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, and colleagues published a study in Plos One, a science journal, that put forward a possible solution: an eight-week mindfulness-based program.

In November, Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, and colleagues published a study in Plos One, a science journal, that put forward a possible solution to high blood pressure: an eight-week mindfulness-based program.

Mindfulness Center Director Eric Loucks spoke at the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group event "Mindfulness, Ageing Well and Older People." The event raised awareness and supporting policy for how mindfulness fosters healthy aging.

Free and open to the public, these weekly drop-in sessions are intended to support anyone interested in developing and sustaining a regular mindfulness meditation practice. This opportunity is for the anyone including the curious, former students, and seasoned practitioners.

The 20th annual Barnes Lecture featured mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn on “The Public Health Roots of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction."

A video message from Mindfulness Center Director Eric B. Loucks.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown University hosted a “Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Health Meeting” in January.