Mindfulness in Medicine Interest Group talk with Dr. Eric Loucks: Using mindfulness epidemiology to improve major health outcomes

The Mindfulness in Medicine Interest Group will be hosting Dr. Eric Loucks, the Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, for a talk on Wednesday, April 27th, from 7:00-8:00 PM. Dr. Loucks will be speaking with us about using mindfulness epidemiology to improve major health outcomes, such cardiovascular health.

Bio: Eric B. Loucks, PhD, is a professor, researcher, and pioneer in the study of mindfulness and health. As director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Loucks teaches mindfulness-based interventions and leads high-quality, methodologically rigorous research to investigate the science behind mindfulness and its impact on health and well-being. An expert in aging-related research, he optimizes mindfulness programs to specific age groups. He is the lead developer of Mindfulness-Based College (MBC), and has received numerous research grants from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions, including MBC and Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP). Dr. Loucks’ book entitled The Mindful College Student (New Harbinger Publications) was released in April, 2022. Over the course of his career, he has held teaching positions at Harvard, McGill, and Brown Universities. Loucks has practiced mindfulness for more than 20 years