Bringing the Body Back into Mind-Body Research
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1-1:50pm
Dr. Peter Wayne is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is the Director of Research for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and also currently serves as Interim Center Director. He is an Affiliate Scientist at the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness.
The primary focus of Dr. Wayne’s research is evaluating how mind-body and related complementary and integrative medicine practices clinically impact chronic health conditions, and understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed therapeutic effects. He has served as a principal or co-investigator on more than 25 NIH-funded studies. He has more than 40 years of training experience in Tai Chi and Qigong, and is an internationally recognized teacher of these practices. He is author of the Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi, which received an Award of Excellence in Medical Communication by the American Medical Writers Association.