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Mindfulness

Performing high quality, methodologically rigorous research to investigate the impacts of mindfulness on health.

Areas of Focus

  • Stress reduction
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Blood pressure reduction
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Digital delivery of mindfulness training for behavior change (e.g. smoking, overeating, anxiety)

Our faculty engage in strategic community partnerships investigating customized, evidence based mindfulness-based interventions for local and global communities. They conduct a diverse body of research on mindfulness interventions through the School of Public Health's Mindfulness Center.

Faculty

  • Judson Brewer

    Judson Brewer

    Professor
    Judson_Brewer@brown.edu
  • britton

    Willoughby Britton

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research)
    Willoughby_Britton@brown.edu
  • Patricia Cioe

    Patricia Cioe

    Associate Professor
    Patricia_Cioe@brown.edu
  • Eric Loucks

    Eric Loucks

    Professor of Epidemiology
    Eric_Loucks@brown.edu
  • Bess Marcus

    Bess Marcus

    Professor
    bess_marcus@brown.edu
  • Cara Murphy

    Cara Murphy

    Assistant Professor
    Cara_Murphy@brown.edu
  • Jeffrey Proulx

    Jeffrey Proulx

    Assistant Professor (Research)
    Jeffrey_Proulx@brown.edu
  • Shufang Sun

    Shufang Sun

    Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Mindfulness Center
    Shufang_Sun@brown.edu
  • Tara White

    Tara White

    Assistant Professor (Research)
    Tara_White@brown.edu

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The Mindfulness Center

Dedicated to rigorous research and student-centered education, the center's goal is to offer programs that improve individual lives and organizational effectiveness. Courses are offered in-person and live-online, in our local community, nationally and globally.
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Finding calm amid chaos: Brown mindfulness expert offers advice for election-related stress

October 23, 2024
Dr. Judson Brewer, director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at the Brown University School of Public Health, shares strategies for staying calm during contentious times.
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Why should insurers cover Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction?

June 28, 2024
Brown University researchers take a deep dive into the barriers that are disincentivizing health insurers from covering the mindfulness–based health program.
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Outside the Mainstream: Applying rigor to complementary & integrative approaches to health care

April 16, 2024
NCCIH funding will allow Brown researchers to evaluate complementary and integrative health interventions and produce a public-facing database to support rigorous systematic reviews.
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