Colleen Blascik joined CMC as a Research Fellow at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, where she works on the GEMINI Our Whole Lives (OWL) Study. She is an undergraduate student at Boston College exploring the intersections of science and health. Currently on the Pre-Medicine Track, she is interested in becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine.

She has long been passionate about exploring Integrative Medicine and is deeply committed to furthering her practice of various holistic healing modalities. Already certified in Reiki Energy Healing, a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that aims to assist patients on their healing journey, she hopes to advance the field of integrative medicine and explore all its facets through this study.

Outside of work, you’ll find her serving as the Co-President of the Veritas School of Social Sciences Alumni Board, studying for her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, or traveling around the world.

Colleen believes in a holistic, collaborative, and equitable approach to wellness and research and is beyond grateful for the opportunity to be part of an organization that shares these values.

Featured News: CMC was awarded a research grant titled “Neural and physiologic effects of self-compassion on chronic pain” from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.  This grant provides seed funding for a pilot neuroimaging study examining self-compassion training for people experiencing chronic lower back pain.