Mindfulness and Compassion Grand Rounds at Harvard Medical School will be held about twice monthly, live online via Zoom, and is open to those within Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), and members of the CMC community. for free. Our Grand Rounds series has 3 main aims:
Disseminate information about new cutting edge science and impactful clinical research findings
Highlight best practices for enhancing the efficacy, accessibility, and safety of mindfulness and compassion delivery and applications for population mental health
Provide opportunities for healthcare provider self-care and burnout prevention
Not able to attend live over Zoom?
Every lecture is recorded; a link to that recording is emailed in the following days to all registrants.
2024/25 Academic Year
Subject of lecture - Inner Refuge: Mindfulness Practices for Sustaining Strength in Crisis
Date: Monday, January 6, 2025
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Sharon Salzberg
Description: This topic explores how mindfulness helps healthcare professionals create an "inner refuge" for themselves, a space of stability and calm during crises, including larger world issues or personal challenges.
Presenter Bio: Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, NY Times bestselling author of thirteen books, and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She is among the first to bring meditation to mainstream American culture 50 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.
Learning Objectives:
Utilize coping strategies and techniques that can be implemented in daily life to reduce stress (including negativity toward ourselves) and promote mental calmness.
Summarize how mindfulness meditation practices lead to the development of increased mental clarity, tranquility and compassion.
Experience the effects of a non-sectarian contemplative method that balances the stressors of crisis.
Continuing Education Information
For those seeking continuing education credit, the link to a feedback form will be sent during the live lecture in the Zoom chat. This must be filled out to receive CE; credits are processed at the end of the academic year in late June 2025 for the entire Grand Rounds series. CE certificates are issued a month or so after that time. Although these sessions are recorded, we can only offer CE to those who attend live.
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 1.0 continuing education credits.
Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This program offers 1.0 continuing education credits and is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation for 1.0 credits.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Harvard Medical School is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.
An attendance attestation form will be shared during each event in the Zoom chat, before the Q&A session.
The Cart Track: Two Approaches to Suffering
Date: Monday, December 16, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Henry Shukman, Zen teacher, author, poet
Measuring Mindfulness and Related Concepts with New PROMIS Tools
Date: Monday, December 2, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: David Victorson, Ph.D.
Finding Our True Home in the Journey
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Marisela B Gomez, MS MPH PHD MD
The Hidden Conversation: Interoception's Role in Mind-Body Health and Healing
Date: Monday, November 4, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Sahib Khalsa MD, PhD
Cultural Considerations when Addressing Stress & Anxiety in Black Perinatal People: A Mindfulness Approach
Date: Monday, October 21, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Karen Sheffield-Abdullah, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM
Undoing Aloneness & Healing Attachment Wounds with AEDP
Date: Monday, September 30, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Diana Fosha, PhD
The Evolution of Self-Compassion in Healthcare: A Decade of Progress and Its Role in Combating Burnout
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH and Christopher Germer, PhD
Mindful-OBOT Study- A First Look: Insights from a National Study of Live-Online Mindfulness Groups During Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD and Joseph Rosansky, Ph.D
The PARTS Study- A First Look: Insights from Group-Based Internal Family Systems Research
Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD and additional members of the CMC team including Lexie Comeau, MA; Hanna Soumerai, LICSW; Mary Catherine Ward, LICSW; Brian Orr, LICSW, MSW; Dilara Ally PhD, LCSW; and Fiona Kate Rice, LMHC.
Biopsychosocial Approaches to Improving Cardiometabolic Conditions in African American Women through Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Date: Monday, May 6, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Cheryl Giscombe, PhD, MA, MSN, PMHNP-BC
The Myth of Self-Improvement: Returning to the Heart of Who We Are
Date: Monday, April 22, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Caverly Morgan
Is Mindfulness Self-Help Helpful for Depression?
Date: Monday, April 1, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Professor Clara Strauss BA (Hons) PhD DClinPsy
Living Wide Awake: Turning Fear into Compassionate Action
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, MFA, LMSW, DMIN and Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei, GC-C, Co-Founders and Co-Guiding Teachers of the New York Zen Center
Breathing and the Brain: Rhythm and Emotion
Date: Monday, March 4, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Jack L. Feldman, Distinguished Professor and David Geffen School of Medicine Chair in Neuroscience, Department of Neurobiology, UCLA
Integrating Mindfulness Into Healthcare
Date: February 12, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH
Liberation Ecotherapy: A Healing Justice Framework for Nature-based Social Prescribing for Mental Health
Date: January 29, 2024
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: J. Phoenix Smith, MSW
The Role of Mindfulness in Reversing High Blood Pressure: Clinical Trial Discoveries
Date: Monday, December 18, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Eric B. Loucks, MD
Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Judith L. Herman, MD
The Power of Ceremony: Indigenous Contemplative Practices, Neurodecolonization, and Indigenous Mindfulness
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Michael Yellow Bird, MSW, PhD, Dean and Professor
Mindfulness Based Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback, Cathy Kerr Annual Memorial Lecture
Date: Monday, October 16, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, PhD
Connecting Our Inner Work to the Outer World
Date: Monday, October 2, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Shelly Tygielski
What Actually Makes Us Happy?: Lessons from the Longest Study of Human Thriving
Date: Monday, September 18, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Robert J. Waldinger, MD
Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting: Preparing a New Generation for Birthing and Beyond
Date: Monday, June 5, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA and Larissa Duncan, Ph.D.
The Buddha Arrives on Turtle Island: Decolonizing the Dharma
Date: Monday, May 15, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Eduardo Duran
Building Bridges, Not Walls: Applying Lessons from Contemplative Science to Enhance Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Clinic & Beyond
Date: Monday, May 1, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Doris F. Chang, PhD
Mindful Medicine: Healing Burnout and Replenishing Your Energy
Date: Monday, April 3, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Jan Chozen-Bays, MD
Contemplative Practices for Inclusive, Anti-Racist Clinical Engagement and Healthcare
Date: Monday, March 20, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Kamilah Majied, LMSW, PhD
The Minds and Mentors Program: Promoting Peer Support in Recovery Research
Date: Monday, March 6, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Mercy Ngosa Mumba, PhD, RN, FAAN
Mindful Resilience And Post Traumatic Post Pandemic Growth
Date: Monday, February 6, 2023
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Christopher Willard, PsyD
Mindfulness, Advanced Meditation, and Future Directions for Research
Date: Monday, December 19, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Matthew D. Sacchet, Ph.D.
Finding Balance in Difficult Situations: Awareness and Wisdom as a Practice
Date: Monday, December 5, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Alexis Santos
From Beast Machines to Dream Machines
Date: Monday, November 21, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Professor Anil Seth, D.Phil, MA, MSc
How To Be Your Best: Insights From Neuroimaging To Optimize Performance
Annual Cathy Kerr Memorial Lecture
Date: Monday, November 7, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Martin Paulus, MD
Radical Friendship in the Workplace: A Mindfulness Practice for Stressful Times
Date: Monday, October 17, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Kate Johnson
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement: Clinical Outcomes and Biobehavioral Mechanisms of an Evidence-Based Therapy for Chronic Pain, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Eric Garland
Befriending Eco-Anxiety: Mindful Practices for Moving Through Grief, Loss, and Change
Date: Monday, September 19, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Kaira Jewel Lingo
Discovering the Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Shame with Mindfulness and Compassion
Date: Monday, May 16, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Ronald D. Siegel
The Zen of Therapy: Bringing Mindfulness to Psychiatry
Date: Monday, May 2nd, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Mark Epstein
Social Justice in Clinical Practice: A Liberation Health Frame for Healthcare Providers
Date: Monday, April 4th, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Dawn Belkin Martinez
From Trauma to Liberation: A Journey to Self-Compassion
Date: Monday, March 21st, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: La Sarmiento
The Mindful College Student: Approaches to Enhance Young Adults’ Health and Performance
Date: Monday, March 7th, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Eric Loucks
The Radical Act of Self-Preservation
Date: Monday, February 7th, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Leslie Booker
Finding Refuge, One Moment at a Time: Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees
Date: Monday, January 31st, 2022
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Amit Bernstein
Does Mindfulness Help Migraine? What Does the Evidence Show?
Date: Monday, January 10th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Wells
Understanding and Building Empathy
Annual Cathy Kerr Memorial Lecture
Date: Monday, December 20th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Jamil Zaki
The Intersection of Social Justice, Self-Care, Creativity, and Meditation
Date: Monday, December 6th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Myozen Joan Amaral
Childhood Maltreatment, Brain Development and a New Understanding of What Resilience and Recovery May Entail
Date: Monday, November 15th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Martin Teicher
Interlinked: Mindfulness and Compassion from an Asian American Lens
Date: Monday, November 1st, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams
Bush Medicine: Nature as a Healing Practice for Communities of Color
Date: Monday, October 18th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: B. Anderson & Aki Baker
The Biopsychosocial Impact of Art on the Neurobiology of Stress: An Awareness-Based Approach to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
Date: Monday, October 4th, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Sará King
Interpersonal Neurobiology: The Social Brain and the Embodied Relational Mind
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Dan Siegel
Mindfulness (-Based Cognitive Therapy) for Life: Ancient Wisdom meets Modern Psychology in the Contemporary World
Distinguished Harvard Medical School Lecture
Date: Monday, June 21, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Willem Kuyken
Mindfulness and Behavior Change: New Findings from 5 Years of Mindfulness Training in Primary Care Research
Date: Monday, June 7, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Zev Schuman-Olivier
Trauma and the Body: A Somatic Approach to Complex Traumatic Stress
Date: Monday, May 17, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Janina Fisher
Concept Construction in a Predicting Brain: A Paradigm for Studying Brain, Body and Mind
Annual Cathy Kerr Memorial Lecture
Date: Monday, May 3, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
From Absence to Presence: Restoring the Fragmentation of Collective Trauma
Date: Monday, April 19, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Thomas Hübl
Interoceptive Awareness Training as an Adjunct to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Date: Monday, April 5, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Cynthia Price
The Mindful Hospital: Mindful Community, Compassionate Care
Date: Monday, March 15, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Dr. Dzung Vo & Dr. Joanna McDermid
Mindfulness and Health Promotion in African American Communities
Date: Monday, March 1, 2021
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Natalie Watson-Singleton
Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy: Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Other Applications
Date: Monday, December 21, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Lizabeth Roemer
Compassion as a Source of Resilience, Courage, and Joy
Date: Monday, December 7, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Thupten Jinpa
Help for Uncertain Times: Mindfulness and Compassion Practices in Action
Date: Monday, November 16, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenter: Dr. Ronald Siegel
Heal Collective Trauma & Embody Anti-Racism
Date: Monday, November 2, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (ET)
Presenters: Gina LaRoche & Jennifer Cohen
Self-compassion: Helping people help themselves to transform population mental health
Date: Monday, October 26, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (EDT)
Presenter: Kristin Neff, PhD
Digitizing Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Increase Access to Care: Clinical Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Date: Monday, October 5, 2020
Time: 1-2pm (EDT)
Presenter: Zindel Segal, PhD
