For the past five years, the Osher Center has awarded annual early seed funding to investigators from across Harvard Medical School for innovative projects in the field of integrative medicine including basic, translational, and clinical research. We thank the Bernard Osher Foundation for providing us the means to support and encourage new and innovative research within the Harvard integrative medicine community.
The creativity, quality and collaborative partnerships that have emerged out of these pilot projects has been rewarding to witness. This year was no different. Each application underwent a formal peer-review process and was ranked for funding priority based on strategic and scientific merit.
We congratulate the following investigators on their respective awards of approximately $33,000 each. The next application round for 2021 awards will open on September 1st, 2020. Learn More about funding opportunities with the Osher Center here.
My Healthy Brain: A Novel Mind-Body Program for Promoting Brain Health through Lifestyle Change
Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Integrated Brain Health Clinical and Research Program,
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Examining the interactive effects of mindfulness and slow-paced breathing on stress physiology
Huan Yang, PhD
Instructor
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael R. Goldstein, PhD
Research Fellow
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center