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Research Grand Rounds

Beginning January 2017, the Research Seminar series was combined with the monthly Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds. “Clinical Case” and “Research ” Presentations alternate each month and maintain a patient-centric focus.

All research seminars from 2014 through 2016 are archived below. Also available is a video library of these Research Seminars.

If you would like to view Research Presentations from 2017 on, now incorporated into Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, please visit the IM Grand Rounds page.
Archives
2017
Research Presentation: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 8:00am
“Safety of Supplements”
Pieter Cohen, MD
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Practicing Internist, Cambridge Health Alliance; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Research Presentation: Tuesday, October 5th, 2017 @8:00am
“Our Bodies Shape Our Minds”
Amy Cuddy, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard T. H. Chan of Public Health

Research Presentation: Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 @ 8:00am
“Placebos in the Clinical Arena”
Leon Morales-Quezada, MD, MSc. PhD,
Research Associate Director, Neuromodulation Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Research Presentation: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:00am
“Are physiological outcomes better than psychological outcomes to differentiate real and sham acupuncture? A carpal tunnel syndrome neuroimaging study.”
Vitaly Napadow, PhD, LAc., Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CiPNI), Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Research Presentation: Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 @ 8:00am
“Tai Chi and musculoskeletal pain”
Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Director of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center

Research Presentation: Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 @ 8:00am
“Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Food Intolerance”
Ather Ali, ND, MPH, MHS, Director, Yale Adult and Pediatric Integrative Medicine Clinic; Medical Director, Integrative Medicine Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Ali discussed his recent clinical trial of elimination diets in irritable bowel syndrome. He discussed how a common clinical question led to a rigorous randomized trial and mechanistic study, and shared insights gained in the process. (N.B. This presentation was not video recorded, per speaker request.)
2016
December 1st:
‘Medical Marijuana: Is the current research evidence sufficient to inform clinician decision making?’
Donald B. Levy, MD, Medical Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Maximizing mind-body connections to minimize balance decline in aging and disease’
Thursday, November, 3rd, 2016
Bradley Manor, PhD
Director, Mobility and Brain Function Laboratory, Brain Fit Club, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

“Effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary integrative medicine team in the treatment of chronic low back pain”
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Peter Wayne, PhD
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Positive Psychological Functioning: An Enduring Asset for Healthy Aging’
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Laura D. Kubsanzky, PhD, MPH
Director, Society and Health Psychophysiology Laboratory, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Stretching, Connective Tissue, Fibrosis and Cancer.’
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
Helene Langevin, MD
Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Mind-Body Medicine: The Effects of Stress and Mind-Body Medicine on Healthcare Utilization.’
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
James E. Stahl, MD, CM, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth: Geisel School of Medicine.

WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘The Evolution of Chiropractic Research: From Mechanisms of Sublaxation to Comparative Cost-Effectiveness.’
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
Matthew Kowalski, DC, DABCO
Licensed Chiropractor, The Osher Clinical Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; President of the New England Spine Institute.
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Application of Mobile Health Technology to Facilitate Long-Term Engagement in Exercise in Persons with Parkinson Disease’
Thursday, February, 4th, 2016
Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, NCS
Director, Center for Neurorehabilitation, Boston University; Director, American Parkinson Disease Association National Rehabilitation Resource Center.
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Bottom-up and Top-down Evidence for Mind-Body Medicine Approaches: From Genomics to Economics’
Thursday, January, 7th, 2016
John Denninger, MD, PhD
Director of Research, Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

2015
‘How Super are the Newly Proclaimed Superfoods?”
Thursday, December, 3rd, 2015
Dr. Howard D. Sesso 
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Director of Nutrition Research and Co-Director of Hypertension Research, BWH/HMS.
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Acupuncture for Women’s Health: Findings and lessons learned from Norwegian trials targeting postmenopausal hot flashes and recurring urinary tract infections.”
Thursday, November,  3rd, 2015
Dr. Terje Alraek
Senior Researcher, National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Tromso, Norway.
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Studying the ‘Pep’ in your Step: Gait as a biomarker of age-related motor and cognitive health.’
Thursday, October, 1st, 2015
Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here
‘Genetics and the Placebo effect: The Placebome’
Thursday, September, 10th, 2015
Kathryn Hall, PhD, MPH
Associate Molecular Biologist, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Minding’ our balance: How Tai Chi research is informing the interdependence of cognitive and motor skills in aging
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Peter Wayne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here
‘Vitamin D and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Making Sense of the Evidence’
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Walk Away from Cancer? Evaluating Linking Physical Activity and Malignancy’
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Jennifer A. Ligibel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

‘Pain in Arthritis: Why Does it Hurt?’
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Yvonne C. Lee, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Pain Research, Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here
‘Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain’
Thursday, January 8th, 2015
Robert Saper, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Director of Integrative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here

2014
‘Pay Attention Now (It Could Change Your Brain): Clinical Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness’
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts
Director of Research, Center for Mindfulness
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here
‘How’s Your Sleep? The Answer Might Surprise You’
Thursday November 13th, 2014
Matt T. Bianchi, MD, PhD, MMSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Sleep Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
WATCH VIDEO Presentation Here
‘Pursuing Placebo Effects’
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
Ted J. Kaptchuk
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Program in Placebo Studies in Therapeutic Encounter, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(Not video recorded, per speaker request)

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