Spirituality, Health, and Health Disparities Symposium

This transdisciplinary symposium will engage post-docs and faculty from diverse disciplines to address the role of spirituality and religion in health and health disparities. Panels will address challenges in measuring spirituality; biological pathways through which spirituality may operate to affect the etiology of disease; and the effect of spirituality across diverse communities on patients’ healthcare decision-making, treatment, and outcomes. This symposium will lay the groundwork for future research collaborations across Harvard Catalyst institutions and across disciplines.

Featured speakers include:

• Lynn Rosenberg, ScD, MS, Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health; Associate Director of the Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University; Principal Investigator, Black Women’s Health Study
• Herman Taylor, MD, MPH, Director and Endowed Professor of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine; Principal Investigator, Jackson Heart Study
• The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi Rinpoche, PhD, Founding Director, The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Founding Director and President, Prajnopaya Institute and Foundation
• Tracy Balboni, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician in Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Susan Block, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
• Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, MPH, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Epigenetics, Harvard School of Public Health
• Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
• Neal Krause, PhD, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
• Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University; Dorothy and William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social Medicine Emerita; Principal Investigator, Women's Health Initiative

Registration is required to attend this free event; space is limited.  

                                        RSVP at:  http://tinyurl.com/SpiritualitySymposium2014