February 2024 Webinar
Mind-body medicine, once considered as fringe medicine and kept outside medical clinics and hospital rooms, is now an established field within conventional medicine. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) are now integral to national clinical care guidelines in oncology and are increasingly used to help people manage chronic pain, cardiovascular disease, mental health, and more. Some of the most common MBIs such as yoga, tai chi, qigong, and different forms of meditation share the theme of modifying “energy” (prana, qi, ki or lung). Despite this, conventional medicine views these practices through a biobehavioral lens. The less understood field of “energy medicine” or biofield therapies is gaining recognition, supported by mounting evidence for their role in diverse healthcare sectors. This talk will explore the historical evolution of MBIs, transitioning to the discussion of “energy medicine” and biofield therapies, with a focus on their preclinical and clinical applications in oncology.
About Our Guest Speaker
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD
Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, is the Richard E. Haynes Distinguished Professor in Clinical Cancer Prevention and Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Cohen is a founding member and past president of the Society for Integrative Oncology and the former Vice-Chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.
Dr. Cohen leads a team conducting research and delivering clinical care of integrative medicine practices such as meditation, yoga, hypnosis, music therapy, acupuncture, massage, diet, exercise, and other strategies aimed at reducing the negative aspects of cancer treatment and improving quality of life and clinical outcomes. Dr. Cohen has conducted some of the first randomized clinical trials of yoga in cancer patients and continues this important research today. As the majority of cancers are preventable, Dr. Cohen is also conducting research to demonstrate that lifestyle factors including healthy diet, physical activity, stress management, and social support can influence cancer outcomes. Being influenced by his grandmother, legendary yogini Vanda Scaravelli, he also has his own yoga practice and obtained his RYT 200. More recently, along with Dr. Peiying Yang they are conducting in depth research on biofield therapies.
Dr. Cohen has published more than 195 scientific articles in top medical journals, has published numerous book chapters, edited two books on integrative medicine for cancer care, and co-edited the book entitled The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care. Dr. Cohen is also co-author of a book entitled Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health With the Mix of Six (Penguin Random House).
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