CNS Program in Mind Body Research

Funding:  Oppenheimer CAIM P&F program, R24 P&F programs, NCCAM R21 grant, Samueli Institute, L. Gonda Foundation, Simms/Mann Family Foundation

Director:  B Naliboff

Key investigators:  B Naliboff, PhD, D Ackerman, PhD, S Smalley, PhD, S Smith, RN, NP, K Tillisch, MD, D Creswell, PhD

Research focus:  Neurobiology of mind body interactions in health and healing; Mind based therapies; Placebo response; Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Complementary and Integrative Medicine

UCLA interactions:  MARC Mindful Awareness Research Center, Norman Cousins Center for PNI and UCLA Center for East West Medicine