Osher Center for Integrative Health

September 28, 2017

Expanded health plan benefits, salary range changes ahead

For 2018, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) employee health plan will offer an array of insurance options and new wellness services.

By John Howser
July 20, 2017

Osher Center to study standards for mindfulness training

As mindfulness grows in popularity as a treatment option for conditions ranging from anxiety to chronic pain, experts in integrative medicine at Vanderbilt are doing research to better quantify its effectiveness and setting standards for how it is administered.

By Tom Wilemon
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May 25, 2017

Research delves into mental states of self-transcendent experiences

Researchers have, for the first time, described the similarity of different self-transcendent experiences — mental states that range from being in love to spiritual enlightenment — along a common continuum and spectrum of intensity.

By Tom Wilemon
March 9, 2017

Osher Center offers multiple back pain treatment options

The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt offers most of the treatments in the new guidelines for back pain recently recommended by the American College of Physicians, but misconceptions about those treatments remain a barrier to care.

By Tom Wilemon
September 30, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Osher Center offers Gentle Yoga for Back Care

By Wayne Wood
July 21, 2016

Harvard’s Vago named Osher Center research director

David Vago, Ph.D., will join the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on Sept. 1 as director of research.

By Tom Wilemon
April 21, 2016

VUMC speakers shine at TEDx Nashville symposium

Provocative questions, posed by three experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), were among the highlights last Friday at TEDx Nashville 2016, an exposition of “ideas worth sharing” at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.
By Bill Snyder
February 29, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute awarded second million-dollar gift

The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded its second $1 million gift to Vanderbilt University to strengthen and expand its resources for lifelong learning and engagement.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 22, 2015

Elam steps down as Osher Center medical director

Roy Elam, M.D., will step down as medical director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University following a search for a new director.
By Tom Wilemon
September 24, 2015

Osher Center adds health coaching expert Wolever

Ruth Wolever, Ph.D., has joined the staff of Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, where she will share her expertise and knowledge in health coaching.
By Tom Wilemon
July 15, 2015

Health Coaching Certificate Program now enrolling for fall 2015

Vanderbilt's School of Medicine, School of Nursing, VUMC Nursing Service and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt will offer the popular health coaching certificate program again this fall.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 25, 2015

Health coaching certificate program enrolling for fall

The popular health coaching certificate program will be offered again this fall.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 13, 2014

New health coaching certificate program to be offered this fall

Vanderbilt will offer a certificate program for health professionals to educate them in helping patients set realistic health goals and provide support in reaching them.
By VUMC News and Communications