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Join Us for a Workshop on Adapting Mind and Body Interventions To Improve Fit for Different Contexts

January 8, 2025

 Jenny Baumgartner

Jennifer Baumgartner, Ph.D.

Program Director

Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

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The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and its partners are excited to invite researchers and the public to attend Adapting Evidence-Based Mind and Body Interventions: Why, When, and How on February 12 and 13, 2025, virtually or on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Registration for this scientific workshop is free.

The goals of the workshop are to 1) understand the range of perspectives on why, when, and how mind and body interventions should be adapted to improve fit for different contexts and 2) inform priorities of NCCIH and our partners about why, when, and how research that involves adaptations of evidence-based interventions can be impactful for improving health and well-being. 

To help achieve these goals, the workshop will feature keynote presentations, panels, and debates to probe deeply into the following questions:

  1. What are examples of mind and body interventions that have been adapted in clinical research?
  2. Why might you need to adapt evidence-based mind and body interventions instead of using them as they were developed?
  3. When should adaptations of mind and body interventions be made during the pipeline of research?
  4. How do you rigorously implement adaptations of mind and body interventions?

Some workshop highlights include the following:

  • Dr. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman will deliver the first keynote address on how adaptations to evidence-based interventions can be made to maximize implementation success.
  • NIH-funded investigators and thought leaders from the field will present case studies.
  • A panel of investigators will share methods and frameworks that can be used to guide adaptations of mind and body interventions, including, for example, the NIH Stage Model and community-based participatory methods. 
  • Dr. Eric Garland will deliver the closing keynote address, in which he will share how he has adapted elements of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement across the entire pipeline of research, highlighting challenges and solutions, as well as future directions. 

In-person attendees will have ample opportunity to engage with the speakers, moderators, and each other. Virtual participants will be able to submit questions online. 

We hope that you can join us for what is sure to be an interesting and informative day and a half! Please view the detailed agenda and register online today!

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