Plenary Speakers
Wednesday, May 16
08:15 - 09:00 "How Positive Emotions Heal" Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD (Bio) Kenan Distinguished Professor Director, Social Psychology Doctoral Program Department of Psychology University of North Carolina Director, Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory
09:00 - 09:45 "Stress: From Neurobiology to Interventions" Sonia Lupien, PhD (Bio) Scientific Director, Mental Health Institute, University of Montreal Professor, Department of Psychiatry at University de Montréal Founder and Director of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress
16:00 - 16:45 "Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative" Irving Kirsch, PhD (Bio) Associate Director, Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA Professor Emeritus, University of Hull & University of Connecticut
Thursday, May 17
08:00 - 08:45 "Comparative Effectiveness Research: Implications for Practice and Policy" Michael Lauer, MD, FACC (Bio) Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
08:45 - 09:30 "Developing a Methodological Framework for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Integrative Medicine" Sean Tunis, MD, MSc (Bio) Founder and Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy Former CMO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
16:00 - 16:45 "International Perspectives on Acupuncture Research – Where Do We Stand, Where Should We Go?" Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA (Bio) Professor of Medicine, Vice Director of the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University Medical Center Charité Berlin President International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR)
Friday, May 18
08:00 - 08:45 "The Science of Physical Inactivity and Activity in the Prevention of Chronic Disease" William L. Haskell, PhD (Bio) Stanford Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine
08:45 - 09:30 "Diet and Health: A Progress Report" Walter Willett, MD, MPH, DrPh (Bio) Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Chair, Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health
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