Osher Research Center and Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

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EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Presentations held at the Osher Institute unless indicated otherwise
Landmark Building, Suite 22-A
401 Park Drive
Boston, MA 02215 (Fenway T Stop on the D Train, Green Line)

(Presentations hosted off-campus are listed in blue)

		March 2008

Tuesday 11 4:00 pm		Brain GABA Levels in Yoga Asana Practices Chris Streeter, MD Boston University School of Medicine

Thursday 27 4:00 pm		The Placebo Effect in Depression Maurizio Fava, MD Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital


		April 2008

Tuesday 8 4:00 pm		Menopause, Midlife Aging, and Western Encounters with East Asia Alternatives Jeanne Shea, PhD Department of Anthropology University of Vermont

Thursday 10 4:00 pm		Q The Meaning Response in Asante Medicine in Ghana Chelsea Shields Strayer Department of Anthropology Boston University


		May 2008

Tuesday 6 4:00 pm		fMRI Study on Acupuncture and Placebo Analgesia: Can They Be Disassociated? Jian Kong, MD, MS Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital - This session will be held at the Martinos Center 149 13th Street Charlestown, MA 02129

Thursday 8 4:00 pm		G The Ethical Limits of Manipulative Behavior in Research Sapir Handelman, PhD Department of Psychology Harvard University

Tuesday 20 4:00 pm		Tibetan Medicine at the Crossroads: Notes from Nepal and Tibet Sienna Craig, PhD Department of Anthropology Dartmouth College

Thursday 29 4:00 pm		Trials and Tribulations of Sham Surgery in China Priscilla Song, PhD Department of Anthropology Yale University


		June 2008

Thursday 12 4:00 pm		The Placebo Effect in Parkinson's Disease Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD Department of Neurology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Tuesday 17 4:00 pm		A Tai Chi for Osteopenia:Rationale and Design of a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled-Trial Peter Wayne, PhD Osher Research Center Harvard Medical School