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Three CHM Core Faculty Members Celebrate Tenure Achievement
July 15, 2025
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CHM Researchers to Study How to Navigate Climate Change Distress

April 4, 2025

New CHM study seeks to understand impacts of ‘Psychology of Deep Resilience’
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Can Mindfulness and Community Break the Cycle? New CHM Study Seeks to Support Mental Health After Incarceration

April 3, 2025

What if a mindfulness-based, trauma-sensitive curriculum for formerly incarcerated people could improve mental health and wellbeing, and support their transition from prison back into the community? A new study at CHM will investigate.
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Our Commitment to the Science and Practice of Wellbeing

March 7, 2025

On a day when thousands here in Madison and across the country are standing up for science, we assure our supporters and the public that the Center for Healthy Minds will continue to conduct research and implement programs that reflect our vision of a kinder, wiser, and more compassionate nation and world.
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UW-Madison Community Explores Rhythms of Everyday Life with Dance and Mindfulness

January 13, 2025

In it's first year, the Arts for Healthy Minds grant helped one recipient create meaningful workshops to forward creative arts research that explores belonging, wellbeing and flourishing on campus.
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Scientists Document Slowed Postmortem Decomposition Linked with Meditative State

November 15, 2024

A pioneering study into what occurs to the body after death is quietly unfolding in Tibetan monastic communities in India. A group of monastics, scientists, medical professionals and forensic experts are working together to explore a rare postmortem meditative state known as tukdam in these communities.

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5 Podcast Episodes That'll Make You Want to Learn More From These Center for Healthy Minds Experts

July 30, 2024

Listen now! CHM Experts Discuss AI in Meditation and More in These 2024 Podcast Episodes
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University of the Air: Promoting Healing During and After Incarceration
Jul 02, 2025
Dr. Dan Grupe and CHM community research partner Deb Mejchar were interviewed by University of the Air co-host Emily Auerbach about how mindfulness techniques can transform lives in prison and aid with reentry.
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CHM Core Faculty Member Dr. Teri Pipe recognized as an American Academy of Nursing Fellow
Jul 02, 2025
This honor recognizes her impactful contributions to health, leadership, and innovation in nursing. She’ll be officially inducted this October at the Academy’s 2025 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.
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May 28, 2025
In a new study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, CHM's Dr. Melissa Rosenkranz and her team made strides towards connecting the dots between psychological stress and lung physiology in the context of allergy-induced asthma.
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