June 18 — Neuroscientist nursing faculty speaks at international Buddhist event
Philippe Goldin, a neuroscientist and assistant professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, presented at the 10th Global Conference on Buddhism, “Buddhism, Neuroscience and Mental Health: Making a Mindful Connection,” in Toronto, Canada, June 16-18. The conference brought together experts in both the Buddhist and the scientific communities to consider opportunities and connections between Buddhism, mental health and neuroscience with a goal to improve life and mental well-being through mindfulness. Philippe’s presentation was “Mindfulness and Mental Health: The Buddhist and the Scientific Approach.” Philippe is a mindfulness expert who uses functional neuroimaging, such as function magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to investigate how different types of interventions, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction, impact neural and behavioral indicators of emotion reactivity, emotion regulation, attention regulation and conceptual self-views. His work focuses on adults with diagnosed mood, anxiety disorders and chronic-pain disorders.

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