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On Human Flourishing is the official podcast for Samueli Institute, a Washington, D.C. based research center that focuses on the science of healing. The show features interviews with thought leaders in the areas of medicine, research, military and veteran care, integrative medicine and other spheres of focus that contribute to a flourishing society.
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In this episode of On Human Flourishing, Joseph Bobrow, Roshi, Ph.D. talks to host, Wayne B. Jonas, MD to discuss creating healing spaces for service members and veterans. A clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Joseph was Chief of Psychology and Director of Training of the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Hospital and Medical Center in South San Francisco. He is also a Zen...
Having a healthy community relies on so much more than the healthcare industry according to former Senator Tom Harkin. The ideal system is one in which entities that control commerce, education, transportation and defense all work together to promote wellness and prevent illness. “Health is not just in the hospital and doctors offices; it’s in your workplace, school, family, community...
For a long time, scientists considered genetics to be the predisposition of a person’s health. In other words, whatever genes a person was born with, determined if that person would develop a hereditary disease, addiction or obesity. New scientific studies have shown that genes are not determinant of a person’s wellbeing. The lifestyle choices a person makes including exercise and...
Simply understanding how the am/fm radio works; that was the assignment for Henry Samueli’s 7th-grade electric shop class, the point in his life that turned out to be the beginning of it all. In the latest episode of On Human Flourishing, Samueli sits with Wayne B. Jonas, MD, to discuss the long path of life, which later led him to dive...
James Gordon, MD, started the Center for Mind Body Medicine (CMBM) based on his interest in creating what he calls “a community of healers.” He wanted to bring together the doctors who practiced medicine in a different way than the drug-based practices for which they were trained. These doctors were helping patients heal themselves with mind-body therapies. In his interview...
George Isham, MD, Chief Health Officer of HealthPartners, a nonprofit health provider that covers more than 1.5 million lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin, joins Samueli Institute President and CEO Wayne Jonas, MD, this week for a podcast interview on the future of healthcare. Clinical Care Accounts for Only 20% of Health In a 20 minute interview, Isham and Jonas discuss...
At Thanksgiving millions of Americans focus on gratitude, home and hearth while thousands of veterans are without shelter. While the societal factors that contribute to homelessness are complex, organizations across the country are successfully reducing homelessness among veterans to functional zero. This week Samueli Institute’s twice monthly podcast features a discussion with the Reverend Linda Kaufman of Community Solutions on...
In honor of this week’s Veterans Day observance, Samueli Institute’s twice monthly podcast, On Human Flourishing, features an exclusive interview with teacher, military family advocate and Army spouse Patty Shinseki. Shinseki and Jonas discuss unique challenges facing military families—especially school-age children—and what lessons society as a whole can learn from the resilience of military communities. Military families and children of...
Director of Biological Technology at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Geoff Ling, MD, PhD, joins Samueli Institute CEO Wayne Jonas, MD, to discuss technology and healthcare on an episode of the Institute’s podcast, On Human Flourishing, released today. “This is real science-fiction stuff,” remarked Jonas in his introduction to Dr. Ling, and Ling delivered on that promise offering updates...
Dr. Robert Bonakdar is Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California and a member of the Scripps Green Hospital Pain Management Committee. He also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor (Voluntary) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Bonakdar completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at Scripps Clinic, focusing...
Dr. Kent Bradley, former Chief Medical Officer with Safeway, Inc., joined the corporate grocery chain with a passion for instilling long-term health initiatives for employees. “I think increasingly that people value their health and companies need to align what they’re doing to meet them with what they value,” Bradley explained to Samueli Institute President and CEO Wayne Jonas, MD, in...
In the 1970s when Joe Pizzorno, ND, decided to pursue a career in naturopathic medicine his choice of training programs was limited. “There was only one school left in all of North America,” Pizzorno explained to Samueli Institute President and CEO Wayne Jonas, MD, in an interview for the Institute’s bi-weekly podcast on the future of healthcare. “When I enrolled...
Dr. Scott Shreve, Director of Hospice and Palliative Care at the Department of Veterans Affairs, joins Dr. Jonas for a conversation on the growing need for end-of-life care for veterans. “Roughly a little over 600,000 veterans died this past year, and not all of them are enrolled in the V.A.,” said Dr. Shreve. “Three percent of veterans die in V.A....
In a fast-paced society, being overwhelmed and stressed are often accepted as normal parts of life. But in doing so, what should be emotional cues become constraints that can have adverse affects on our health. Bob Duggan, an acupuncturist who co-founded the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in Laurel, Maryland, joins Dr. Jonas for a conversation about healing. As Bob describes, the evolving...
In 2001, Dr. Aviad Haramati received NIH support to fund a broad educational initiative aimed at incorporating complementary, alternative (CAM) and integrative medicine into the medical curriculum at Georgetown University. The goal of the initiative is not to train practitioners of CAM, but rather to educate skillful, knowledgeable physicians who understand the role of CAM in healthcare and are capable...
Mary Jo Kreitzer is the founder and director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality & Healing, where she teaches and conducts research on optimal healing environments and mindfulness meditation. In this week’s episode of the podcast, Dr. Kreitzer talks to Dr. Jonas about optimal healing environments and their impact on both patients and practitioners.
Dr. Gail Christopher joins Dr. Wayne Jonas to discuss disparities in health care access. Dr. Christopher is vice president for policy and senior advisor at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. In this role, she serves on the president’s cabinet that provides overall direction and leadership for the foundation and has expertise in the areas of health policy...
Our guest today is Sonia Rhodes, a national leader in designing customer and employee experiences in the challenging arena of health care. Sonia is the Chief Executive and Experience Officer at Sonia Rhodes Experience Design and prior to launching her consultancy, she led the charge to transform the healthcare experience for patients and caregivers at the largest integrated healthcare center...
“10,000 people turn 65 every day in this country, so the graying of America is happening right before our eyes.” Bill Novelli, former CEO of AARP, offers this sobering statistic during his conversation with Dr. Wayne Jonas. Now a professor of business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Novelli has a very unique perspective of aging and...
In this week’s episode of On Human Flourishing, Dr. Jonas speaks with Helen McNeal about the evolving views on hospice and palliative care. Ms. McNeal is a leader in the advancing field of palliative care and is tirelessly working to educate the public, health care professionals and systems on the need for this method of care. “It’s an extra...
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