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Tai Chi for Whole Person Health and Healthy Aging

This presentation is part of the Osher Center Grand Rounds, which is a collaboration between IPHAM and the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University. This presentation introduces Tai Chi mind-body exercise as a multimodal intervention that is well-positioned to support integrative medicine’s goal of addressing whole person health. It summarizes evidence for its benefits related to fall prevention, mobility, cognition, and management of pain in older adults, as well as the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed clinical benefits. Guest: Peter M. Wayne, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Peter Wayne, PhD, is the Bernard Osher Associate Professor of Medicine in the Field of Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The primary focus of Dr. Wayne’s research is evaluating how complementary and integrative therapies clinically impact aging and chronic health conditions, and understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed therapeutic effects. Dr. Wayne has more than 40 years of training experience in Tai Chi and Qigong, and is an internationally recognized teacher of these practices. For more public health news, events, and announcements, visit the IPHAM website: https://feinberg.northwestern.edu/ipham More information on the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu...