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Greeson wins NIH career development award
posted October 6th, 2008Duke Integrative Medicine’s Jeff Greeson, Ph.D., clinical health psychologist and postdoctoral research fellow and clinical associate in medical psychiatry, has won a five-year National Institutes of Health career development award from NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The highly competitive, prestigious award is reserved for the best and brightest upcoming scientists. It provides salary support under mentorship for two years, then salary support and project support for three years as a new investigator.
His career award is entitled, “Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk.” This funding is also a sign of NIH’s recognition of the growing importance of understanding the mechanisms of mindfulness.
Greeson’s clinical practice and research are devoted to better treating stress-related health problems, which range from obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes to chronic pain and depression. He has a special interest in using the mind/body connection to treat and prevent stress-related symptoms and promote optimal health and well-being. Greeson regularly integrates a number of mind/body skills in his work with medical patients, including meditation, deep relaxation, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.