The Jha Lab

Spring 2012—Commandant of the US Army Infantry School Visits the Lab

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The Commandant of the US Army Infantry School, Col. Walter Piatt, visited the Jha Lab to discuss our work on the neurobehavioral effects of mindfulness.

Winter 2011—Goldie Hawn visits the Jha Lab

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Left: Amishi overviews EEG recording with Goldie, as Research Assistant Suzanne Parker serves as the participant. Right: Cristina Garcia, Goldie Hawn, Justin Dainer-Best, Amishi Jha, Dean of UM Miller School of Medicine Pascal Goldschmidt, & Psychology Chair Rod Wellens. Photo Credit Byron Maldonado.

Goldie Hawn recently visited the Jha Lab to discuss research collaborations between our lab and the Hawn Foundation. Amishi is a scientific adviser for the Hawn Foundation, founded by Goldie to help cultivate mindful attention and optimism in children. The meeting focused on the Jha lab’s work on the cognitive neuroscience of mindfulness training and fruitful avenues for future research with the Hawn Foundation. Read more from UM.

Fall 2011—Amishi Briefs Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum

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Amishi briefed BG Cornum, director of the US Army’s Comprehensive Fitness Program on the Jha Lab’s ongoing work on the impact of deployment cycle stress on working memory and the effects of Mindfulness Training. Learn more about the Jha Lab’s work in military cohorts here.

Summer 2011—Amishi Gives Joint Lecture with Goldie Hawn

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Goldie Hawn and Amishi with Lexie Potamkin (left) and Glenda Greenwald (right). Photo credit: Cathy Miller.

The Hawn Foundation's MindUp program and the Jha Lab’s research on the cognitive neuroscience of mindfulness were the topics of a joint lecture by Goldie Hawn and Amishi at a private event in Aspen, Colorado. The event was generously supported and organized by Glenda Greenwald, Lexie Potamkin, and Soledad Hurst. Amishi will be returning to Aspen in September to give a lecture entitled ‘Improving Attention and Working Memory with Mindfulness Training’ at the Aspen Brain Forum.

New video from PopTech

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Watch Amishi’s ‘quick take’ from PopTech on mindfulness training and attention.

Jha lab receives grant to investigate neural effects of mindfulness training

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The Jha lab has received a $920K grant to track the structural and functional brain changes that may accompany participation in short-form mindfulness training courses. This work will be conducted in collaboration with Scott Rogers, Director of the Mindfulness in Law Program, at the University of Miami Law School.

4 New Manuscripts from the Jha Lab and Collaborators

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Learn more here.

Spring 2011—Amishi Presents at the Aspen Institute

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Amishi, together with Geshe Lobsang Negi, Professor of Religious Studies at Emory University, offered a 3-day workshop on the Science of Meditation to Fellows of the Aspen Institute. They also gave a public “Fireside Chat” which can be viewed here.

Winter 2011—Jha lab receives grant to continue the STRONG Project!

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The Jha lab has been awarded a $1.72M grant to continue the STRONG PROJECT over the next 4 years! This project aims to track the impact of pre-deployment resilience training over the deployment cycle. Learn more about the STRONG project here.

Fall 2010—2nd Meeting of the Mindfulness Research Working Group

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Amishi, together with Drs. Richard Davidson, Zindel Segal, and Adam Anderson, co-organized the 2nd meeting of the Mindfulness Research Working Group. The meeting was hosted at the newly established Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and was supported by a grant from the Fetzer Institute.

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Fall 2010—Amishi speaks at Pop!Tech

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Amishi was selected as a Pop!Tech Science and Public Leadership Fellow, and recently spoke at the Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine.

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Summer 2010—Amishi discusses mindfulness research with Members of Congress

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Amishi meets with Congressman Tim Ryan (Ohio-D), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida-R), and US Army Colonel Walter Piatt at the US Capitol to discuss the Jha lab’s research on mindfulness training in education and military contexts.


Amishi and Col Walter Piatt with Congressman Tim Ryan (left) and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen (right).

Spring 2010—Amishi on WHYY

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Amishi speaks with Dr. Dan Gottlieb on the National Public Radio program Voices in the Family (WHYY in Philadelphia).

The Jha Lab has moved to Miami!

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Our lab moved to the tropical and sunny campus of the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida in the Fall of 2010. Dr. Jha is spearheading the NIH-funded neuroimaging and health initiative as Associate Professor within the Department of Psychology. Please visit us in the coming months for notices on research and employment opportunities within our lab.

Amishi with University of Miami President, Donna Shalala.

Two new Jha lab publications

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Jha lab publishes paper in Emotion on the benefits of mindfulness training on working memory capacity.

Jha lab publishes paper in JEP:LMC on dynamic control and working memory.