Free Webinar: The Neuroscience of Compassion
Join us Wednesday, July 23, for a special webinar with The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare on the neuroscience of compassion. Institute leaders will share how they leverage the neurobiology of empathy and compassion to create initiatives that are game-changing for medical education and patient care. Free to attend.
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Lead With Compassion
Back by popular demand! Early bird registration is open for the 2026 Lead With Compassion Workshop, an arts- and humanities-based leadership training for health care professionals and medical educators to foster empathy and compassion.
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CAmP Scholars Spread Compassion Nationwide
Medical students from across the country traveled to UC San Diego to learn how to be more empathic doctors via the Sanford Institute's Compassion Ambassador Program (CAmP). Now, they'll bring that knowledge home.
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Sanford Institute Featured in KPBS
Sanford Institute Director Dr. William Mobley sat down with KPBS to discuss how empathy and compassion research translates into real benefits to patients and health practitioners.
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Catalyzed by the vision and generosity of T. Denny Sanford, the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego explores the neurobiology of compassion, informs medical education, and directly addresses the epidemic of physician burnout.
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The Sanford Institute has established six centers that span across various disciplines, focusing on specific domains within empathy and compassion.
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