A Statement on Racial Violence
We are deeply saddened by the racist acts of violence in Buffalo, NY, and Laguna Woods, CA. These hate-filled incidents, like so many before them, have forever changed our world. They also serve as an impassioned call to action for us all: to uplift Black, AAPI and other marginalized communities with empathy and compassion.
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New Paper Published
Our Institute's Chair of the Nomination Committee, Fadel Zeidan, PhD, recently published a paper on a pilot study, evaluating the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on trauma in victims of gun violence.
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In The News @ UC San Diego
The Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health recently helped organize a virtual discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson on the history of caste in the United States and the power of empathy in human health.
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In The News @ UC San Diego
UC San Diego recently interviewed Gentry Patrick of the Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health on how he plans to address health injustice through research, communication, and advancing representation of marginalized communities in the STEM and healthcare profession pipeline.
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New Paper Published
The Center for Compassionate Communication Directors Evonne Kaplan-Liss, MD and Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, MFA, in collaboration with TCU School of Medicine, published a new paper on how to effectively tell the story of science.
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THE SANFORD INSTITUTE & CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS PARTNER TO PROVIDE FREE ONLINE SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY
As we confront the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are experiencing a great deal of distress about how to carry out professional duties while also attending to the needs of family members and friends. We understand the toll on the community. Increased anxiety and stress can compromise wellbeing. In this time of need, through a shared vision, the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness & Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion are teaming up to provide free, daily online streams and recordings of mindfulness and compassion sessions. We encourage your participation.
T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion
Enabled by a generous gift from South Dakota businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, the Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego will explore the neurobiology of compassion, inform medical education and address the epidemic of physician burnout.
Events offered to the Community
Dedicated to leading a new era of health care based upon empathy validated by science, the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion opens its events to the campus, local and global community.
Neurobiology of Compassion
Using state-of-the-art imaging technologies, combined with multidisciplinary expertise, institute researchers will map empathy in the brain and its neurological underpinnings to design new ways to translate biology to behavior.
Medical Education
Through empirical research into mechanisms that enhance compassion and empathy, institute scientists will provide evidence that informs educators about curricular design and aids them in piloting interventions and assessing results.
Physician Burnout
Burnout and mental health issues impact roughly half of all practicing physicians. New programs and approaches, based upon institute data and discoveries, will promote wellness programs to prevent, intercept and reverse the health epidemic afflicting current clinicians.