Lab Directory – The Science of Mindfulness

43 labs and centers

Lab or center	Lead researchers	Institution	Location	Research focus	Link
Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions (AME) Center	Elissa Epel	UC San Francisco	San Francisco, CA, USA	Stress, emotion, and healthy aging; mindfulness and well-being interventions	Website
Arch Laboratory	Joanna Arch	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, CO, USA	Behavioral interventions for anxiety and for well-being in cancer survivors	Website
Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing	—	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Integrative health and well-being for individuals, organizations, and communities	Website
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine	—	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston, MA, USA	Mind-body medicine for stress-related health: patient care, research, and clinical training	Website
Brefczynski-Lewis Lab (Center for Neuroscience)	Julie Brefczynski-Lewis	West Virginia University School of Medicine	Morgantown, WV, USA	Neuroimaging of compassion meditation and stress	Website
Brown University Mindfulness Center	Judson Brewer	Brown University School of Public Health	Providence, RI, USA	Public health science of mindfulness; research and teaching	Website
Carlson Lab	Linda Carlson	University of Calgary	Calgary, AB, Canada	Mindfulness-based interventions in psychosocial and integrative oncology	Website
Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics	Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Robert Roeser	Emory University	Atlanta, GA, USA	Compassion-based programs (including CBCT) and contemplative science	Website
Center for Mind and Brain	—	UC Davis	Davis, CA, USA	Interdisciplinary study of mind and brain; home of contemplative research programs	Website
Center for Mindfulness	—	UC San Diego	La Jolla, CA, USA	Evidence-based mindfulness training (MBSR, MBCT, self-compassion) and research	Website
Center for Mindfulness	—	UMass Memorial Health	Worcester, MA, USA	Clinical home of MBSR and MBCT programs, founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn	Website
Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development (C-MIIND)	Eric Garland	University of Utah, College of Social Work	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement and integrative health interventions	Website
Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice	—	Bangor University	Bangor, Wales, UK	Mindfulness research, training, and teacher education	Website
Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (CLANlab)	Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl	Brown University	Providence, RI, USA	Contemplative, affective, and clinical neuroscience, including adverse effects of meditation	Website
Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience (Goldin Lab)	Philippe Goldin	UC Davis	Davis, CA, USA	Brain and behavioral mechanisms of clinical interventions and mental health training, including meditation	Website
Contemplative Neuroscience & Mind-Body Research Laboratory	David Vago	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN, USA	Neural mechanisms of meditation and mind-body practices in stress and mood disorders	Website
Contemplative Studies Initiative	Harold Roth	Brown University	Providence, RI, USA	Interdisciplinary study of contemplative states of mind and practice	Website
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center	Mark Greenberg (emeritus)	Penn State University	University Park, PA, USA	Prevention science and human flourishing, including mindfulness in education	Website
Greater Good Science Center	—	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA, USA	Psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, compassion, and connection	Website
Health and Human Performance Lab	David Creswell	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Stress resilience and mindfulness meditation	Website
Jha Lab	Amishi Jha	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL, USA	Attention and working memory; mindfulness training for high-stress groups	Website
Lazar Lab for Meditation Research	Sara Lazar	Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA, USA	Effects of meditation and yoga on brain structure and function	Website
Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness	—	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Boston, MA, USA	Positive health, well-being, and happiness research	Website
MBCT research (Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute)	Mark Lau	Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute / University of British Columbia	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Mechanisms and dissemination of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; Toronto Mindfulness Scale	Profile
Mind & Life Institute	—	Independent nonprofit	Charlottesville, VA, USA	Brings science and contemplative wisdom together; research grants, summer research institute, and dialogues	Website
Mindful Awareness Lab	Zindel Segal	University of Toronto Scarborough	Toronto, ON, Canada	Clinical applications of mindfulness, including MBCT	Website
Mindful Health & Resilience Lab	Michael Christopher, Sarah Bowen	Pacific University	Hillsboro, OR, USA	Mindfulness and resilience training for high-stress groups; mindfulness for addiction	Website
Mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions (Kocovski)	Nancy Kocovski	Wilfrid Laurier University	Waterloo, ON, Canada	Social anxiety; mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion	Profile
Mindfulness education and research (UCLA Mindful)	Diana Winston	UCLA Health	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Mindfulness education programs for stress and well-being	Website
Mindfulness research and teaching, Oxford Mindfulness	—	Oxford Mindfulness Foundation / University of Oxford	Oxford, UK	Programs combining mindfulness and psychological science (MBCT)	Website
Osher Center for Integrative Health	Helen Weng (affiliated)	UC San Francisco	San Francisco, CA, USA	Rigorous research in integrative health, including meditation and compassion	Website
Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation Laboratory (PERL)	David Fresco	Kent State University	Kent, OH, USA	Anxiety and depression; mindfulness-based approaches and emotion regulation	Website
Radboudumc Center for Mindfulness	Anne Speckens (founder)	Radboud University Medical Center	Nijmegen, Netherlands	Mindfulness training and research in mental health and medical care	News
Regulatory and Affective Dynamics Lab (Farb Lab)	Norman Farb	University of Toronto Mississauga	Mississauga, ON, Canada	Present-moment awareness, stress resilience, and self-regulation	Website
Renée Crown Wellness Institute	Sona Dimidjian	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, CO, USA	Mental health and well-being of women, children, and families; mindfulness-based interventions	Website
Saron Lab	Clifford Saron	UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain	Davis, CA, USA	Attention and emotion regulation training through contemplative practice	Website
Stress and Healthy Aging Research (StAR) Lab	Alexandra Fiocco	Toronto Metropolitan University	Toronto, ON, Canada	Cognitive health and wellbeing in late life; mindfulness training for family caregivers	Website
The ReSource Project	Tania Singer	Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Leipzig / Berlin, Germany	Eleven-month secular mental training study of attention, compassion, and perspective-taking	Website
USC Center for Mindfulness Science	David Black, Rael Cahn	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Interdisciplinary mindfulness research and innovation	Website
Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction and Lifestyle (ViTAL)	Hilary Tindle	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN, USA	Tobacco, addiction, and lifestyle research	Website
Wellbeing Lab	Kirk Warren Brown	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	How attention training, especially mindfulness, supports mental health and relationships	Website
Winship Cancer Institute: Cancer Prevention and Control	Jennifer Mascaro	Emory University	Atlanta, GA, USA	Compassion, mindfulness, and social connection in health	Website
Zeidan Lab	Fadel Zeidan	UC San Diego	La Jolla, CA, USA	Brain mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief and health	Website

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