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DATE: March 23, 2020 Time: 12:15 PM -1:45 PM ROOM: 3E34 A&B, SSW Bldg. 525 W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 **Pizza and refreshments will be provided** please RSVP by Thursday, March, 19, 2020 to tbrown@ssw.umaryland.edu
Presenter: Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW Distinguished Endowed Chair in Research Professor and Associate Dean for Research University of Utah College of Social Work Title: TITLE: Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE): Restructuring Reward Mechanisms to Relieve Addiction, Stress, and Pain. Presenter Bio: Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW is Distinguished Endowed Chair in Research, Professor, and Associate Dean for Research in the University of Utah College of Social Work, Director of the Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development (C-MIIND), and Associate Director of Integrative Medicine in Supportive Oncology at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Garland is the developer of an innovative, mind-body therapy founded on insights derived from cognitive, affective, and neurobiological science, called Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (M.O.R.E.). As Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, he has received nearly $40 million in research grants from a variety of prestigious entities. Dr. Garland has had over 130 scientific articles and book chapters published in respected, peer-reviewed outlets, and he currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal Mindfulness. Dr. Garland is a licensed psychotherapist (LCSW) with more than a decade of clinical experience working with persons suffering from addictive behaviors, mood disorders, traumatic stress, chronic pain, and psychosomatic conditions. He has provided mindfulness-based therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and clinical hypnosis for these patients across a wide range of integrative medicine and mental health settings.