• 6/15: Narradrama and story in transforming lives
• 6/22: Kicking in the wall
• 6/30: Bodymind insight: self-discovery through movement
• 7/13: Shifting positions to shift perception: how your body language can affect your thoughts, feelings, and how you are seen

FEBRUARY

music medicine: how to activate the 4 elements of music for healing - Mon. 2/4, 7-9 pmat UCLA Semel Institute Auditorium
Join internationally acclaimed author and music therapist Christine Stevens to experience sound for stress reduction, spirituality, health and healing. She will guide you through rhythm – the medicine for the body; song – the medicine for the heart; harmony – the medicine for the soul; and silence – the medicine for the mind. Stevens shares evidence-based practices from science and spiritual traditions to increase energy, joy, and bring the power of music back into your life.  Free to UCLA faculty, staff, students, with ID presented at the door. $12 for the public.
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MARCH

a picture of good health: making art that heals, strengthens, challenges, and changes you - Mon. 3/18, 6-7:30 pm at UCLA Semel Institute Auditorium
It is starting to be widely accepted that making art can be therapeutic. But what exactly is it about art that is healing and life-enhancing? Is all art-making intrinsically healing or are there certain ingredients that must be present for wellness to spring from artistic expression? If such ingredients exist, can they be harnessed to heal, strengthen, challenge, and change you when you need it most? Engage in an evening of inquiry with board certified art therapist Erica Curtis, MFT, ATR-BC. Free to UCLA faculty, staff, students, with ID presented at the door. $12 for the public.
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” Solving Difficult Eye Diseases with Chinese Medicine”

October 31, 4:30-5:30PM, RPB Auditorium–Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

with visiting Professor Lina Liang from the Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Science in Beijing and Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, the Wallis Annenberg Chair of Integrative East-West Medicine and Founder & Director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine.

RVSP with Rosana Chan at rchan@mednet.ucla.edu or (310) 794-0712

Lina Liang, MD, PhD – Dr. Liang is currently the Director of the Ophthalmic Lab and Associate Professor at the Eye Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), Beijing, China. After having received her medical degree from the Henan Medical University and a Ph.D from CACMS, she received training as postdoctoral fellow at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.  Her extensive research covers topics ranging from the effective constituents of Chinese medicinals on eye diseases to the collection and analysis of ophthalmic genetic resources. She is also engaged in the research and development of a new ophthalmic gel for HSK treatment using Chinese medicinal. She is the editor-in-chief of “Ophthalmology in Chinese Medicine”, an English language text book published in 2011.

During her UCLA visit, she will be a guest speaker at the Grand Rounds of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, while participating in the development of collaborative projects on integrative ophthalmology between UCLA and the Eye Hospital of CACMS.

Panel Discussion on “Research and Clinical Applications of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Challenges and Discoveries” on October 4, 2012, 5:00-6:30PM, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (RRMC) B-124A&B.

A reception will precede the program. Seating is Limited, RSVP Required. Please contact Rosana Chan (RChan@mednet.ucla.edu, 310-794-0712) to reserve a spot. For more information, visit here

UCLA Center for East-West Medicine presents

Yung Chi (Tommy) Cheng, Ph.D.

Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine

Mining Ancient Chinese Herbs for Cutting-Edge Therapies

October 3, 2012 at 12:00 Noon at Tamkin Auditorium, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (Lunch Provided)

As the Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine and the former Program Director of Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor Cheng is internationally renowned for his significant role in the advancement of pharmacology and exceptional contributions to herbal medicine research.

Professor Cheng also founded PhytoCeutica, Inc., a biotech company specializing in the development of traditional Chinese medicine and FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of cancer, and co-founded Achillion Pharmaceuticals, a company striving to further improve the existing antiviral compounds for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B. His extensive training and background in pharmacology has led him to the invention of multiple drugs that are routinely used for the treatment of cancer, hepatitis B, and HIV/AIDS—relieving the suffering of millions of people.

Sponsored by Shirley Hui Memorial Lecture Series

CEWM@mednet.ucla.edu Office: 310-794-0712

www.cewm.med.ucla.edu || www.exploreim.ucla.edu

TEDx – Practice of Mindfulness youtube

Autonomic Nervous System Control of the Heart in Health & Disease: “Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge & Therapeutics”

Thursday, July 19 through Friday, July 20, 2012 in Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) Auditorium, UCLA.

Please refer to here for a complete agenda. For further information, please call Michelle Betwarda at (310) 267-8566