Meditation, Mindfulness, and Modern Life: What the Science Says
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Modern Life: What the Science Says
Date: October 9th
Location: Bain Capital, Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Pl, London W1J 8AJ
7:00pm – 8:30pm
HCUK MEMBERS ONLY
FREE
SOLD OUT
Modern science is showing that the ancient practice of meditation can be used to effect tremendous positive change in the structure of the brain, and to manage stress, increase personal resilience, and improve mindfulness. A discussion with Dr. Cox, Chief Medical Officer at Headspace, who oversees all the science and medically-related research work at Headspace, an award-winning digital health platform, providing guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training. Headspace launched in 2010, and now has over one million subscribers worldwide.
Headspace recently launched at Harvard and is part of a larger mindfulness initiative, Mindfulness at Work.
http://evp.harvard.edu/mindfulness
Dr. David Cox (Headspace Chief Medical Officer)
Dr. David Cox is the Chief Medical Officer for Headspace, responsible for
overseeing all scientific and medically-related research work that Headspace is
involved in.
David is a fully qualified doctor, educated at Cambridge University and
Imperial College, London. He worked as an Emergency Department physician
in central London for 4 years before embarking on a management path. He
spent 3 years consulting to health systems with McKinsey & Co., and has also
worked in the NHS in a city-wide health system design role and as an
operational manager of the largest hospital group in London. David has been
published in journals including The Lancet, the American Journal of Physiology,
and the UK health management publication: the Health Service Journal.
Having discovered mindfulness through Headspace, David came on board to
help the company become a leading light in mindfulness research, hold
relationships with healthcare, health insurance, pharmaceutical and sports
organisations, and, ultimately, get Headspace to the point where it can be
prescribed to patients by their doctors.
Based in London, UK, David speaks regularly, both at corporate events and also
publicly at conferences and media interviews, explaining how with an active
community of over 1,000,000 meditation practitioners, a strong lifestyle focus
and keen celebrity following, Headspace has created a practical and affordable
approach to a happier and healthier way of living.