MISSION: TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND IMPROVE WELL-BEING THROUGH RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION OF BODY, MIND, AND BRAIN INTERACTIONS
Dr. Vago is Director of the Contemplative Neurosciences and Mind-Body Research Laboratory and Research Lead at Roundglass. He operates through a collaborative team-science approach that aims to best understand the mechanisms by which integrative health practices improve self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence. Find out more about Dr. Vago and his collaborators
APPROACH
SYSTEMS-BASED NEUROSCIENCE
Testing and refining neurobiologically-informed systems-based models to identify and validate mechanisms by which meditation and other integrative mind-body health practices function to reduce clinical symptoms, improve well being, and cultivate a healthy mind and body across the lifespan.
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
The translation of rigorous basic science research into a holistic approach to patient care. This involves identifying and targeting select populations that can benefit from mindfulness-based and integrative medicine interventions through dismantling studies, pragmatic trials and randomized controlled clinical studies across patient populations, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally to test for safety, effectiveness, and optimization
EDUCATION, OUTREACH & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Training and optimization of mindfulness-based, and other integrative mind-body health interventions through interdisciplinary collaborations . Group settings, one-on-one, or mobile app delivery formats are being rigorously tested to fit the most appropriate select populations and improve patient-centered, individualized approaches to treatment.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Leveraging biosensor and stimulation technology in order to optimize contemporary tools for innovative delivery of integrative practices via collaboration with hardware and software engineering, data and computational sciences
RESEARCH LEAD
Building evidence-based content, validation tools for self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence through the Roundglass collectives
Dr. Vago’s TEDx Talk – Self-Transformation Through Mindfulness
Dr. Vago presents research to some of the greatest spiritual teachers – His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and Sadhguru
DR. VAGO’S RESEARCH IS SUPPORTED BY GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS AND GRANTS FROM:
