Dr. David Vago is Research Associate Professor and Director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Mind-Body (CNMB) Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University. He is core training faculty for the Vanderbilt Brain Institute and Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation. He is also a research associate in the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has completed post-doctoral fellowships in Biological and Social Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Neuroimaging, and Mind and Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Weill Cornell Medical School, and University of Utah School of Medicine. He has previously held the position of Research Director at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt and Senior Research Coordinator for the Mind & Life Institute. He is a Mind & Life Fellow.
Mind & Life Connections
2020 Contemplative Research Conference
State of the Field—Discoveries, Opportunities, and Challenges
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience
2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session
Plenary Panel: “Pathways to Resilience in the Pandemic from a Contemplative, Moral and Public Health Perspective“
Moderators: David Vago
Panel: Richard J. Davidson, Vivek Murthy, Molly Crockett, David Vago
Topics: Interconnection | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
Think Tanks
International Society for Contemplative Research
Linda Carlson, Amishi Jha, Erin McCarthy, Harold Roth, Zindel Segal, David Vago, Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Environment | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
Think Tanks
Mechanisms of Meditation and Consequences for Clinical Practice
Marieke van Vugt
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other
Think Tanks
Embodiment, Contemplative Practice, and Equality: Developing a Programmatic and Research Agenda for Reducing Ingroup Bias through Embodied Inquiry and Contemplative Practice
Bo Forbes, Norman Farb, David Vago, Christine Wilson-Mendenhall
Topics: Body-based Practices | Self & Other | Social Change
2015 Mind & Life Dialogue XXX
Perception, Concepts, and Self: Contemporary Scientific and Buddhist Perspectives
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Self & Other
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Can We Measure Mental Balance? Scientific and Contemplative Perspectives On Equanimity
Gaelle Desbordes, Dusana Dorjee, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Catherine Kerr, Sara Lazar, Andrew Olendzki, David Vago
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 1 – Yoga’s Self-Regulatory Functions in Promoting Psychological Health: A Proposed Model
Jessica Noggle-Taylor, Crystal Park, David Vago, Angela Wilson
2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session
Concurrent Session 3 – Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring Shortand Long-Term (20-year) Impacts of Early Exposure (Elementary School) to Mindful-Based Learning (MBL)
Julianne Cheek, Jon Kabat-Zinn, David Lipschitz, Yoshio Nakamura, David Vago
Topics: Education | Mindfulness
2012 Mind & Life Dialogue XXIV
Latest Findings in Contemplative Neuroscience
Mind & Life Educational Research Network
Mind & Life Educational Research Network
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Education | Interconnection