Spirituality, Theology and Health Seminars
Each month we have a university-wide luncheon seminar on a topic in spirituality, theology and health that is held from Noon - 1:30, with lunch provided. A STH scholar presents a topic for 45-60 min and this is followed by 30-45 minutes of discussion. To find out the topic presented, and location of the seminar OR to register, contact us at 660-7556 or click the link to email us STH Information/Registration
Accreditation: The Duke University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians
Credit Designation: The Duke University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (1.5 credits per session). Physcians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note: Accreditation applied to attendance of STH Seminars beginning September 2008, credit is not applicable for viewing videos on-line.
Upcoming Seminars
Click here for a complete list of 2009 - 2010 Visiting Scholars
Date: December 3, 2009
Speaker: Robert Hummer, PhD
TITLE: Religious Involvement and U.S. Mortality: Evidence, Controversy and Next Steps
Location: Duke University Medical Center Board Rm 1170B
Register now by Noon on November 23 for a lunch reservation
Previous Seminars
Date: November 5, 2009
Speaker: Sarah Coakley, PhD, ThD
TITLE: Pain and Its Transformations: Meaning, Healing and Spiritual Practice
Date: October 1, 2009
Speaker: Andrew Newberg, MD
TITLE: How God Changes Your Brain
Date: September 10, 2009
Speaker: Anne Harrington, PhD
TITLE: Faith, Healing and the Placebo Effect (video pop-up)
Date: May 7, 2009
Speaker: Michael King, MD, MS
TITLE: Religious Belief and Practice: good for you in the United States, less good in Europe (video pop-up)
Date: April 2, 2009
Speaker: Christina Puchalski, MD
TITLE: The Role of Spirituality in Palliative Care
(video pop-up)
Date: March 5, 2009
Speaker: Michael McCullough, PhD
TITLE: Religion, Self-Control, and Self-Regulation: Associations, Explanations, and Implications for Health and Health Behavior (video pop-up)
Date: February 5, 2009
Speaker: Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD
TITLE: Jesuit, Warrior, Physician Prisms on Professionalism (video pop-up)
Date: December 4, 2008
Speaker: Heather Curtis, ThD, MA
TITLE: Faith in the Great Physician: Spirituality, Theology and Health in the History of American Christianity (video pop-up)
Date: November 6, 2008
Speaker: Jeffrey Bishop, MD
TITLE: The Biopolitics of Religion and Medicine Research (video pop-up)
Date: October 2, 2008
Speaker: Christopher Ellison, PhD
TITLE: New
Directions in Research on Religion and Health Behaviors (video pop-up)
Date: September 11, 2008
Speaker: Pamela Reed, PhD, RN, FAAN
TITLE: Spiritual Perspectives and Health Science (video pop-up)
Past Seminars
For videos of seminars dated before September 2008, please see the Society website. Speakers and topics include:
Dr. Alvin C. Dueck, PhD, MA
Thin
Therapist, Thick Clients and a Prozac god
Dr. Ellen Idler, PhD
Looking
Inside the "Black Box" of Religious Attendence
Dr. Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH
What's
in a Name?: Religion, Spirituality, and Theology in Health and Healing
Dr. Gail Ironson, MD, PhD
Spirituality,
Spiritual Transformation, and Health in People with HIV
Dr. Byron Johnson, PhD
Faith-Based
Initiatives: Role and Efficacy in a Civil Society
Rev. Dr. John Swinton,
PhD, RN
Spirituality and Mental Health: Healthy even in the midst...
Neal Krause, PhD
Social Relationships in Communities of Faith and Health in Late Life
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth MacKinlay, PhD, BTh, RN
Dementia, Meaning and Spirituality: Implications for pastoral and spiritual care of people with dementia
Kenneth Pargament, PhD
A Model for Understanding and Evaluation Spirituality: Implications for Health and Well-being
