Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM

After a "life-changing" encounter with a dying woman, Diana Norberg Griebell's daughter encouraged her to become a death doula. In May 2020, Griebell and her daughter both completed the University of Vermont's eight-week online End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program. 💚 "The wisdom I gained from these trainings empowered me and gave me the tools to help," she told People Magazine recently. Now, Griebell is "eager to contribute to this emerging field and make the dying process easier and less fearful for people," she said.
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Learn more about the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM's 8-week online End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program: https://learn.uvm.edu/program/end-of-life-doula-certificate

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https://people.com/woman-works-as-death-doula-for-grieving-families-11977378

Woman Works as a ‘Death Doula’ to Help Families Navigate a ‘Good Death’ for Their Loved Ones Diana Griebell works as a death doula after getting certified in 2020 to help families navigate ‘a good death’ for their loved ones. She has now graduated with a master's degree in social work and a certification in aging and health.

This (excellent, visually dynamic) article in The New York Times Magazine shows how the "discovery of a third circulatory system could transform our understanding of how the human body works."🩻
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It references a 2002 study through which 💚Osher Research Director Helene M. Langevin and Jason Yandow mapped the locations of acupuncture points in the arms💪 to the fascia between and around muscles.
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It's thrilling to consider how this understanding "may also change how we view our own bodies in relation to other biological systems," an important concept in & & & , and how it could lead to advancements in healthcare quality--while lowering costs.
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🌳 We are living systems, living in a living system!🌳
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The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4ttJJ7b

Osher Affiliate Andy Rosenfeld, PhD, addresses Climate Anxiety in this episode of Across the Fence, airing today 04/21 on WCAX-TV at 12:15pm. Andy is a Child Psychiatrist with University of Vermont Health and an associate professor in The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont. His work is is vital in so many ways and connects the dots between/within & .
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Missed it live? Fear not. Watch on ATF's YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/I0YBm-VzSLs (and share and keep connecting!)

Across the Fence If You Struggle with Eco-Distress, What Can You Do?

Celebrate UVM Research Week 2026 with us! Pop in the Osher Center on Wed 4/15 at 2 pm as four Osher Affiliates share their work during Whole Health Connect - https://mailchi.mp/uvm/osher-researchweek2026

Osher Affiliates across UVM and UVM Health have been busy this past season. Check out our Winter 2026 Newsletter! - https://mailchi.mp/uvm/osher-newsletter-winter-2025-26

We are looking forward to tonight's (Tues. 3/10) event at Fletcher Free Library, as Osher Affiliate and Planetary Health Lead, Christine Vatovec, PhD, interviews A HEALTHY UNION author Susan Kaplan, JD. Join us!

🌱Learn more: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/16205810

Reminder to join us on Monday, 3/9 at 3 pm, as Brendan Kelly, L. Ac, DAHM, Herbalist, a member of the Osher UVM Integrative Practitioner community, shares his work successfully treating the many symptoms of Long COVID using acupuncture and herbal medicine -- and the importance of diet and lifestyle. Zoom link available for those who cannot join in person!

⭐ Understanding & Treating Long COVID: Successful Chinese Medicine Strategies w/Brendan Kelly, L. Ac, DAHM, Herbalist
Monday, March 9
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Hybrid: 184 S. Prospect St., Burlington, VT & online via Zoom.
Part of the Osher Center's Whole Health Connect event series.
Free. Open to all.

https://events.uvm.edu/event/understanding-treating-long-covid

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Join us Monday, March 9, at 8 am for a special presentation by our new Research Director Helene M. Langevin, MD, Former Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she oversaw a $170 million annual portfolio that features whole-person research, positive health processes, and pain management.

Dr. Langevin leads the growth of a robust, transdisciplinary research agenda and will share her vital perspective on at University of Vermont, University of Vermont Health, and beyond. Hybrid. Free for all. Part of the Osher Center's Laura Mann Integrative Healthcare Lecture Series. https://events.uvm.edu/event/whole-person-care-good-medicine-for-all The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences UVM Health - UVM Medical Center

We are thrilled to welcome author, educator, and host of the Climate Magic podcast, Sarah Jaquette Ray, PhD, to University of Vermont for two events on Monday, February 23.
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⭐ 8 am "Inner Skills for Climate Resilience: An Existential Toolkit for the Polycrisis" during Grand Rounds UVM Health - UVM Medical Center (hybrid)
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⭐ 2 pm "Inner Skills for Climate Justice" book talk and light reception at the Osher Center. 💥Check event link for two recommended chapters from Dr. Ray's work!

Featured in The Atlantic and on Hidden Brain, Dr. Ray's work addresses many issues (mental health, education, clinical care, sustainability, environmental research, etc.) and offers support and perspective for many populations, including students, faculty, employees, clinicians, and more. The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences UVM Office of Sustainability UVM Rubenstein School College of Education and Social Services at UVM

https://events.uvm.edu/event/inner-skills-for-climate-resilience

❄️POSTPONED: Our 1/26 Whole Health Connect event, Texture of Emotions w/MTL-based artist Janelle Hacault, will be rescheduled to allow for safety in the storm.❄️ New date will be posted soon!

POSTPONED: Texture of Emotions ft. Janelle Hacault POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. NEW DATE COMING SOON! From breath to sensation to emotion, Janelle Hacault’s Texture of Emotions workshop is an embodied approach to movement generation and artistic expression that mixes dance and meditation in effort to increase awareness and wellness. Participants are ...