Charles Raison is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Human Ecology and the School of Medicine and Public Health. Additionally, Charles serves as Interim Director of Research in Spiritual Health at Emory University, Director of Clinical and Translational Research at Usona Institute, and Founding Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds. Charles previously held positions at the University of Arizona and Emory University, focusing on mental health and the relationship between stress and immune systems. Charles obtained their Doctor of Medicine degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Our Mission: To cultivate well-being and relieve suffering through a scientific understanding of the mind Our Vision: A kinder, wiser, more compassionate world About the Center for Healthy Minds: Faced with mental and physical health challenges at a global scale, we conduct rigorous scientific research to bring new insights and tools aimed at improving the well-being of people of all backgrounds and ages. Our research, rooted in neuroscience, comes down to one basic question: What constitutes a healthy mind? Under the leadership of renowned neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson, we're examining contemplative practices and qualities of mind we suspect affect well-being, including attention, resilience, equanimity, savoring positive emotions, kindness, compassion, gratitude and empathy. A part of UW–Madison, one of the world’s top research institutions, we benefit from cross-disciplinary collaborations in the arts and humanities, the physical and natural sciences, and the social sciences. The Center recently founded a non-profit, Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc., which takes the discoveries and insights gleaned from Center research and transforms them into tools and services that allow for larger data collection and new ideas for additional research to continually inform the neuroscience of well-being.