Maggie Connors, MT-BC, Music Therapist, Maple Tree Music Therapy, Medical Music Consultant, UVM Children’s Hospital
Danica Cunningham, MT-BC, Music Therapist, As You Are Studio, Medical Music Consultant, UVM Children’s Hospital

Osher Affiliates Maggie Connors, MT-BC, and Danica Cunningham, MT-BC, sharing research and perspective on the transformative impact of their clinical work on patients, caregivers, families, staff, and more. Featuring an introduction by Lewis First, MD, MSc.

Free, open to the public, and presented during Pediatric Grand Rounds, this session has been approved for 1 CME credit. (Recorded February 26, 2025)

Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH  

Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Patz served as the Inaugural Director of UW’s Global Health Institute and continues to direct the Planetary Health Scholars Program. 

For 15 years, Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the organization that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He also served as Health Co-Chair for the first US National Climate Assessment and in 2019, was elected into the U.S. National Academy of Medicine for his pioneering research on climate change and human health. (Recorded Jan. 6, 2025)

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW

MORE integrates complementary aspects of mindfulness training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and principles from positive psychology into a structured treatment designed to restructure brain reward system function. MORE has been shown to reduce opioid misuse by 45%, nearly tripling the effect of standard supportive group therapy, while enhancing neurophysiological mechanisms integral to self-control and responsiveness to natural, healthy rewards. 

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW, is the Distinguished Endowed Chair in Research, Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research, University of Utah College of Social Work; Director, Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development; and Associate Director of Integrative Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute. (Recorded September 27, 2024)