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    Beyond the Mind-Body Problem

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Mind Body Symposium

Presented By

Nour Foundation NGO Section of U.N. DESA Université de Montréal
BEYOND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM - Speakers & Panelists
Mario Beauregard, Ph.D.

Associate Researcher, Neuroscience Research Center, University of Montreal
 
Elie During, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, University of Paris X, Nanterre
 
Ebrahim Elahi, M.D., FACS

Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Fifth Avenue Eye Associates
 
Bruce Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences; Director, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia Medical School
 
Hanifa D. Mezoui, Ph.D.

Chief, NGO Section, United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs
 
Andrew B. Newberg, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Director, University of Pennsylvania Center for Spirituality and the Mind
 
Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D., MRCP

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton; Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center; Founder and Director, The Human Consciousness Project
 
Christina M. Puchalski, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine; Director, George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health
 
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D.

Neuroscientist and Research Psychiatrist, UCLA School of Medicine
 
Henry P. Stapp, Ph.D.

Theoretical Physicist, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, University of California
 
Esther M. Sternberg, M.D.

Chief, Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
 


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Nour Foundation

Founded in 1985, the Nour Foundation is a public charitable and nongovernmental organization in special consultative status to the United Nations. The Foundation explores universal principles and values underlying various disciplines through an integrative approach that seeks to cultivate greater understanding, tolerance, and unity among human beings.

NGO Section of U.N. DESA

The NGO Section of the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs contributes to the creation of interface structures between the UN and private organizations at all levels.

Université de Montréal

Founded in 1878, the Université de Montréal today has 13 faculties and together with its two affiliated schools, HEC Montréal and École Polytechnique, constitutes the largest center of higher education and research in Québec.