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Amanda Gilbert

Instructor
Amanda Gilbert
Email amandag5@usc.edu

Center, Institute & Lab Affiliations

  • Aging Metabolism & Emotions Center USCF, Center Director
  • Aging Metabolism & Emotions Center USCF, Collaborator
  • Biobehavioral Pain Lab at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Mindfulness Practicioner
  • Center For Mindfulness Science USC, Steering Committee
  • Sugar Stress Environment & Weight Center, Execute Director

Education

  • B.A. Sustainable Community Development, Prescott College
  • Other Degree Trained Mindfulness Facilitator, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Conference Presentations

    • The Science of Meditation: Research at UCSF AME Center , UCLA Psychology Summer Course Mindfulness & TheoryLecture/Seminar, Invited, Los Angeles, CA, 2016-2017
    • Early Life Adversity & Meditation , Mind and Life International Symposium of Contemplative PracticesTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, San Diego, CA, 2015-2016
    • The effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Sleep , Mindfulness and Compassion ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, San Francisco, Ca, 2014-2015
    • Effects of mindfulness training on intimate relationships , Mind and Life Summer Research InstitutePoster, Invited, Garrison, NY, 2014-2015

    Other Presentations

    • Meditation in Modern Times, DeepakHomeBase Event Series, New York, New York, 2018-2019

  • Journal Article

    • Bersani, F., Gilbert, A., Coccia, M., Saron, C., Epel, E. (2017). Trait mindfulness at baseline predicts increases in telomerase activity over time. European Psychiatry. Vol. 41
    • Cabeza, T., Epel, E. S., Robles, T. F., Coccia, M., Gilbert, A., Puterman, E., Prather, A. A. (2017). Sexual intimacy in couples is associated with longer telomere length. Psychoneuroendocrinology. Vol. 81, pp. 46-51. PubMed Web Address
    • Aschbacher, K., Milush, J. M., Gilbert, A., Almeida, C., Sinclair, E., Epling, L., Grenon, S. M., Marco, E. J., Puterman, E., Epel, E. (2017). Chronic stress is associated with reduced circulating hematopoietic progenitor cell number: A maternal caregiving model. Brain, behavior, and immunity. Vol. 59, pp. 245-252. PubMed Web Address
    • Epel, E., Puterman, E., Blackburn, E., Lum, P., Beckman, N., Gilbert, A., Rissman, R., Tanzi, R., Schadt, E. (2016). Epel E, Puterman E, Lin J, Blackburn E, Lum PY, Beckman N, Zhu J, Lee E, Gilbert A, Rissman R, Tanzi R, Schadt E. (2016). Meditation and relaxation impact disease-associated molecular phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry.
    • Aschbacher, K., Milush, J., Gilbert, A., Almeida, C., Sinclair, E., Puterman, E., Epel, E. (2016). Chronic Stress is Associated with Reduced Circulating Progenitor Cell Number: A Maternal Caregiving Model. Brain Behavior & Immunity. Vol. 59, pp. 245-252.

  • Committees

    • Steering Committee Member, USC Center For Mindfulness Science, 07/01/2020 –

  • Professional Memberships

    • International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA), 04/01/2020 –
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