Registration open for Miami’s Health and Wellness Symposium on March 11
Focus program accepting proposals for symposium through Dec. 12
Miami University’s Focus Health and Wellness Symposium: Thriving Together will be held on Wednesday, March 11. The free event is open to faculty, staff, and students.
The Focus program is an initiative that explores a different theme each year. This year’s theme, Health and Wellness: Thriving Together, explores many areas of well-being, including emotional, physical, and social health.
The symposium offers an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to come together around health and wellness to share knowledge and strengthen the Miami community’s sense of well-being.
It will feature keynote speaker, Kristen Lee, Ed.D., LICSW, an internationally recognized, award-winning behavioral science clinician, researcher, educator, speaker, and comedian from Boston. Lee, who is known as “Dr. Kris,” will speak on “The Science of Mindfulness.”
Registration open
Register in advance to attend the symposium. Lunch is included with the keynote presentation. More information about the full-day schedule will be available in February.
Breakout sessions will offer opportunities to learn, connect, and explore a variety of health and wellness topics.
For more information, contact Focus Steering committee co-chairs Kyle Timmerman or Steve Large. If you have any questions about your registration, email Sarah Meaney.
A call for proposals
The Focus program is accepting proposals for the Health and Wellness Symposium.
Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to submit proposals for presentations, interactive sessions, and poster displays. These formats give presenters the chance to share research, spotlight successful programs, showcase partnerships, or lead activities that engage participants.
The deadline to submit proposals is Dec. 12. Accepted presenters will be notified Jan. 2.
More about Kristen Lee
The lead faculty member in Behavioral Science within the Healthcare and Biotech domain at Northeastern University, Lee’s research and teaching interests include individual and organizational well-being and resilience, particularly for marginalized and underserved populations.
Lee is the author of “Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World,” (Sounds True, 2022) a Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal winner.
She also authored “RESET: Make the Most of Your Stress,” which won the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Motivational Book of 2015 and the 2018 bestselling “Mentalligence: A New Psychology of Thinking.”
Lee is the host of “Crackin’ Up: Where Therapy Meets Comedy.” Her Tedx talk, “The Risk You Must Take,” has more than 427,000 views.
