Through his work, he defined the relaxation response and continues to lead reasearch into its efficacy in counteracting the harmful effects of stress.The recipient of numerous national and international awards, Dr. Benson lectures widely and delivers numerous presentations about his work. His expertise is frequently sought by national news media, and he appears in scores of newspapers, magazines, and television programs each year. Dr. Benson's research extends from the laboratory to the clinic and the Asian field expeditions. His work serves as a bridge between medicine and religion, East and West, mind and body, as well as between belief and science.

Dr. Benson is the Mind/ Body Medical Institue Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and the founding President of the Mind/ Body Medical Institute.

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