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This is an online event.About Dr. Fryburg
David Fryburg, MD, is the president and co-founder of Envision Kindness, a nonprofit that aims to promote kindness, compassion, joy, and love in health care and elsewhere through kindness media. Fryburg is also the author of a blog series entitled “The Science of Kindness” distributed by Psychology Today and other outlets. In his other professional work, Fryburg has led teams of scientists from academia, government, and industry to solve problems related to how we measure or diagnose disease for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium. Fryburg was previously a faculty member at the University of Virginia as well as global head of translational medicine for cardiovascular, metabolic, and endocrine diseases at Pfizer. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Promoting Kindness in Health Care to Relieve Stress, Improve Civility, and Enhance Patient and Provider Satisfactions
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Online
"Resiliency, Health, and Well-Being" is a series of quarterly programs offered by the Pi at-Large Chapter of Sigma at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Nu Beta at-Large Chapter of Sigma at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing to foster well-being and resiliency. This series was inspired by the work of Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, and the team of R3 – the Renewal, Resilience, and Retention of Maryland Nurses Initiative, which aims to enhance resilience in the next generation of nurses as they care for others.
This lecture in the series, “Promoting Kindness in Health Care to Relieve Stress, Improve Civility, and Enhance Patient and Provider Satisfactions,” will be presented virtually by David Fryburg, MD.
This talk builds on Dr. Fryberg’s previous presentation in this series on the psychosocial and biomedical importance of kindness, particularly how caring and connection are natural antidotes to stress. We'll explore together the neuropsychology of kindness, including how it drives meaningful happiness. We will examine the evidence that kind people live longer lives, how kindness affects romantic relationships, and its relevance to equity and inclusion.