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to promote health, well-being, and a kinder,
wiser, more compassionate world

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Building the plane while it’s in the air: Developing safe and effective practices in psychedelics by leveraging meditation research

Despite burgeoning research on psychedelics, best practices for their safe and effective use in and out of clinical settings are still poorly understood. Like psychedelics,…

Welcome to USC Center for Mindfulness Science

The USC Center for Mindfulness Science is a collaborative hub for interdisciplinary research and innovation in the practice of mindfulness. Our aim is to shed light on the science behind mindfulness, so we can better understand how the practice affects our minds and consequently our behavior.

We welcome everyone to join us in this journey toward cultivating individual and societal awareness and well being. Please take some time to explore our current research and innovative investigative faculty. Please visit our events page to see what’s coming up at the center, and feel welcome to stay in touch by signing up for our newsletter.

Research

Learn about the cutting-edge research our interdisciplinary faculty members are investigating in the field of mindfulness science.

About us

The center is a collaborative effort that brings together a unique and diverse array of scholars investigating mindfulness and how it affects our minds and behaviors.

Our people

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Learn more about the world-renowned scholars and scientists that at the heart of our  center.

Let’s Promote A Kinder, Wiser,

More Compassionate World Together