SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Please find below a listing of selected past and upcoming speaking engagements. For more on these events and to contact Dr. Sternberg, please e-mail info@esthersternberg.com.

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March 14, 2008, International Neuroimmunology Seminar, Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

April 12-13, 2008, Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

April 22, 2008, Huffington Center on Aging, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Houston, TX.

April 23, 2008, International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

June 3, 2008, Women’s Health Week, Chicago Lights at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago IL.

June 6, 2008, Mental Health America Inaugural Prevention and Promotion Summit, Washington, DC.

June 20-21, 2008, Keynote, Glucocorticoids and Mood. University of California, San Diego Continuing Education/Endocrine Society Satellite Meeting, San Diego CA.

June 27-29, 2008, Society of Atlantic Rheumatologists, Charlottestown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Sept. 25-26, 2008, College of William and Mary Philosophy Colloquium on the Study of Self, Williamsburg, VA

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Governor of Pennsylvania's Conference on Women, Nov. 8, 2007 Philadelphia, PA.

Minnesota Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (MNCAM), Sept. 17, 2007, Minneapolis, MN.

International Conference on Stress, "Neuroendocrine immune interactions in susceptibility to inflammatory and infectious diseases." August 23-26, 2007, Budapest, Hungary.

Hans Selye Centennial Symposium on Stress: Basic and Clinical Mechanisms, "Neuroendocrine immune interactions in susceptibility to inflammatory and infectious diseases." July 12-14, 2007 Montreal Canada.

Invited Speaker, “Imagination, Medicine, Healing and the Body” Conference, Pacifica Graduate Institute, April 27-29, 2007, Santa Barbara, CA.

Keynote Lecture, Diana Foundation/UCSD School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Conference on "Pain Management in Women Over the Life Cycle", April 26-28, 2007, San Diego, CA

Guest Speaker, “Impact of Stress on Autoimmune Diseases”, Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation National Patient Conference, April 21, 2007, Reston, VA.

Invited Speaker, Fountain Street Church, Great Speakers Series, March 31, 2007, Grand Rapids, MI

Distinguished Lecturer, Center for Vocational Reflection, Gustavus Adolphus College Nov. 20-21, St. Peter MN

"The Biology of Stress: Implications for Emotions & Health" lecture & panelist, "Stress & Learning", Learning & the Brain Conference, Nov. 10, 2006, Boston, MA

"Mind, Body & Medicine: New Lessons from Science" Spectrum Support Benefit to Establish Supportive Communities. Oct. 27, 2006, Baltimore, MD

Panelist, "Finding Your Balance", Heinz Family Philanthropies Conference on Women’s Health & the Environment, Oct. 16, 2006, Boston, MA

Panelist, Frank Gehry Panel Discussion, "Neuroscience & Architecture", Society for Neuroscience, Oct. 14, 2006, Atlanta, GA

FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, Speaker & Panel Co-chair, Oct. 4-6, 2006, Lake Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Lecturer, Cortona Week: Science and Wholeness of Life, Sept. 2-9, 2006, Cortona, Italy

Keynote Speaker, St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, "Issues & Opportunities in Healthcare" symposium, Aug. 17, 2006, Sun Valley Idaho

Mayo Clinic Spirituality Grand Rounds, June 29, 2006, Rochester MN

International Stress & Skin Conference, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, June 2, 2006, New York City, NY

Diana Foundation/UCSD School of Medicine Conference on "Pain Management in Women Over the Life Cycle" , April 27-29, 2006, San Diego, CA

Distinguished George O'Brien Speaker, Harvard Medical School, April 10, 2006, Boston, MA

"Biology of Stress: Implications for Managing Stress-Related Illnesses" General Motors Health Care Providers' Town-Hall Conference Call lecture, Feb. 21, 2006.

"Stress and the Heart." Sister-to-Sister National Women's Heart Day Health Fair, MCI Center, Washington DC, Feb. 17, 2006.

1st World Congress on Gender Specific Medicine, Feb. 23-26, 2006, Berlin, Germany

Moderator and Panelist, with His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. "Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation", Investigating the Mind Conference 2005 Mind and Life Institute Washington, D.C., Nov. 2005.

"Stress and the Heart." Sister-to-Sister Everyone has a Heart International Awareness Campaign, MCI Center, Washington DC, Sept. 2005.

"Neural Immune Connections in Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases and Arthritis." 25th Anniversary AGAR, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Sept. 2005.

"Neuroscience of Wayfinding." Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Workshop, Woods Hole MA Aug. 2005.

"The Biology of Love and Health." The Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, Week 9, Aug. 2005.

"The Brain’s Stress Response in Health and Disease." Metanexus Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, June 2005.

"Brain Immune Connections in Health and Disease." 12th International Symposium on Functional Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, May 2005.

"Brain Immune Connections in Health and Disease." KUMC, Kansas City, Kansas, April 2005.

"Brain Immune Connections in Health and Disease: Implications for Women’s Health." University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, May 2005.

"Brain Immune Connections in Health and Disease." March 2005, Keynote Lecture, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK.

"Public Education of Science - who should be doing the educating?" in "Public Education: Is It Our Responsibility?" Satellite Symposium, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Oct. 2004.

"Neural Immune Interactions in Health and Disease." Oct. 2004, Shizuoka Forum, Shizuoka, Japan.

"Neural Immune Connections in Health and Disease." Sept. 2004, Monterrey, Mexico.

"Neuroscience and Architecture." Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Workshop – Designing Healthcare Facilities. Aug. 2004, Woods Hole, MA.

"How Stress Makes You Sick." Washington National Cathedral Literacy Program. Washington D.C., Feb. 2004.

Honorary Host, Sister-to-Sister Women's Heart Health Event. Madison Square Garden, and Lecture: How Stress Can make You Sick" New York, New York. Feb. 20, 2004.

"Neural Immune Interactions in Health and Disease." Distinguished Visiting Professor Singapore Public Lecture. Nov. 2003.

"Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Neuroendocrine Host Responses in Inflammatory and Infectious Disease Susceptibility." Nobel Forum on Sex and Gender Factors in Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Oct. 2003.

"Neural Immune Interactions in Health and Disease." XXVth Anniversary Instituto Nacionale di Psychiatria, Mexico City, Mexico. Sept. 2003.

"The Brain’s Stress Response in Health and Disease: Implications for Designing Spaces." American Institute of Architecture Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. May 2003.

"Coping with Stress in Troubled Times." Meridian International Center. Washington, DC. April 2003.

"The Brain’s Stress Response and Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disease." Harvard/MIT Hippocratic Society, Boston MA. March, 2003.

"Optimize Your Immune System." Los Angeles Times Festival of Health and Fitness, Los Angeles CA, Oct. 2002

"Science of Mind/Body Medicine." Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. May 2002.

"Mind Body Medicine". National Hispanic Medical Association Annual Conference. Washington, DC. March 2002.

"Stress and Illness: The Science of the Mind Body Connection." Akron Roundtable. Akron, OH. March 2002

Smithsonian Institution Resident Associate Program lectures: "Does Stress Make You Sick and Believing Make You Well?" May 2000; All Day Lecture Program, "Mind Body Connections" Dec. 2000; "Science of Mind-Body Interactions" Lecture Series, June-July 2002, Smithsonian Resident Associate Program , Washington, DC.


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