| Date | Time | Location |
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM | External Event, Jackman Humanities Building (JHB), room 100A 170 St. George Street Toronto, ON |
Dr. Dorjee will present an overall view of depression and anxiety from the traditional Tibetan medical science in a most comprehensive and holistic approach both in theory and practice. His presentation will be enriched by his personal and practical experience of dealing with numerous patients both in the East and the West. He will explain the predispositions, causes and symptoms of depression and anxiety and correlate their development based on factors of nutrition, activity, environment and psychology, and how these are related to our stress driven life-styles and habits.
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Dr. Pema Dorjee is renowned and one of the most highly regarded physicians practicing Tibetan medicine today. Dr. Dorjee is currently Chief Advisor to the Tibetan Medical & Astrology Institute. Dr. Dorjee’s four past visits to Emory University and the symposia he held with Emory medical scientists paved the way for the well-known lojong-based compassion meditation research now taking place at Emory.
Dr. Pema Dorjee has been awarded various honors throughout his career, including the Gold Medal and the Gem of Alternative Medicine from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicine in recognition of his dedicated service to Tibetan medicine. Dr. Dorjee has written several books and numerous articles on Tibetan medicine and has translated textbooks from other medical systems into Tibetan.
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Jennifer Bright received her MA in Religious Studies from Queen’s University and is now a PhD candidate in Religion at the Centre for the Study of Religion. Between her MA and entry into the doctoral program she spent two years in India studying Tibetan in Dharamsala. Her research is focused on Tibetan medical and religious discourses about women, sexuality, the medical body and gender. During a recent stay in India, she studied contemporary women’s health practices from the perspectives of modern medical texts, Tibetan doctors, and the personal narratives of Tibetan women living in refugee settlements in India. She has also worked with CHOICE- a Tibetan run HIV/AIDS research, education and advocacy group at the forefront of examining gender, culture, and sexuality in Tibetan exile communities
General Information:
Thupten: thupwang_89@yahoo.co.uk or 416-275-9901
Jimmy: jimmy.vuong@utoronto.ca
Jennifer: Jennifer.bright@utoronto.ca
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