Meditate America Gala

Thursday, September 12, 2024 | 6PM – 9PM | Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City

Meditate America Gala Promotes Healthcare Worker Wellbeing

David Lynch Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic organization and Affiliate of the NIOSH Total Worker Health program, will host a gala event in New York City on September 12, 2024 to celebrate the launch of Meditate America, a national initiative to bring evidence-based meditation to relieve burnout and promote wellbeing for frontline healthcare workers and first responders. Hosted by award-winning actor Hugh Jackman, the event will be held at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Honorees will include United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, who will receive the "Enlightened Doctor of the Year” award for his inspiring leadership for Health Workforce Wellbeing and other critical initiatives to promote societal wellbeing. Maria Shriver, global women's health advocate, will be honored as the recipient of the “Enlightened Woman of the Year” award.

The Gala event will feature the work of the Foundation’s Heal the Healers Now program, which has provided instruction in the evidence-based Transcendental Meditation technique to reduce burnout and enhance resilience in frontline healthcare workers in over 100 hospitals nationwide over the past 4 years. Research on the program has been conducted at leading centers including Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Duke University Medical Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Moffitt Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and other sites. Results from published studies have consistently shown significant improvements in healthcare worker burnout, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and mental wellbeing, with rapid onset of improvement within two weeks. Further information is available at HealTheHealersNow.org.