# Mentoring and Patient-Oriented Research in Mind-Body Exercise

> **NIH NIH K24** · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $175,759

## Abstract

This Midcareer Investigator Award (K24) proposal will support Dr. Gloria Yeh in patient-oriented research and
mentoring of trainees in the field of integrative medicine. Over the past 16 years, Dr. Yeh has developed a
successful program of integrative medicine research with focus on lifestyle and meditative exercise
interventions for cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions. Dr. Yeh's research program is based at the Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, where she serves as Director of Mind-Body
Research, Director of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative
Health (NIH NCCIH) funded T32 fellowship (Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Integrative
Medicine). Dr. Yeh's current research program includes two NCCIH R01 grants for which she serve as a
principal investigator, and several other studies for which she serves as a key collaborator. This K24 proposal
outlines career development initiatives for enhancing her research program and the quality/quantity of
mentoring including participation in leadership and mentoring training, additional coursework (in advanced
biostatistics, mixed methods, and research content-related trainings), and regular meetings with established
senior faculty advisors. The overall Program Aims highlight three central themes which represent current
research and areas of future expansion:1) To conduct rigorous research evaluating the clinical efficacy and
mechanisms of mind-body therapies in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and other chronic conditions;
2)To apply innovative methodology to better understand the contributions of individual, active components of
multimodal behavioral, mind-body approaches; and 3) To investigate the complex array of patient factors that
impact engagement and adherence to healthy lifestyle, particularly exercise, and how targeted mind-body
therapies can augment/support this. With the protected time afforded by this K24, Dr. Yeh plans to advance
her research in these areas and provide a diverse, creative, and supportive research environment to mentor
and train junior investigators in integrative medicine.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10166772
- **Project number:** 5K24AT009465-05
- **Recipient organization:** BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** GLORIA Y YEH
- **Activity code:** K24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $175,759
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-05-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10166772

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10166772, Mentoring and Patient-Oriented Research in Mind-Body Exercise (5K24AT009465-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10166772. Licensed CC0.

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