Program Overview
Keynote Presentations
Distinguished Speakers
Presenting an
In-depth Overview of Moral Injury and Trauma and the Role of Spirituality in Healing
Recordings Available Through March 2025
Moral Injury and Moral Trauma: Definitions and Assessment
- Tyler VanderWeele, PhD, Director, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University
Adversity in Childhood and Vulnerability to Moral Injury
- Jennifer Wortham, Dr.PH, Research Associate, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University
Pychological, and Existential Dimensions of Moral Injury
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Brett Litz, PhD, Director, Mental Health Core, MA Health Core, Veterans Epi Research, Boston University
Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing
- James Gordon, MD, Founder and CEO of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Healing through Cultivating the Inner Artist
- Rabbi Alon C Ferency, Founder and CEO, Eclectic Cleric
Chaplains Role in Addressing Moral Injury
- Elizabeth BJ Larson, MDiv, MAOL, Director of Spiritual Care, Mayo Clinic Rochester, and ACPE Certified Educator
- Jacek Sokora, PhD, BCC, Spiritualty Research Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Meeting Today's Challenges While Working Through Trauma: The Fight for Self-Love
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Angela Padilla, MPA, HA, President & Founder, FundaMental Change
Blooming in the Dark: Transforming Adversity
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Michelle Pearce, PhD, Professor and Program Director, Integrative Health and Wellness Graduate School, University of Maryland
Spiritual Growth in the Face of Trauma and Moral Injury
- Charlotte Deffee, PhD, Fellow, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University
Role of Catholic Institutions in Preventing and Healing Moral Injury
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Peter Kilpatrick, PhD, President, Catholic University of America
Interfaith Collaboration in Addressing Moral Injury and Trauma
- Anwar Khan, PhD, Founder and President, Islamic Relief
Healing a Nation Ravaged by Trauma and Moral Injury
- H.E., Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Innovation in Wellness and Spirituality in Healthcare Delivery
- Arpan Waghray, MD, CEO, Providence Wellbeing Trust
- Antonina Olszewski, MSQ, VP, Spiritual Care Ascension Health
Love and Healing
- Matthew T. Lee, PhD, Professor of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University
Integrating Spirituality into Psychotherapy
- John Raymond Peteet, MD., Associate Professor Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Spiritual and Religous Dimensions and Treatment of Moral Injury
- Harold G. Koenig, MD, Director, Center for Spirtuality, Theology and Health, Duke University
Strategies for Addressing Moral Distress in Healthcare Delivery
- Kate Jackson-Meyer, PhD, Ph.D., is a John and Daria Barry postdoctoral fellow at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University
- Rev. Cathy Chang, Mdiv, BCC, Director of On Demand Spiritual Care, Ascension
- Brandon Griffin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Chaplians as a Resource for Frontline Healthcare Colleaques Experiencing Moral Injury
- Aaron Pawelek, MSW/MTS/LCSW, Chair of the Pastoral Care Specialist Training Program
- William Foster, Mdiv, BCC, VP Spiritual Care Trinity
PERMA+4, Well-Being
- Stewart Donaldson, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Claremont Graduate University
Post Traumatic Growth: VIA Character Strengths
- Tayyab Rashid, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Center for Wellbeing Science, University of Melbourne
Healing from Religous Institution and Clerical Abuse
- Jennifer Wortham, Dr.PH, Research Associate Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University
The Path to REACH Forgiveness: Deep Dive into an Evidence-based Approach to Forgiving
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Everett Worthington, PhD, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University
A Life Worth Living, and Cultivating Meaning and Purpose
- CH. David Bowles, COL, FORSECOM, Command Chaplain, US Army
- Susan Hata, MD, MGH Center for Physician Wellbeing
Thriving with Anxiety / ACE's and Bereavement
- David H Rosemarin, PhD, Director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital
- Christy Denckla, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Chan School of Public Health
Deep Dive: Mindfulness and Meditation
- Michael Collins, Award Winning Director/Producer of Almost Sunrise
- Jill Fisk, MATM, Director, Mission Services, The Catholic Health Association
- Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson, MDiv., VP, Spiritual Health, Providence St. Joseph Health
Creating Sacred Spaces for Healing: The Trauma Informed Church
- Andrea Clements, PhD, Professor, East Tennessee State University, Co-Founder, Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute
Role of Technology in Addressing Moral Injury
- Tal Patalon, MD, LLB, MBA, Head, KSM Research and Innovation Center
Trauma Recovery Through Pastoral Narrative Disclosure
- Lindsay Carey, MAppSc, PhD., is Associate Professor (Adjunct) with the Palliative Care Unit, in the School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University
Closing Remarks: Flourishing Captives
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Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences, and Director, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
Please join us for live-streamed reflections, discussion, and Q&A with the Speakers
(All times are EST)
March 11, 2024:
12:00 – 1:00 PM
6:00 – 7:00 PM
March 12, 2024:
7:00 – 8:00 AM
12:00 – 1:00 PM
6:00 – 7:00 PM
March 13, 2024:
7:00 – 8:00 AM
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Thank you to our Sponsors, Co-hosts and Partners
