Research is the cornerstone of progress. Without rigorous investigation and evidence-backed insights, advocating for policy changes and institutional shifts becomes a challenge. Our research not only sheds light on the immense potential of holistic health practices but also paves the way for their integration into mainstream healthcare, policy-making, and societal norms. By supporting the Chopra Foundation Institute's research, you're championing a movement that has the potential to redefine health, wellness, and quality of life for countless individuals worldwide.
More Than Just a Thought Leader
Discover the role of Deepak Chopra, MD in cutting edge research across multiple scientific fields.
The Chopra Foundation Institute partners with many of the world’s leading minds to publish original research, meta-analyses, and reviews on topics spanning the frontiers of health and wellness. CFI research is held to the highest standards of scientific rigor and has been cited as some of the most influential and highly read research in the field.
The Chopra Foundation Institute is dedicated to conducting scientific research that examines the effects of mind-body practices on health, wellbeing, and longevity. These practices include meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, diet, massage, use of adaptogenic herbal supplements, and psychedelics. While there are studies in the scientific literature on the beneficial effects of a variety of individual mind-body practices for wellbeing, few studies have taken a dynamic systems approach that is simultaneously inclusive of numerous practices and examines genetic, biochemical, physiological, and psychosocial measurements.
The Chopra Foundation is in the midst of several research projects. You can find more information about the various studies by reviewing the links below.
At this time, the Chopra Foundation is not funding research proposals. The Foundation’s Research Team, however, is open to potential research collaborations.
The Chopra Foundation Institute, in collaboration with biomedical scientists and clinicians at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Harvard University, Duke University, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute (SBMRI), and Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI), have aimed at filling the need for scientific and medical literature on both the mind-body and the nature of consciousness.
Yoga and pain: A mind-body complex system
Global Correlations Between Chronic Inflammation and Violent Incidents: Potential Behavioral Consequences of Inflammatory Illnesses Across Socio-Demographic Levels
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Factors for Identifying Non-anthropic Conscious Systems
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Publications associated with the Foundation
The Chopra Foundation Institute publishes its own research, but also partners with many of the respected researchers who are associated with Dr. Chopra or the Chopra Foundation. Below is a brief summary of those articles.
Research Papers - The Chopra Foundation
GRATITUDE STUDY - The Chopra Foundation
Self-Directed Biological Transformation Initiative (SBTI) - The Chopra Foundation
SynchroDestiny Study - The Chopra Foundation
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - The Chopra Foundation
Telomerase & Genomics - The Chopra Foundation