Looking Inward for a Healthier Society

Using data science to confront the nation’s most urgent public health challenges.

Meditation

Meditation Is Having Its Gallup Moment

Jagpreet Chhatwal Ph.D. on August 19, 2026

New data could move meditation from a private practice to a measurable public health tool for addressing stress, loneliness, and burnout.

New data could move meditation from a private practice to a measurable public health tool for addressing stress, loneliness, and burnout.

Artificial Intelligence

What Sam Altman Wouldn’t Ask ChatGPT

Jagpreet Chhatwal Ph.D. on August 12, 2026

What a wise man, Harvard researchers, a spiritual teacher, and your own vagus nerve can teach us about a question AI cannot—or should not—answer.

What a wise man, Harvard researchers, a spiritual teacher, and your own vagus nerve can teach us about a question AI cannot—or should not—answer.

Meditation

How Meditation Could Help Solve the Healthcare Crisis

Jagpreet Chhatwal Ph.D. on January 20, 2026

Mental illness alone costs the U.S. billions of dollars each year. Here's how low-cost, underused approaches like meditation could reverse the trend.

Mental illness alone costs the U.S. billions of dollars each year. Here's how low-cost, underused approaches like meditation could reverse the trend.