Clinician burnout is widespread and impairs both well-being and healthcare quality. Lia Antico, PhD, will share findings from a multi-study evaluation (N = 112) of a brief, clinician-designed digital mindfulness program that significantly improved burnout, anxiety, self-compassion, and nonreactivity across physicians, nurses, and residents. Additionally, Dr. Antico will introduce preliminary data from a randomized controlled trial (N = 79) evaluating this app-based intervention in mitigating burnout and anxiety among physicians.

UC San Diego’s Center for Research on Empathy and Compassion proudly presents the Empathy & Compassion Research Speaker Series for Fall 2026.

This free virtual series highlights the impactful and groundbreaking research that Sanford Institute-affiliated faculty and researchers have played an integral role in. This series is designed for anyone with an interest in empathy and compassion in neurobiology and healthcare.

The hosting organization, T. Denny Sanford Institute of Empathy and Compassion, represents an unprecedented blending of two parallel themes: employing the unyielding rigor and tools of science to establish the neurological basis for empathy in the brain to identify the mechanisms that transform compassion from biology to behavior, and experimenting with and developing new ways to teach and instill empathy and compassion in clinicians currently practicing and in the teaching of future generations of health professionals.

Register here for this free online event. Please note, this event has been standardized to the Eastern Time Zone.