Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

Jeffrey Proulx

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mindfulness Center, Brown School of Public Health

Biography

Jeffrey Proulx's research focuses on addressing health outcomes in underserved communities through culturally-adapted mindfulness classes that reflect the cultures of the people he is serving. Although Dr. Proulx's work is designed to address health outcomes, such as diabetes and dementia in Native American communities, his work is also designed to highlight cultural methods of living and healing as a means of cultural revival.