Palo Alto University Hosts Talk with Leading Scholar on Spirituality and Public Health

Scientist and scholar, Dr. Doug Oman, will be a guest speaker at Palo Alto University’s Los Altos campus Thursday, April 5 from 11:45am to 1:00 pm. Dr. Oman is a professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health where he leads a training grant in spirituality and public health. He will discuss his research exploring the relationship between psychology, religion and spirituality, and public health and how his work led to his new book, Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health: Evidence, Implications, and Resources. 

Dr. Oman is the former president of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (Division 36).  His talk is sponsored by PAU’s Healing Spirituality, and Social Action Group (HSSA). 

The talk can be attended in person at the Los Altos Campus, 5150 El Camino Real, Los Altos, room C10-8 or online via Zoom at https://paloaltou.zoom.us/j/906672692 . This flyer includes additional information. Questions can be directed to hssa@paloaltou.edu .