Doug Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Professor, Integrative Health and Wellbeing Research Program
doug kennedy

Contact

Mailing Address

420 Delaware St. S.E. D513
Mayo Memorial Building
MMC505
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota

Masters of Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Bachelors of Arts, Carleton College

Licensures and Certifications

CQ Level 2 Certified Facilitator
IDI Qualified Administrator
UCLA MARC Trained Mindfulness Facilitator

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Bio

Dr. Kennedy works with researchers and community partners to develop and implement multi-faceted community engagement strategies and qualitative approaches for greater collaboration, co-learning and representation of community voices throughout the research process. As a member of the Integrative Health & Wellbeing Research Program, Dr. Kennedy serves as a co-investigator on NIH funded grants. He is involved in fostering community-researcher relationships, development of recruitment materials and strategy, community-engaged researcher training and development, screening, intervention delivery, data collection, qualitative analysis, and dissemination. Dr. Kennedy is also a faculty fellow in the Integrative Health Research Fellowship Program.  Prior to his work with the research team, Dr. Kennedy led the design, piloting, and evaluation of the Center’s school-based mindfulness program for teachers. In his spare time, Dr. Kennedy enjoys traveling with his family, playing guitar, and volunteering. He is a Fulbright alum and has lived and worked in India, China, and South Africa. 

Research

Research Summary/Interests

  • Community engaged research
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Intercultural capabilities development
  • Behavior change interventions
  • Mindfulness and mind-body interventions

Research Funding Grants

  • Partners for Pain & Wellbeing Equity: A Randomized Trial of Community Supported Complementary and Integrative Health Self Management for Back Pain (1R61AT012309-01 Evans/Leininger) -- National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
  • Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management to Prevent Back Pain Chronicity -- PACBACK (4UG3AT008769, Bronfort) -- National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary & Integrative Health

Publications

Design of a mindfulness-based intervention to support teachers’ emotional regulation behaviors. Curr Psychol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02696-w

Teaching

Courses

CSPH 3201 Introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction 

CSPH 5226 Advanced Meditation: Mind, Body, Brain and Universe