Eric L. Garland

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW, is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah College of Social Work and Associate Director of Integrative Medicine in the Supportive Oncology and Survivorship Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Garland is also the developer of an innovative, multimodal mindfulness-based intervention founded on insights derived from cognitive, affective, and neurobiological science, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE). He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials of MORE as a treatment for alcohol dependence, prescription opioid misuse, and chronic pain. Informed by years of clinical experience as a psychotherapist, Dr. Garland's translational research agenda is focused on elucidating and targeting biopsychosocial mechanisms implicated in stress-related conditions. In 2013, he was named Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, the world's premier, multidisciplinary organization for the scientific study of contemplative practices.