Ecological Medicine: Conscious Connection

October 8, 2026

A light yellow poster with blue accents writes "Ecological Medicine: Conscious Connection Sponsored by the Center for Social Medicine and Humanities" is written at the top in dark blue. Under details "October 8th at 12pm Hybrid (Zoom & In Person) Bel-Air Room 17-323 CHS." Next to it is a picture of Connor Murray, a middle age white man with short dark brown hair slick back in a black suit smiles at the camera" under the picture writes "Connor Murray Ph.D." Below lists the abstract "Ecological Medicine is a framework that suggests that healthcare should shift toward interconnectivity, relationality, and health practices involving connection-based interventions, especially nature-based interventions. This Grand Rounds will introduce Ecological Medicine as a theory, science, and practice, highlighting recent clinical studies in which the nature-based intervention, psilocybin, increased the subjective experience of naturerelatedness, alongside objective indicators of increased network connectivity across the brain. The talk will discuss how these findings relate to the nature of human consciousness and point to next steps in research, including determining the extent to which other naturebased interventions, such as horticultural therapy, might mimic psilocybin's effects on the mind and brain." Below is Murray's bio "Conor H. Murray, PhD is an Assistant Project Scientist and Lecturer in UCLA's Department of Psychology. His research explores the neuroscience of addiction, psychedelics, and consciousness, combining neuroimaging, artificial intelligence, EEG, and fMRI to better understand the brain and behavior. Currently, his work focuses on developing tools to reconstruct mental imagery from non-responsive patients with disorders of consciousness. He also investigates the therapeutic potential of psilocybin for individuals with cocaine use disorder and teaches courses in Ecological Medicine, Addiction, and Neurophilosophy at UCLA." Below the bio it states "Register here" underlined

Please join us on Thursday, October 8th, 2026 at 12pm in Bel-Air Room 17-323 CHS or on Zoom with Connor Murray PhD!

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October 8, 2026