Evidence-Based Strategies for Restorative Sleep during National Sleep Awareness Month!

Sleep is not just a luxury. It is a necessity. During this event, Dr. Molano will help define healthy sleep and offer tips and strategies to support sleep health. Dr. Jennifer Molano is a neurologist with a specialization in sleep medicine, behavioral neurology, and integrative medicine and an avid advocate for the well-being of physicians and the health care team at the individual, team, and organizational levels.

Jennifer Rose V. Molano, MD, is a Professor with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, a 2024 graduate of the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health Faculty Fellowship Program, and an Osher Center affiliated faculty member. As a neurologist fellowship-trained in sleep medicine and behavioral neurology, her clinical and research focus is on the intersection of sleep and cognition.  Dr. Molano also serves as Director of Collaboration and Team Science with the Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training, supporting teams involved in clinical care and research.  She has served on many American Academy of Neurology (AAN) committees and has led well-being efforts at UC, more recently in her current role as the chair of the UC Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Resident Wellness and Wellbeing Committee. She also has been on the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch Neurology and the Brain and Life magazine editorial boards, and is passionate about supporting wellness, sleep health and brain health for her patients, her colleagues, and the community

Barbara Walker, PhD, is a licensed Integrative Health and Performance Psychologist and Director of the Nature as Medicine program at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UC. She is dedicated to helping patients achieve their optimal health and performance. With a master's degree in health psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology focusing on exercise and sport psychology, she offers personalized consultations for patients seeking support in the following:

• Performance in career or sports.  
• Coping with an illness or injury.
• Improving lifestyle for overall health and wellbeing.

As an expert in self-regulation techniques, Dr. Walker provides patients with tools including biofeedback, mind-body therapies, high-performance strategies, and lifestyle medicine guidance.

Dr. Walker’s expertise in psychology is deepened by her role at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches the courses Sport and Positive Psychology as well as Nature-Based Therapies and Ecopsychology. She also co-teaches The Science and Practice of Mind-Body Medicine.  She is also the Director for Nature as Medicine programs through the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UC and serves on the Planetary Health committee for the greater Osher Collaborative. 

Active in the community, Dr. Walker serves on the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon's Board of Directors, the Medical Board of Directors for One Village, and the Wellbeing Advisory Team for Adventure Crew. She is also a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the sport psychology registry with the United States Olympic Committee.

Dr. Walker regularly presents at local and national conferences and workshops, is the author of multiple chapters in professional publications, and regularly contributes to national periodicals. She has appeared on various radio and television programs as an expert guest and has worked with professional and university athletic teams, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, executives, physicians, and first responders.

As a former competitive athlete in marathons, triathlons, duathlons, and cycling, Dr. Walker understands peak performance principles. She now enjoys cycling, hiking, practicing yoga, organic gardening, and spending quality time with family and friends, embracing life to the fullest and staying connected with nature.

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Nature as Medicine

Food as Medicine: From Farm to Farmacy

MUSIC AS MEDICINE

The Science & Practice of Yoga

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