Education
B.A., Psychobiology and B.A., Sociology & Anthropology, Swarthmore College
M.B.E., Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
M.P.H., Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jane Sachs
Research Program Manager, Center for Healthy Minds
Jane is the Children and Well-Being Research Program Manager and Well-Being Study Program Manager. She oversees projects that promote well-being in children, parents and teachers through mindfulness-based training. This includes a grant from the Department of Education that aims to better understand the impact of mindfulness in schools among both children and teachers; the Mindfulness-Based Parenting Program that fosters well-being in the home environment of young children in order to set children on a healthy developmental trajectory; and the Pre-Service Teachers Project that examines whether well-being training can build resiliency in pre-service teachers.
