MEDIA
Featured Speaker for The Evolution of Mindfulness Speaker Series
Mindfulness in U.S. Healthcare: Breaking Barriers, Creating Change
Tuesday April 29th, 2025 12 PM ET
The integration of mindfulness into healthcare has expanded rapidly, but how do we ensure that mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are accessible to patients who may benefit from them?
Mindfulness in U.S. Healthcare: Breaking Barriers, Creating Change with Isabel Roth, DrPH, MS, Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Nursing.
Roth specializes in the implementation of mindfulness-based interventions in clinical settings, with a particular focus on patients experiencing chronic pain. In this talk, she will explore the unique challenges and opportunities in integrating MBPs into primary care. From addressing institutional barriers to ensuring sustainability, she will discuss key factors that influence the success of mindfulness interventions in healthcare environments.
Accessing Mindfulness with Dr. Isabel Roth
Task, Time, Energy: The Purpose-Filled Productivity Podcast
November 21, 2023
How is mindfulness being used in healthcare settings? And what lessons are being learned in those settings that we might apply in other aspects of life?
Dr. Isabel Roth is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in the Program on Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
When she was in high school and college, Dr. Roth developed a unique combination of interests in dance and neuroscience which formed a basis for her interest in mindfulness. Some of her current work focuses on implementing mindfulness practices in health systems to benefit people with conditions such as chronic pain and long COVID.
In this episode, Dr. Roth explains how mindfulness is being used in healthcare settings. She talks about the work she does to help more people gain access to mindfulness programs, what she's learning from that work, and how mindfulness practice has helped her as a working parent of an active toddler. When listening to her talk, it's easy to understand how meaningful her work is and the profound sense of purpose that she gains from it.
A Short Grounding Meditation with Dr. Isabel Roth (Bonus Episode)
Task, Time, Energy: The Purpose-Filled Productivity Podcast
November 21, 2023
We recently had the pleasure of recording a podcast episode with Dr. Isabel Roth, a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Some of Dr. Roth's work focuses on mindfulness practices and ways of making them available to people who might benefit from them. You can hear our whole conversation in the next full episode of the podcast, Episode 32. In the meantime, Dr. Roth graciously agreed to record this short mindfulness meditation for us to share with you and our other listeners
Implementing Evidence-Based Integrative Health Practices in Pediatric Oncology and Primary Care Settings
UNC Cancer Network Lecture Series
April 29, 2026
In this presentation, Dr. Isabel Roth shares her professional journey and work advancing evidence-based integrative health practices across safety-net, primary care, and community-based settings. She explores disparities in complementary and integrative health use in the United States and examines the multilevel factors that influence access, adoption, and sustainability of integrative care.
Dr. Roth also discusses emerging efforts to build a Pediatric Integrative Medicine Service at the University of North Carolina, expanding access to whole-person care for children and families. She also highlights key accomplishments of the Pediatric Integrative Medicine Service at UNC in 2025 and outlines priorities and growth opportunities for 2026. The presentation offers valuable insights into implementation science, health equity, workforce and organizational readiness, and strategies for expanding access to integrative healthcare across diverse clinical settings.