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Ms. Ping Ho, MA, MPH,
is Coordinator of Educational Outreach
for the Pediatric Pain Program. She was the founding administrative analyst for
both the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine and the UCLA
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). In the latter role, she had
the privilege of writing for Norman Cousins and co-writing the professional
autobiography of George F. Solomon, M.D., founder of the field of PNI. Ms. Ho
began her academic and professional journey at Stanford University, where she
received a B.A. in psychology, coordinated research on exercise and lipoproteins,
and was appointed to start up the Health Improvement Program for faculty and
staff. She has an M.A. in counseling psychology with specialization in exercise
physiology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has an extensive
background as a health educator, exercise specialist in private practice, and
performing artist. Ms. Ho recently completed graduate work in the UCLA School
of Public Health where she pursued her interest in using tools for mind-body
healing as a vehicle for community empowerment and transformation.
* For more detailed information on "Healing and Transformation through Art,"
go to www.uclamindbody.org and click on "Upcoming Events."
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