Sunny Alperson
Old Dominion University, USA
Biography
Sunny Alperson is a Professor at Graduate Nursing Program at ODU Norfolk VA. She received her PhD from USD, CA and was awarded a Post-doctoral research training fellowship at NIH and another fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine under mentoring of Dr. Andrew Weil. Her clinical training is NP; she currently practices in Gerontology. Her research interests include body-mind meditation interventions and the science of compassion, and the application of Qigong and Tai Chi to the health and well-being of patients and healthcare professionals.