Tim Gard

Tim Gard, MSc

Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
Division Psychiatric Neuroscience, Lazar Lab
120 2nd Ave
Charlestown, MA 02129

tgard@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Office: 617-643-6628

Publications

Gard, T., Brach, N., Hölzel, B.K., Noggle, J. J., Conboy, L. A., & Lazar, S. W. (in press).
Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion.
The Journal of Positive Psychology.

Gard, T., Hölzel, B.K., Sack, A.T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S.W., Vaitl, D., & Ott, U. (2011).
Pain attenuation through mindfulness is associated with decreased cognitive control and increased sensory processing in the brain.
Cerebral Cortex.

Hölzel, B.K., Lazar, S.W., Gard, T., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Vago, D.R., & Ott, U. (2011).
How does mindfulness meditation work? Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural perspective.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 537-559.

Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S.M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S.W. (2011).
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-42.

Hölzel, B.K., Ott, U., Gard, T., Hempel, H., Weygandt, M., Morgen, K., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Investigation of mindfulness
meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 55-61.

Gard, T. (2002). Theories on the relation between affect and mathematical problem solving. (Technical Report).
Mumbai, India: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Selected posters and presentations

Brach, N., Gard, T., Hölzel, B. K., Noggle, J. J., Conboy, L. A., & Lazar, S. W. (2011). Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress:
The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Gard, T., Hölzel, B.K., Van den Bosch, J. J. F., Sack, A. T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S. W., Vaitl, D., Ott, U. (2010). Changed effective connectivity in the brain
during mindful pain mitigation and anticipation. Poster session presented at the 13th World Congress on Pain, Montreal, Canada.

Hölzel, B. K., Gard, T., Ott, U., & Lazar, S. (2010). Can mindfulness training influence the neural processing of aversive stimuli?
Paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.

Gard, T., Ramadas, J., Nandakumar, V., Hölzel, B.K., Boshuizen, H. P. A. (2010). Regulation of Emotion and Cognition during Mathematical Problem Solving:
The Effects of Yoga in an Indian Sample. Poster session presented at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.

Gard, T. (2010). Altered pain processing during mindfulness. Paper presented at the 8th Annual International Scientific Conference
for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators, Worcester, MA.

Gard, T., Ott, U., Hölzel, B.K., Hempel, H., Sack, A. T., & Vaitl, D. (2009). Mindfulness in the Context of Pain: an fMRI study.
Poster session presented at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.

Gard, T. (2008). The effectiveness of GEXP in vivo versus standardised physiotherapy in CRPS-I patients with fear of pain: a randomised clinical trial.
Paper presented at the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Clinical & Research UK Network, IASP Meeting, Glasgow, UK.

Gard, T., Ott, U., Hölzel, B. K., Hempel, H., Sack, A. T., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Altered pain processing due to mindfulness: an fMRI study.
Poster session presented at the 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, UK.

Education / Training

2004
Masters in Psychology, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Thesis: "Regulation of emotion and cognition during mathematical problem solving: the effects of yoga in an Indian sample".

2006
Psychodiagnostics registration at NIP (Dutch institute of psychologists).

2006-present
PhD student, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
Main project: "Altered pain processing in the brain due to mindfulness meditation: an fMRI study".

Academic Appointments

2006
SPSS/statistics instructor, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Netherlands.

2007-2009
Researcher and tutor, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Netherlands.

2009-present
Visiting PhD student and research assistant, Lazar Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

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Publications
Gard, T., Brach, N., Hölzel, B.K., Noggle, J. J., Conboy, L. A., & Lazar, S. W. (in press). Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion. The Journal of Positive Psychology.
Gard, T., Hölzel, B.K., Sack, A.T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S.W., Vaitl, D., & Ott, U. (2011). Pain attenuation through mindfulness is associated with decreased cognitive control and increased sensory processing in the brain. Cerebral Cortex.
Hölzel, B.K., Lazar, S.W., Gard, T., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Vago, D.R., & Ott, U. (2011). How does mindfulness meditation work? Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 537-559.
Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S.M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S.W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-42.
Hölzel, B.K., Ott, U., Gard, T., Hempel, H., Weygandt, M., Morgen, K., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Investigation of mindfulness meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 55-61.
Gard, T. (2002). Theories on the relation between affect and mathematical problem solving. (Technical Report). Mumbai, India: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Selected posters and presentations
Brach, N., Gard, T., Hölzel, B. K., Noggle, J. J., Conboy, L. A., & Lazar, S. W. (2011). Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Gard, T., Hölzel, B.K., Van den Bosch, J. J. F., Sack, A. T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S. W., Vaitl, D., Ott, U. (2010). Changed effective connectivity in the brain during mindful pain mitigation and anticipation. Poster session presented at the 13th World Congress on Pain, Montreal, Canada.
Hölzel, B. K., Gard, T., Ott, U., & Lazar, S. (2010). Can mindfulness training influence the neural processing of aversive stimuli? Paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.
Gard, T., Ramadas, J., Nandakumar, V., Hölzel, B.K., Boshuizen, H. P. A. (2010). Regulation of Emotion and Cognition during Mathematical Problem Solving: The Effects of Yoga in an Indian Sample. Poster session presented at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.
Gard, T. (2010). Altered pain processing during mindfulness. Paper presented at the 8th Annual International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators, Worcester, MA.
Gard, T., Ott, U., Hölzel, B.K., Hempel, H., Sack, A. T., & Vaitl, D. (2009). Mindfulness in the Context of Pain: an fMRI study. Poster session presented at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.
Gard, T. (2008). The effectiveness of GEXP in vivo versus standardised physiotherapy in CRPS-I patients with fear of pain: a randomised clinical trial. Paper presented at the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Clinical & Research UK Network, IASP Meeting, Glasgow, UK.
Gard, T., Ott, U., Hölzel, B. K., Hempel, H., Sack, A. T., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Altered pain processing due to mindfulness: an fMRI study. Poster session presented at the 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, UK.

Education / Training
2004 Masters in Psychology, Maastricht University, Netherlands. Thesis: "Regulation of emotion and cognition during mathematical problem solving: the effects of yoga in an Indian sample".
2006 Psychodiagnostics registration at NIP (Dutch institute of psychologists).
2006-present PhD student, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Main project: "Altered pain processing in the brain due to mindfulness meditation: an fMRI study".

Academic Appointments
2006 SPSS/statistics instructor, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
2007-2009 Researcher and tutor, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
2009-present Visiting PhD student and research assistant, Lazar Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.