PGDF’s Executive Director, Elizabeth Cairns, will appear as a panelist at a national summit presented by the David Lynch Foundation, Exploring the Science of Meditation on Trauma, Stress, and the Brain. The summit will be held at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on December 8^th, 2016.

Moderated by award-winning journalist Candy Crowley and with a special appearance by renowned filmmaker David Lynch, the summit will explore forty years of clinical application and research using Transcendental Meditation with veterans with PTSD, people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, and at-risk youth in schools.