Tucson Festival of Books

Navigating Care and Loss


Physician-author Jessi Gold and scientist-author Mary-Francis O'Connor sit down with Weil Center medical director Stephen Dahmer to share their understanding into the physical and emotional toll caused by grief and caring for others, and to discuss insights into improving overall well-being.


Panelists
Jessi Gold

Dr. Jessi Gold is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee system and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.   She is also a fierce mental health advocate and highly sought-after expert in the media on everything from burnout to celebrity self-disclosure....

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Mary-Frances O'Connor

Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, investigating the effects of grief on the brain and the body....

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Books:
How Do You Feel?
One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine
Jessi Gold
Science / Medicine / Technology
S&S/Simon Element
October 2024
ISBN 9781982199777
288 pages
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The Grieving Body
How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
Mary-Frances O'Connor
Science / Medicine / Technology
HarperCollins Publishers
February 2025
ISBN 9780063338906
288 pages
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