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Harald Walach is affiliated with the European University Viadrina in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Cognitive Neuroscience, Modeling and Simulation, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Health.

The scientist's work spans several key topics such as COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Mental Health and Psychiatry, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Harald Walach include:

  • "Inner Experience - Direct Access to Reality: A Complementarist Ontology and Dual Aspect Monism Support a Broader Epistemology" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "RETRACTED: The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations-We Should Rethink the Policy" (2021) published in Vaccines

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • Rainer J. Klement
  • Martin Loef
  • Katharina Gaertner
  • Stephan Baumgartner
  • Stefan Schmidt

Harald Walach has also contributed to various publication venues with repeated appearances in:

  • Complementary Medicine Research
  • Kompass Autoimmun
  • Kompass Pneumologie
  • Kompass Dermatologie
  • Journal of Scientific Exploration

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: a meta-analysis

    Paul Grossman;Ludger Niemann;Stefan Schmidt;Harald Walach

  • Measuring mindfulness—the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)

    Harald Walach;Nina Buchheld;Valentin Buttenmüller;Norman Kleinknecht

  • Mindfulness-based interventions in schools - A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Charlotte Zenner;Solveig Herrnleben-Kurz;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    L O Fjorback;M Arendt;E Ornbøl;P Fink

  • The combined effects of healthy lifestyle behaviors on all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Assessment of Mindfulness: Review on State of the Art

    Sebastian Sauer;Harald Walach;Stefan Schmidt;Thilo Hinterberger

  • Treating fibromyalgia with mindfulness-based stress reduction: results from a 3-armed randomized controlled trial

    Stefan Schmidt;Paul Grossman;Barbara Schwarzer;Susanne Jena

  • Researching complementary and alternative treatments – the gatekeepers are not at home

    Vinjar Fønnebø;Sameline Grimsgaard;Harald Walach;Cheryl Ritenbaugh

  • Facets of mindfulness – Results of an online study investigating the Freiburg mindfulness inventory

    Niko Kohls;Sebastian Sauer;Harald Walach

  • Fruit, vegetables and prevention of cognitive decline or dementia: a systematic review of cohort studies.

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Does inorganic mercury play a role in Alzheimer's disease? A systematic review and an integrated molecular mechanism.

    Joachim Mutter;Annika Curth;Johannes Naumann;Richard C. Deth

  • Selenium and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review

    Martin Loef;Gerhard N. Schrauzer;Harald Walach

  • Mercury and autism: accelerating evidence?

    Joachim Mutter;Johannes Naumann;Rainer Schneider;Harald Walach

  • Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: two meta-analyses.

    Stefan Schmidt;Rainer Schneider;Jessica Utts;Harald Walach

  • Midlife obesity and dementia: meta-analysis and adjusted forecast of dementia prevalence in the United States and China.

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Alzheimer disease: mercury as pathogenetic factor and apolipoprotein E as a moderator

    Joachim Mutter;Johannes Naumann;Catharina Sadaghiani;Rainer Schneider

  • Correlations between brain electrical activities of two spatially separated human subjects.

    Jir ˇ i Wackermann;Christian Seiter;Holger Keibel;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness therapy for somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes — Randomized trial with one-year follow-up

    Lone Overby Fjorback;Mikkel Arendt;Eva Ørnbøl;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a method for personnel development: A pilot evaluation.

    Harald Walach;Eva Nord;Claudia Zier;Barbara Dietz-Waschkowski

  • Mindfulness-based coping with university life: a non-randomized wait-list-controlled pilot evaluation

    Siobhan Lynch;Siobhan Lynch;Marie-Louise Gander;Niko Kohls;Niko Kohls;Brigitte Kudielka

  • Does mindfulness meditation contribute to health? Outcome evaluation of a German sample.

    Marcus Majumdar;Paul Grossman;Barbara Dietz-Waschkowski;Susanne Kersig

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schmidt
Stefan Schmidt University of Freiburg
Paul Grossman
Paul Grossman University Hospital of Basel
Paul Schnitzler
Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg
Arndt Büssing
Arndt Büssing Witten/Herdecke University
Per Fink
Per Fink Aarhus University
Ralph W. Hood
Ralph W. Hood University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Brigitte M. Kudielka
Brigitte M. Kudielka University of Regensburg

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