One of MMFT’s unique strengths is a curriculum that draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and stress and trauma research.  MMFT draws on more than thirty years of empirical research about the efficacy of mindfulness training. MMFT continues to be empirically tested through rigorous neuroscience research in collaboration with neuroscientists Dr. Amishi Jha (University of Miami) and Dr. Chris Johnson (U.S. Naval Health Research Center). 

In 2008, in collaboration with Jha’s lab, we conducted a pilot study of MMFT to test its cognitive, psychological and behavioral effects among U.S. Marines before their deployment to Iraq.  We continue to study MMFT’s effects through on-going research funded by the U.S. government.  With Jha, we are currently conducting a large, multi-year, randomized control study for the U.S. Army, to evaluate different versions of MMFT during pre-deployment.  With Johnson, we are examining MMFT’s ability to complement the U.S. Marine Corps’ existing pre-deployment stress inoculation training.  In return, the data gathered from our research helps us to refine general scientific understanding of the mechanisms by which MMFT has its beneficial effects.