David B. Larson, M.D., was a psychiatrist trained at Duke, who founded and directed the National Institute for Healthcare Research and was a leader in the religion and health research field. He died suddenly at the young age of 54 on March 5, 2002. The David B. Larson Memorial Lecture was established in 2003 to honor Dr. Larson’s pioneering work.
David B. Larson Memorial Lecture
The 24th Annual David B. Larson Memorial Lecture will be held Thursday, March 5, 2026. The speaker in 2026 will be Lisa Miller, Ph.D., from Columbia University in New York City.
The title, location and time of the lecture are listed below. All are welcome and no reservation is required. Contact Dr. Koenig (Harold.Koenig@duke.edu) for more information.
Title: TBD
Brief Summary: TBD
Thursday, March 5, 2026
5:30 – 6:30PM (in-person only) (not being recorded or broadcast remotely)
Location: Duke Divinity School, 0116 Westbrook Lecture Hall (click here)
Presented by: Lisa Miller, Ph.D.
Lisa Miller, PhD, is an American professor, New York Times Bestselling Author, researcher and clinical psychologist, best known as a research scholar on spirituality in psychology. Miller is a tenured professor at Columbia University, Teachers College in the Clinical Psychology Program and founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute. Miller’s research into spirituality in renewal from addiction, depression, and struggle spans over 200 published articles and chapters, and has been extensively covered in the media to include the New York Times[and the Wall Street Journal. Miller obtained a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Yale University and a doctorate under Martin Seligman, founder of the positive psychology movement, at the University of Pennsylvania. She attended the John Burroughs School in St. Louis for junior high school and graduated high school from Milton Academy near Boston. She was at the time among the youngest women to complete the Boston Marathon.
