Dzung Vo

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About Dzung Vo

Dzung X. Vo, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Vo is currently Division Head, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at BC Children’s Hospital, and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hi is also the founding Director of the BC Children's Hospital Centre for Mindfulness. His main clinical and research areas of interest are in stress and health, resilience, and mindfulness-based interventions with youth. In partnership with Dr. Jake Locke, Dr. Vo co-developed MARS-A (Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents), an eight-week mindfulness training program for adolescents with depressive symptoms, with or without other co-occurring chronic illness or chronic pain. Dr. Vo is also interested in health equity and justice, and social determinants of health. He is the author of "The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time"(New Harbinger Publications, 2015).