"The Center for Mindfulness and Consciousness Studies is housed within the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health. Additional sponsorship is provided by the School of Medicine (Center for Integrative Medicine), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, the School of Education, the Falk School, and the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (Department of Religious Studies, the Writing Program within the Department of English and Department of Psychology). The Center is also a member of the Mindfulness In Education Network." --Center for Mindfulness and Consciousness Studies

"CCARE investigates methods for cultivating compassion and promoting altruism within individuals and society through rigorous research, scientific collaborations, and academic conferences. In addition, CCARE provides a compassion cultivation program and teacher training as well as educational public events and programs." --The Center for Compassion And Altruism Research And Education

"To support empirical and conceptual efforts to establish an evidence base for the process, practice, and construct of mindfulness; promote best standards for and ethical use of mindfulness research and application; and facilitate mindfulness-related dialogue and discovery." --American Mindfulness Research Association