October 16, 2010 – 12:18 pm
TIIH Scholar Kaplan on Economic Crises, Long-Term Health Effects and Public Policy
Institute Scholar George Kaplan, PhD, presented the opening keynote at a Royal Society of Medicine conference in London, September 23, 2010, on “Health, Wealth and Ways of Life.” Referring to his data-rich talk as “a tale of three countries,” Dr. Kaplan laid out recent economic and health statistics from the US, the UK and Sweden, suggesting possible long-term global implications of economic crisis for population health.
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August 29, 2010 – 12:36 pm
Multidisciplinary experts will study disease burden using methods from complexity science
George Kaplan, PhD
August 5, 2010 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the launch of a major new initiative to examine the sources of health disparities, or the differences in the incidence and impacts of disease among population groups. George A. Kaplan, PhD, a Scholar of the Institute for Integrative Health, has been tapped to head the project under contract with the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR).
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August 29, 2010 – 11:28 am
Report of scholarly meeting sponsored by NIH/NCCAM, TIIH and Georgetown U. School of Medicine available
August 20, 2010 – In October 2007, the Institute for Integrative Health (TIIH), Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) collaborated on a workshop, entitled ‘‘Applying Principles from Complex Systems to Studying the Efficacy of CAM Therapies.’’ Planned in part by TIIH Director of Academic Programs, Adi Haramati, PhD, the meeting drew experts from the fields of complexity science and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to examine how concepts and methods from complexity science can be applied to CAM research.
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August 27, 2010 – 4:27 pm
Paper reviews research and guidelines; presents case and recommendation
July 29, 2010 – Brian Berman, MD, Institute for Integrative Health president, and co-authors Helene H. Langevin, MD, Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA, and Ronald Dubner, DDS, PhD, have published an article on “Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain” in the July 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Beginning with a hypothetical – though all too common – case of chronic low back pain (LBP) unresponsive to therapies, the authors discuss the complex physical condition of LBP and possible ways in which the traditional Chinese practice of acupuncture may affect this condition.
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Dr. Hughes Will Study the Mechanisms of Aging and Clinical Aspects of Healthy Aging
December 1, 2009 — The Institute for Integrative Health (TIIH) has selected Dr. Ellen Hughes, Clinical Professor of Medicine Emerita at University of California San Francisco and award- winning educator, as a 2009 recipient of its Institute Scholar’s award. The TIIH Scholar’s award supports internationally recognized experts pursuing ideas that have the potential to transform our approach to health and healthcare. The program aims to create a collaborative network of senior scientists from across disciplines and provide them with the support to engage in novel areas of investigation.
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Dr. Hammerschlag Will Conduct Research into Biology of Energy Medicine
Richard Hammerschlag, PhD
December 1, 2008 —The Institute for Integrative Health (TIIH) has selected Richard Hammerschlag, PhD, Dean of Research at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Sciences University, as the first recipient of its Institute Scholar award. TIIH established the Scholars program to support internationally recognized experts pursuing ideas that have the potential to transform our approach to health and healthcare. The program aims to create a collaborative network of senior scientists from across disciplines and provide them with the support to engage in novel areas of investigation.
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December 1, 2007 — The Institute for Integrative Health (TIIH), a nonprofit organization founded by Dr. Brian Berman in 2006, has received an anonymous one million dollar gift. The funds will provide TIIH with support for its mission of catalyzing new ideas in healthcare. Dr. Brian Berman is a University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty member and a leading authority on complementary and integrative medicine. A Bravewell Leadership Award recipient, he established TIIH using his $100,000 award from the Bravewell Collaborative.
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November 2007 — The John W. Kluge Foundation, a national foundation that supports education and the arts, has given a $500,000 gift to The Institute for Integrative Health (TIIH), an autonomous non-profit health organization dedicated to examining and pioneering innovative approaches to health and well-being. The funds will provide working capital for TIIH which was founded in 2006 by Brian Berman, MD, a faculty member of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and one of the country’s leading researchers and authorities on complementary and integrative medicine.
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