Gloria Yeh, MD, MPH
Dr. Yeh is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the NCCIH-funded T32 Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Director of Clinical Research at the Harvard Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. She provides research and career mentoring for T32 research fellows and multiple K23 mentees. Her research focuses on mind-body movement in chronic disease. She also has a NIH K24 award to support her mentoring.

Jeffery Dusek, PhD
Jeffery A. Dusek, PhD, is Director of Research, Connor Integrative Health Network, University Hospitals and Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Dusek has 20+ years experience leading innovative integrative medicine research. As Director of Research at Penny George Institute, he was PI of an NIH R01 grant studying real-world use of integrative therapies for pain relief in hospitalized patients. As Chief Research Officer at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, he conducted clinical trials on yoga-based mindfulness. He is a leader of the BraveNet Practice Based Research Network – and PI of BraveNet’s 5,000 person outpatient study (PRIMIER).

Francoise Adan, MD
Dr. Adan is the Endowed Connor Chair of Integrative Medicine at UH, and the recipient of the Christopher M. & Sara H. Connor Master Clinician in Integrative Health award. Trained in psychiatry and board-certified in holistic and integrative medicine, Dr. Adan specializes in three areas: stress management, work/life balance and the mind/body/spirit connection. Dr. Adan earned her medical degree from Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, followed by three years of working in the field of family medicine. She became board-certified in psychiatry in 1997. She is Chair of the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health.

Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD
Dr. Burnett-Zeigler's scholarly work focuses on the role that social determinants of health play in disparities in mental illness and treatment, particularly in the African-American community. In her research, she examines the factors associated with access and engagement in mental health service utilization and uses this data to develop, test and implement acceptable and accessible evidence based interventions in community based settings. She is an advocate for eliminating mental illness stigma and assuring that all individuals have access to high-quality, evidence based mental health care.

Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA
Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA, is an UCSF Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Director of Research and the Associate Director for Health Equity and Diversity at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. Dr. Chao’s overarching research goal is to investigate how complementary and integrative medicine can advance health equity. Her current program of research focuses on non-pharmacologic approaches to improve quality of life among diverse and underserved populations managing chronic conditions. Dr. Chao is committed to building pipelines to improve diversity in the integrative medicine workforce and serves as director and mentor in various research training programs.

Sian Cotton, PhD
Sian Cotton, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and founding director of the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness and UC Health Integrative Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. A Professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Pediatrics and the Turner Farm Chair, Dr. Cotton has an active research lab with ongoing clinical studies focusing primarily on mind-body interventions and integrative medicine practice-based research. In 2007, Dr. Cotton was awarded a K23 career development award by the National Institutes of Health to examine the role of spiritual coping and health-related quality of life in adolescents with a chronic illness. A former Board member for the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health, she is often invited to speak with community organizations and businesses, healthcare audiences, and academics about mind-body medicine for stress reduction, and preventive and wellness-based approaches to healthcare. Dr Cotton served as Program Co-Chair for ICIMH 2020.

Aviad Haramati, PhD
Aviad “Adi” Haramati, PhD, is an award-winning physiologist and medical educator. He is Professor of Integrative Physiology, Director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE), and co-director of the graduate program in Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center, in Washington, DC. Dr. Haramati teaches mindful practices to medical students, residents and faculty to foster professional identity formation and well-being. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges and has been a visiting professor at over 100 medical schools worldwide

Frederick Hecht, MD
Frederick (Rick) Hecht is Research Director of the UCSF Osher Center, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and Osher Foundation Endowed Chair for Research in Integrative Medicine. He is trained in internal medicine, HIV medicine, and clinical epidemiology. His research focuses on rigorous testing of lifestyle interventions and the health effects of mind-body interventions. He is the author of over 250 peer-reviewed articles, and has been the principal investigator of 20 NIH grants. He has played a variety of leadership roles in the field of integrative medicine research, including serving as Chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.

Samantha Simmons, MPH
Samantha Simmons, MPH is the CEO of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, responsible for the oversight and execution of all operations and strategy of the Academic Consortium. In this role, Ms. Simmons is the key catalyst to building the community of health centers, integrative health programs, scientific and business leaders within the field of integrative health to execute the mission and vision of the Consortium. Ms. Simmons is an accomplished leader in the field of integrative medicine with an extensive background in many facets of promoting transformation in healthcare through collaborative initiatives and strategic partnerships. She is passionate about health policy advocacy and driving utilization of models of whole person care for underserved populations and is the P.I. of the Whole Health in the States (WHITS), a grant initiative geared towards these goals.

David Victorson, PhD
David Victorson (PhD) is a licensed psychologist, Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and Research Associate Director at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has led NIH and foundation-funded RCTs focused on mindfulness, self-regulation, and positive health behavior promotion in cancer survivors and caregivers. He is also Founder and Director of True North Treks, an international nonprofit supporting young adults and caregivers affected by cancer through backpacking and canoeing treks that promote connection to nature, connection to peers, and connection to oneself through mindful awareness practices.

Sian Cotton, PhD
Sian Cotton, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and founding director of the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness and UC Health Integrative Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. A Professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Pediatrics and the Turner Farm Chair, Dr. Cotton has an active research lab with ongoing clinical studies focusing primarily on mind-body interventions and integrative medicine practice-based research. In 2007, Dr. Cotton was awarded a K23 career development award by the National Institutes of Health to examine the role of spiritual coping and health-related quality of life in adolescents with a chronic illness. A former Board member for the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health, she is often invited to speak with community organizations and businesses, healthcare audiences, and academics about mind-body medicine for stress reduction, and preventive and wellness-based approaches to healthcare. Dr Cotton served as Program Co-Chair for ICIMH 2020.

David Victorson, PhD
David Victorson (PhD) is a licensed psychologist, Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and Research Associate Director at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has led NIH and foundation-funded RCTs focused on mindfulness, self-regulation, and positive health behavior promotion in cancer survivors and caregivers. He is also Founder and Director of True North Treks, an international nonprofit supporting young adults and caregivers affected by cancer through backpacking and canoeing treks that promote connection to nature, connection to peers, and connection to oneself through mindful awareness practices.

Samantha Simmons, MPH
Samantha Simmons, MPH is the CEO of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, responsible for the oversight and execution of all operations and strategy of the Academic Consortium. In this role, Ms. Simmons is the key catalyst to building the community of health centers, integrative health programs, scientific and business leaders within the field of integrative health to execute the mission and vision of the Consortium. Ms. Simmons is an accomplished leader in the field of integrative medicine with an extensive background in many facets of promoting transformation in healthcare through collaborative initiatives and strategic partnerships. She is passionate about health policy advocacy and driving utilization of models of whole person care for underserved populations and is the P.I. of the Whole Health in the States (WHITS), a grant initiative geared towards these goals.

Holger Cramer
Dr. Holger Cramer is Research Director at the Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He also is Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia, and President Elect of the International Society of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine Research (ISCMR). Since January 2021, Dr. Cramer is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM). He holds degrees in psychology, yoga and medical science, and has published over 200 scientific papers on integrative medicine and health.

Emmeline Edwards
Emmeline Edwards Director, Division of Extramural Research, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), NIH The logic of science and math, a love of organic chemistry, and committed mentors all drew Emmeline Edwards, PhD, into neuroscience. Dr. Edwards now brings her passion for neuroscience and dedication to scientific rigor to the NCCIH/NIH, overseeing a broad portfolio of complementary and integrative health research. She also guides the Center’s growing interest in disease prevention, focusing especially on emotional well-being and arts-based therapies. In developing NCCIH’s scientific programs, Dr. Edwards oversees initiatives and conferences that connect diverse communities and identify research gaps for future investments. As a co-chair of the NIH Music and Health Working Group, she helps to galvanize and share evidence-based research exploring the role of creative arts in health practices and policies. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Edwards was associate professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, where she developed a genetic model of depression. She also chairs World Women in Neuroscience, an international mentoring and networking group.

Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS
Dr. Leigh A. Frame brings nutrition and immunity together through clinical, translational research. Dr. Frame’s T-shaped expertise in health, wellness, science, and medicine were developed through her wide-ranging experience in biomedical research (from wet bench to clinical research) and overseeing research and education programs. Dr. Frame is working to build a GW Integrative Medicine research program while directing the graduate education programs and the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. Her interests include the role of the microbiome and nutrition in health, the consequences of malnutrition in obesity, vitamin D as an immune modulatory hormone, research ethics, and social media. While working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Frame earned her PhD in Human Nutrition from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also received a Master of Health Science in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the same school.

Ricardo Ghelman
Dr Ricardo Ghelman is the Chair of the Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health (CABSIN), member of the executive board of the TCIM Virtual Health Library of the TCIM Americas Network (PAHO/WHO) and and director of the Instituto Ghelman Medicina Integrativa in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He graduated medicine at UFRJ in 1986, studied pediatric oncology and hematology at UNICAMP in 1991. Since the beginning of college he researched complementary health practices, having completed his training at the Brazilian Association of Anthroposophical Medicine in 1990. In addition to being a pediatrician, GP and family physician, he has a Master’s Degree in embriology and anatomy from USP in 1998, doctorate in reproductive toxicology and cancer immunology in 2003 and post doctorate in Neuroscience, in the area of Pain and Anthroposophic Medicine in 2018 at Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP. Since 2018 he has also been a member of the research staff at the Faculty of Medicine at USP in the area of integrative and complementary practices in pediatric health, oncology and phytotherapy.

Victoria Maizes, MD
Dr. Victoria Maizes is Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health at The University of Arizona. Internationally recognized as a leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes is committed to helping individuals live healthier lives and pioneering change efforts that solve US health care system challenges. Together with the team at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Center she has created and implemented national educational programs that have reached thousands of health professionals and members of the public. Dr. Maizes graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University, received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco, completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Maizes lectures worldwide to academic and community audiences on integrative medical education, women's health, integrative pain management, healthy aging, nutrition, environmental issues, and cancer. She is the co-editor of the Oxford University textbook Integrative Women’s Health (2010 and 2015) and the author of Be Fruitful: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child (Scribner 2013). Beginning in 2020, Dr. Maizes has served as co-host of the popular podcast Body of Wonder with Dr Andrew Weil.

Eric Roseen
Eric J. Roseen, DC, MSc is an assistant professor of family medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and director of the Program for Integrative Medicine and Health Disparities at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Roseen’s research is focused on the effectiveness of nonpharmacologic therapies for low back pain and implementation of effective pain treatments in low-income communities. He is a member of the Dissemination and Implementation Task force of the American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine. Dr. Roseen received his DC degree from the University of Western and an MSc degree in epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health.

Scarlet Soriano, MD
Dr. Soriano is an Integrative Medicine leader, educator, speaker and consultant. She is passionate about re-imagining health-related paradigms and bringing to life new healthcare structures that support greater equity and deeper healing and wellbeing among individuals and collectives. Dr. Soriano is an active member of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH) as well as the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM). At the AIHM she serves a founding member of the Black, Indigenous and People of Color Committee and serves as a Board Member for the Academy's Board of Directors. She is co-founder of a widely successful Mindfulness Initiative at Boston Medical Center that has embedded mindfulness into the organization. Dr. Soriano is also passionate about culinary medicine and increasing true access to empowered nutrition choices for all people. Dr. Soriano is the former Director of Group Visits and Wellness-Based Healthcare Transformation at Boston Medical Center, and former Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic's Tanya I Edwards MD Center for Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine. She currently serves as Medical Director for Hopespring Holistic Health Institute in Maine.

Theresa Stone
Terri Stone MD, FACP, serves as Medical Director of “Fresh & Savory” Culinary and Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointment Teaching Kitchen Program at Medstar Institute for Innovation in Washington, D.C. She’s a Georgetown University School of Medicine Mind Body Medicine and Creating Caring Communities group facilitator. Terri and teammates provide interactive culinary nutrition workshops for Integrative and Health Sciences Graduate Students, medical students in the Physician Wellbeing elective and HU residents. As a Wellbeing Champion, Terri leads several initiatives throughout the health system. She co-chairs the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Health Equity Achieved through Lifestyle Initiative (HEAL) .

Megan Voss
Megan Voss, DNP, RN, is an integrative nurse clinician and educator. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2013 with a focus in integrative health and healing. Dr. Voss has been practicing integrative nursing in the areas of hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplant her entire career. She has experience working with both adults and children to palliate symptoms during and after cancer treatment. Dr. Voss has additional training and interest in the areas of survivorship and mental health in young adults. She teaches both in the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing as well as in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota.

Alison Whitehead
Ms. Whitehead is the National Program Lead for the Integrative Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation. In this role Ms. Whitehead leads development of programs and policies for integrative health implementation across VA. Alison is on the Board of Directors of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH) and the immediate past Chair of the ACIMH Policy Working Group. In addition, she is a yoga therapist and a personal trainer.

Ursula Wolf
Prof. Ursula Wolf is a full professor at and the director of the Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her fields of activity are teaching, research and patient care, where patient care is performed in a interprofessional health care team. Her research interests include integrative oncology, nursing, interprofessional health care, developing new treatment options and multi-modal methodology.

Anne Weisman
Dr. Anne Weisman is the Director of Wellness & Integrative Medicine with the UNLV School of Medicine. She developed wellness and integrative medicine curriculum and workshops for the medical students, faculty and residents. Dr. Weisman earned her B.A., M.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Nevada Las Vegas. She spent 13 years caring for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as volunteering and working in hospice. Dr. Weisman trained and certified with the Center for Mind Body Medicine and uses many of these modalities and approaches in her work at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV & throughout the community. She has taught Mind Body Medicine in the coroner’s office, with police, fire, first responders and in elementary schools.

Seneca Block
Seneca Block is a program developer and music therapist practicing with Connor Whole Health Institute. As a life long musician, he works to integrate aspects of music into medical treatment cultures, while further advancing both music therapy's evidence base and further uncovering the links between music and health.

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Lauren Grossman
Lauren Grossman, a physician with 30 years of experience, believes that each person defines health and wellness differently and begins their journey from a unique place. She partners with each patient to devise a recipe for a healthier and happier life. She began her own journey in health as a child of a produce grower, where every family meal was graced with fresh fruits and vegetables. After graduating from the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Finance, she attended the Harvard School of Public Health and obtained a master’s in Health Policy and Management. After several years in health care consulting and at foundations, she made a priority of promoting health one person at a time and earned her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She has spent most of her career caring for the sickest patients as a board certified emergency medicine physician. In 2015, Dr. Grossman completed Dr. Andrew Weil’s two-year fellowship at The Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and is now board certified in Integrative Medicine. She is passionate about nutrition and health and has spent time studying at The Culinary Institute of America. Now preventing illness and promoting wellness are becoming the focus of her work. Her proudest professional moment came when she was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the residents at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Special areas of interest include: • Prevention and reversal of chronic disease; • Integrative oncology and cancer prevention • Optimizing health for those with or recovering from life threatening illness; • Self-care, resilience building and burnout prevention for health care providers. Dr. Grossman is the mother of four children, an avid home cook, yogi and novice gardener who enjoys our beautiful State of Colorado hiking, snowshoeing and biking. The job of the physician is to “cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always.” --Hippocrates

Laura Medina
Lauri Medina is board certified in General Surgery and Integrative Medicine. Having spent her career practicing General Surgery in rural Colorado she has a lifelong passion for whole person, patient centered care. She is the director of the Center for Life at the University of New Mexico and currently enrolled in the Duke Leadership in Health and Well-being. When not at work she enjoys any and all mountain pursuits with her three teenage boys.

Robert J. Trager
I am a hospital-based chiropractic clinician and researcher interested in the use of manual therapies for musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. My research focuses on the clinical application of these therapies and associated health care utilization and treatment outcomes.