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The Promise of Applying a Whole Person Framework to Pain
September 30, 2024
It was a privilege to attend and present at the recent IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain. The meeting convened leading researchers from around the world to discuss the latest scientific developments, ideas, and perspectives on how to drive meaningful improvements in pain prevention and treatment. Read more
Latest Messages From the Director
CARE for Health Brings Research to Primary Care Settings
September 25, 2024
A few months ago in a director’s message, I talked about an important new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, Communities Advancing Research Equity for Health™ (CARE for Health™), spearheaded by the director of NIH, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D. This exciting program will bring clinical research opportunities to primary care settings. Read more
Understanding the Real Progress Driven by Artificial Intelligence
August 19, 2024
Our most recent Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series (IMLS) presentation highlights the multitude of scientific opportunities that come with leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to advance our understanding of human health and transform approaches to care. Read more
Science Shouldn’t Be This Much Fun…But It Was on the Star Talk Podcast!
July 23, 2024
I recently had the pleasure of joining a lively discussion on the StarTalk podcast, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson alongside Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly. Read more
Past Messages From the Director
- Bringing Research Into the Real World of Health Care
July 10, 2024 - New Funding Opportunity To Advance the Field of Whole Person Research
June 20, 2024 - New Coalition Is Another Stepping Stone Toward Whole Person Health
June 10, 2024 - Disrupting the Disruptors: Convening a Research Discussion To Mitigate Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
May 13, 2024 - NCCIH Heads to Cleveland for ICIMH
April 5, 2024 - Addressing Pain Requires Understanding How We Heal
March 27, 2024 - Let’s Leverage All of Us To Learn More About Health and Disease in Diverse Populations
February 19, 2024 - Looking to the Past and Future in NCCIH’s 25th Anniversary Year
January 24, 2024 - A Whole Person Focus on Heart Disease
January 9, 2024 - A Symphony of Experts Comes Together To Discuss Research on Music and Health
November 28, 2023 - REACHing the Next Generation of Clinician-Scientists
November 1, 2023 - Assembling the Right Ingredients for Nutrition and Good Health
September 29, 2023 - Article Spotlights an Often-Neglected Part of the Body
September 27, 2023 - Including Spirituality Into a Fuller Picture of Research on Whole Person Health
August 18, 2023 - Funding Opportunity for Research on Myofascial Pain Biomarkers
August 8, 2023 - Join Us for an NIH HEAL Initiative Workshop on Whole Joint Health
June 29, 2023