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Osher Collaborative Mission
The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health comprises an international group of eleven academic health Centers funded by The Bernard Osher Foundation to study, teach, and practice integrative healthcare. The Osher Collaborative amplifies the collective impact of the eleven Osher Centers on health and well-being for all.
Highlights
Kalinda Marshall, MPH, BSN, RN
Northwestern University
Kalinda Marshall, MPH, BSN, RN, is the Clinic Practice Manager at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University. Marshall is trained as a chemotherapy/biotherapy registered nurse, and before coming to the Osher Center in 2021, she served as Lead Nurse for the Gynecological Oncology Division at the Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago.
Christine Vatovec, PhD
University of Vermont
Christine Vatovec, PhD, is an environmental health social scientist who studies the interconnections between human health and planetary health. She serves as the Planetary Health Lead at the University of Vermont Osher Center, is a researcher in the Larner College of Medicine, and teaches in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.
Register for the Healthy People, Healthy Planet Symposium
The Osher Collaborative, an international group of eleven Osher Centers, is hosting our second symposium for the public on the topic of Healthy People, Healthy Planet. This free virtual event will feature presentations from Osher Collaborative speakers on the reciprocal relationship between personal and planetary well-being. The program will cover the following four themes:
Vinny Minichiello, MD
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vinny Minichiello, MD, is a family physician and Director of the Academic Integrative Health Fellowship at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at University of Wisconsin–Madison. In his clinical practice, Dr. Minichiello treats patients with conditions such as chronic pain, diabetes, hypertension, anxiety/depression, and sleep disorders. “I see people with complex lives and complex stories,” said Dr. Minichiello. “In my practice, I approach family medicine through an integrative health lens.
Carla Kuon, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Carla Kuon, MD, is an integrative physician at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. An integrative internist, Dr. Kuon is trained in functional immunology and the diagnosis and treatment of functional gut disorders. Her practice primarily focuses on treating people with chronic fatigue and “invisible” illnesses. “I started my practice working with functional gut disorders and quickly learned that when I treated the gut microbiome, other symptoms such as chronic fatigue and migraines disappeared,” said Dr. Kuon.
Elizabeth Walsh, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Elizabeth Walsh, PhD, is Director of Education and Director of Health Psychology at the Osher Center at Vanderbilt University. In her clinical psychology practice, she treats adolescents and adults with chronic medical conditions and has a special interest in treating patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Dr. Walsh incorporates cognitive behavioral and interpersonal process therapy in her practice and works with patients on self-regulation and stress management.
