Leadership

Overview

Leadership

Osher Collaborative Steering Committee

The Steering Committee includes representatives of each Osher Center and guides the efforts of the Collaborative. 

  • Shelley Adler, PhD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of California, San Francisco
  • Gurjeet Birdee, MD, MPH
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Vanderbilt University
  • Susan Carter, MMHC
    Administrative Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Vanderbilt University
  • Donna Cole, BS
    Center Administrator, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Sian Cotton, PhD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Cincinnati 
  • Cara Feldman-Hunt, MA
    Associate Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Vermont
  • Isra Hassan, BS, BA
    Director of Program Development, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Northwestern University
  • Martin Ingvar, MD, PhD
    Senior Advisor and Researcher, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Karolinska Institutet
  • Karen Koffler, MD
    Medical Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Miami
  • Rachel Kommini, MHA
    Clinical Program Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Washington
  • Greta Kuphal, MD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Mats Lekander, PhD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Karolinska Institutet
  • Amy Locke, MD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Utah
  • Iman Majd, MD, LAc
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Washington
  • Jon Porter, MD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Vermont
  • Melinda Ring, MD
    Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Northwestern University
  • Robert Schwartz, MD, FAAFP
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Miami
  • Angela Sutkaitis, MBA
    Chief Administrative Officer, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of California, San Francisco
  • Peter Wayne, PhD
    Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Whitney Werner, MBA
    Administrative Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
    University of Utah

Coordinating Center for Osher Collaborative

Coordinating Center Manager
Lisa Howard

Osher Collaborative Communications Specialist
Julia Burns

Osher Collaborative Education Program Manager
Nico Henderson

The Foundation

The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessperson and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for the arts and higher education.  Within the realm of higher education, the Foundation provides grants for scholarships, lifelong learning institutes, and integrative health centers.