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
• Susan Carter, MMHC
  Administrative Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Vanderbilt University
• Sian Cotton, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Cincinnati 
• Isra Hassan, BS BA
  Director of Program Development, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
  Northwestern University
• Martin Ingvar, MD, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Karolinska Institutet
• Karen Koffler, MD
  Medical Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Miami
• Greta Kuphal, MD
  Medical Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Madison–Wisconsin
• Mats Lekander, PhD
  Research Team Leader, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Karolinska Institutet
• Iman Majd, MD, LAc
  Interim Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Washington
• Melinda Ring, MD
  Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Northwestern University
• E. 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
• Rachel Ward, MHA
  Clinical Program Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Washington
• Peter Wayne, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Ruth Wolever, PhD
  Interim Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Vanderbilt University

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.