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“Complementary and Integrative Health Knowledge and Practice in Primary Care Settings: A Survey of Primary Care Providers in the Northwestern United States”
University of Washington
The University of Washington Osher Center has published the article “Complementary and Integrative Health Knowledge and Practice in Primary Care Settings: A Survey of Primary Care Providers in the Northwestern United States” in Global Advances in Health and Medicine. This was the first study funded by the UW Osher Center, which was established in 2018.
Announcing an Education Endowment to the Osher Collaborative Coordinating Center
The Osher Foundation has awarded a five-million-dollar endowment to the Osher Collaborative Coordinating Center for education efforts that span all seven Osher Centers. No other integrative medicine educational program builds on a foundation of such close collaboration among world-renowned academic health centers. The endowment will support the Osher Collaborative Faculty Fellowship, which provides advanced training for faculty to become highly skilled leaders and clinicians in integrative medicine.
Mind & Life: Peter Wayne – Ecology of Mind
Podcast Episode
In this episode of the Mind & Life Podcast, Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD, speaks with Harvard Osher Center Director Peter Wayne about his work on mind-body and movement-based interventions like tai chi. Their conversation covers many topics, including:
Integrative Medicine Physician–Family Medicine
University of Washington
The University of Washington Department of Family Medicine and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine seek an outstanding individual for a full-time faculty position as integrative family medicine physician. The UW Osher Center, founded in 2018, is renowned for its excellence and commitment to the highest quality integrative family medicine patient care, education, and research. We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, integrative family physician to work collaboratively with a diverse, interprofessional team in the provision of outstanding, evidence-based integrative healthcare.
Adoption of Trauma Informed Care in Complementary and Integrative Health Services
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
By Kathryn A. Hansen, Elizabeth G. Walsh, and Cynthia Price
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12 Feb 2021.
Osher Collaborative Leadership Supports the COVID-19 Vaccine
The leadership of the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine expresses our support for the COVID-19 vaccine. We encourage our patients, members, clients, friends, and family to get the vaccine as soon as it is made available to them. We want to emphasize our confidence in the rigor and science behind the formation of this vaccine.
Nature As Medicine: Mind, Body, and Soil
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
David Victorson, Christina Luberto, and Karen Koffler. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 21 July 2021.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Peter Wayne Named Director of the Harvard Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Peter Wayne, PhD, has been appointed to the role of director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Wayne has been engaged with the Osher Center from its establishment in 2001 and has played a critical role in its development over the past two decades.
Suggestions for Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and isolation. Many are focusing on building a healthy lifestyle as a way to cope with this. Because Integrative Medicine emphasizes the promotion of wellbeing overall, Osher Collaborative members are well-positioned to provide support and resources to their patients and communities.
Integrative Approaches to the Immune System during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated greater interest in ways to strengthen the immune system. Our Collaborative members have shared their expertise on cultivating our body’s defense mechanisms with patients and with the broader community.
The Osher Collaborative and COVID-19
Osher Collaborative members are actively treating patients, engaging learners, publishing their perspectives, and developing research studies relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak.
New Study: Can an Algorithm Predict COVID-19 Infections?
UCSF Osher Center faculty member
Ashley Mason, PhD, has quickly launched a robust new study,
TemPredict, which aims to understand whether an algorithm can
predict the onset of symptoms, such as fever, cough, and fatigue,
associated with COVID-19. Participants wear a sensor, the Oura
Ring, that measures dermal body temperature, heart rate, and
related metrics.
Dr. Louise Aronson on COVID-19 and Ageism
UCSF Osher Center integrative geriatrician, Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, the author of the New York Times best seller Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life, has published multiple articles on ageism and COVID-19.
Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Announced as Interim Director of the New Office for Well-Being
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Faculty Development has announced a new Office for Well-Being (OWB) for which Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, will serve as interim director.
Keeping Integrative Medicine Continuing Medical Education on the Cutting Edge – and Compliant
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Melinda Ring, Iman Majd, and Darshan H. Mehta. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11 March 2020.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Integrative Medicine Is a Good Prescription for Patients and Planet
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Aterah Z. Nusrat, Iman Majd, and Peter M. Wayne. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 16 December 2019.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Special Issue On Mindfulness
Current Opinion In Psychology August 2019
David Vago, PhD, Research Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, along with Amit Bernstein, PhD, University of Haifa, Israel, and Thorsten Barnhofer, PhD, University of Surrey, edited the Special Issue on Mindfulness in Current Opinion in Psychology.
The Challenge of the Many Choices in the Practice of Integrative Medicine
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Martin Ingvar, Darshan H. Mehta, and Mats Lekander. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 15 May 2019.
Osher Collaborative Forum: Outlooks, Opinions and Opportunities
Integrative Palliative Care: Enhancing the Natural Synergy Between Integrative Health and Palliative Medicine
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Shelley R. Adler, Lucille R. Marchand, and Nancy Heap. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published Online: 13 March 2019.