Director’s Messages

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. During the lecture, “Harnessing AI To Explore Health Restoration in Diabetes,” Aaron Y. Lee, M.D., M.S.C.I., of the University of Washington provided a compelling vision of how AI/ML can power intriguing exploration of human health along a bidirectional continuum: moving away from or toward health.  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

Bringing Research Into the Real World of Health Care

July 10, 2024

I look forward to next week’s NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory virtual 2-day workshop: “Going From Zero to 100: Generating Evidence Through Pragmatic Research To Address Pressing Healthcare Issues,” taking place on July 15 and 16. I am thrilled that the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., will deliver the workshop’s keynote address, speaking on a topic she is passionate about: bringing the benefits of medical research to the people who need it the most. Read more

New Funding Opportunity To Advance the Field of Whole Person Research

June 20, 2024

I’m proud to share that the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has just announced a new funding opportunity under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Whole Person Initiative that will transform our ability to conduct whole person research. Read more