Bastyr UniversityResearch Conference

Second Annual Bastyr University Research Conference

BRANCHES: Building Research Amongst Northwest Complementary Health Experts

"Healthy Mind, Healthy Medicine"

October 3, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Check in begins at 8 a.m.

Bastyr University Campus
Auditorium (Room 176)
Kenmore, WA

Description:
Bastyr University is pleased to present the BRANCHES (Building Research Amongst Northwest Complementary Health Experts) conference, the 2nd annual research conference at Bastyr. This year's conference theme is "Healthy Mind, Healthy Medicine."

Audience:
This conference is designed to inform students, faculty, and area researchers interested in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) topics, as well as CAM-related research study results and methodology.

Course Notes:
CEUs will be provided to naturopathic physicians (excluding CA and OR) for presentations fulfilling continuing medical education criteria (approvals pending).

To register online by 9/30 at a discounted rate: Register today

Conference includes a vegetarian lunch.

Sponsored by:

  • The Bastyr University Research Institute
  • The Naturopathic Physician's Research Education Project (N-PREP), funded by an R25 Curriculum grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health.

Schedule

8 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. David Kearney, MD – Mindfulness Research at the Seattle VA Hospital
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Annette Fitzpatrick, PhD – The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Outcomes: Dementia and Cardiovascular Results
10:30 – 11 a.m. BREAK
11 – 11:45am

Bastyr Postdoctoral Fellows Presentations

  1. Petra Eichelsdoerfer, ND, MS, RPh: Role of the Microbiome in Human Health
  2. Guan-Cheng Sun, PhD: Qigong Therapy Research at Bastyr University
11:45 – 12:45 p.m. Frank F. Vincenzi, PhD – Smoke and Mirrors: The Placebo Effect Re-examined
12:45 – 2 p.m. LUNCH
2 – 3 p.m. Carlo Calabrese, ND, MPH– Naturopathic Practice-Based Research Networks
3 – 3:45 p.m.

Bastyr Postdoctoral Fellows Presentations

  1. Lisa Price, ND: Comparative Effects Of Reishi And Turkey Tail Mushroom on Macrophage PAMP Receptors And Cytokine Production
  2. Kaleb Lund, PhD: Cornus officinalis protects against hyperglycemia induced endothelial dysfunction.

3:45 – 4 p.m. BREAK
4 – 5 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION: Integrative/CAM Comparative Effectiveness Trials: Opportunities and Barriers


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