Tracy Gaudet, MD, confirmed to address IHPC Assembly and Guests February 24th
IHPC is honored to announce that Tracy Gaudet, MD, Co-founder of the Cornerstone Collaboration for Societal Changes and Executive Director of the groundbreaking Doctor of Whole Health Leadership (DrWHL) program at Southern California University of Health Sciences, will address the IHPC partners and friends in 2026 with an open-to-all presentation.
Dr. Gaudet is a distinguished board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, who has achieved national recognition for her outstanding contributions to whole health. During her tenure at the Veterans Health Administration’s National Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, she spearheaded a radical re-envisioning of healthcare delivery, emphasizing a holistic approach. Dr. Gaudet’s achievements include being featured in PBS’s acclaimed special, “The New Medicine,” earning a place among Shape magazine’s “Eleven Women Shaping the World,” and being acknowledged as one of the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare. She is also a recipient of the Bravewell Leadership Award, the Exemplary Service Award for her contributions to veterans’ health, and the Visionary Award from the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine. Dr. Gaudet is the author of “Consciously Female” and “Body, Soul, and Baby.”
All are welcome to attend. Stay tuned for more details on this thrilling opportunity and how you can RSVP.
Department of Education opens public comment period on professional degree programs in early 2026
The Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill introduced changes to graduate and professional student loan limits. This will require the U.S. Department of Education to define these programs for federal loan eligibility. The department released a formal Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for public comment on defining “professional degree programs” for student loan purposes, with stakeholders like nursing, social work, and health professions urging inclusion for higher borrowing limits. The department of education has said that the definition is an internal one for loan caps under the new legislation. The comment period was announced on January 30 and is expected to be open 30 days.
IHPC is monitoring this issue and encourages Partners for Health to submit comments that support preservation of loan programs for complementary health professions.
Here is some guidance on submitting comments from the American Nurses Association
IHPC publishes environmental health white paper: The public health threat of pollution exposure
Americans face rising chronic disease linked to everyday exposures from air, water, food, and consumer products. IHPC’s Environmental Health White Paper outlines the evidence and practical policy steps to protect families, focusing on arsenic, lead, bisphenols, and PFAS, plus the training clinicians need to respond.
Addressing chronic disease at its root by tackling toxic exposures in air, water, and food; strengthening prevention through interagency coordination; advancing clinician training in environmental medicine; and promoting policies that protect children, families, and communities nationwide.
Download the white paper here
Partner for Health Profile – Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
As a global educational authority, the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM) is an interprofessional community of healthcare providers, researchers and academics. We are singularly united by the common goal of advancing the knowledge, practice and policies that champion treating the “whole” person — mind, body, spirit, community and planet.
Inviting and unifying conventional, traditional and interprofessional practitioners, alike, AIHM remains grounded in the fundamental tenets of health: equity, diversity and justice. Driven to integrate care disciplines for improving patient, provider and practice outcomes, AIHM is a welcome home to all proponents of Whole Health.
Some dogs learn new words by eavesdropping on their owners, new science shows
Clever canines that have a talent for learning vocabulary can pick up new words by simply overhearing their handlers’ conversations, say scientists.
Parents and dog owners know that some words should not be spoken, but only spelled, to prevent small ears from eavesdropping on the conversation, and previous research has shown that, at the age of 18 months, toddlers can already learn new words by overhearing other people. Now a groundbreaking study, published in the journal Science, reveals that a special group of dogs are also able to learn names for objects just by overhearing their owners’ interactions.
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