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SUMMARY:Tracy Gaudet\, MD\, addresses IHPC Assembly and Guests
DESCRIPTION: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\, addressed the IHPC partners and friends in 2026 with an open-to-all presentation. \nDr. 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.” \nYou can watch the full presentation here on Youtube
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/tracy-gaudet-md-confirmed-to-address-ihpc-assembly-and-guests/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Constantine “Kosti” Psimopoulos\, Executive Director of the Initiative on Health\, Religion\, and Spirituality at Harvard Medical School\, Addressed the IHPC Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Constantine Psimopoulos to address IHPC Assembly\n\nConstantine “Kosti” Psimopoulos\, who is a postdoctoral research fellow with The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University\, as well as the Executive Director of the Initiative on Health\, Religion\, and Spirituality at Harvard Medical School addressed the IHPC Assembly on February 25th.\n\n Constantine aka ‘Kosti’ Psimopoulos is a Kinesiologist by training and a bioethicist. He joined the faculty of Harvard’s Initiative on Health\, Spirituality and Religion\, of which he is also Senior Program Administrator\, and the Human Flourishing program in 2024. He also holds an academic teaching position (Fellow) in the Department of Systems Biology at HMS\, Scientific Citizenship Initiative\, funded by the NIH (National Institutes of Health). He has another Academic research appointment in Global Health and Social Medicine and the Center for Bioethics at HMS\, and finally a third appointment as a Course Developer (Course Development Fellow) in a new joint HMS/HSPH (Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Initiative on Racism in Health and Scientific Research.\n\nAn alumnus of Harvard Medical School\, he received graduate training in Bioethics\, pursuing an MBE degree at the Center for Bioethics of Harvard Medical School\, having been awarded the Inaugural HMS Dean’s Scholarship based on “academic excellence\, persistence\, resilience\, and a commitment to advancing the position of the underserved and the underrepresented in the biomedical sciences”. At Harvard Medical School\, Kosti has also served by appointment as Director of Policy and Advocacy (2021-2022) and in 2022-2023 was elected President of Harvard Medical School’s MS Council\, and asked to serve on the Harvard Graduate Council Advocacy Committee. Constantine was selected by the Dean of Harvard Medical School (Graduate Education) to give the student (valedictorian) address at the HMS graduation entitled: “In pursuit of A Moral Awakening in Medicine & Healthcare: An ethics of Sympraxis.” An article with an excerpt from his speech\, including words inspired by the late and great Paul Farmer\, was published under news and research at an HMS article.\nSource:    https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/people/constantine-kosti-psimopoulos
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/constantine-kosti-psimopoulos-to-address-the-ihpc-assembly/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Charlie Chapman\, Professional Staff Member for the House Budget Committee\, addressed IHPC's Members
DESCRIPTION:The Integrative Health Policy Consortium was honored to welcome Charlie Chapman. Charlie is a Professional Staff Member for the United States House Committee on the Budget under Chairman Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX). In his role\, he advises the Chairman and the Republican members of the Committee on all matters pertaining to health care policy\, including Medicare\, Medicaid\, and commercial health insurance. He has served at the House Committee since June 2023 and previously worked at the Committee on Ways and Means under then-Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and for two health care-focused government affairs firms. He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. \nThis event has passed. Don’t worry! We’ve made the presentation available. \nClick here to view the presentation. \nIf you would like to have the opportunity for your organization to have representation at future IHPC meetings and engage with wonderful presenters at IHPC member-only events\, click here to apply for membership to the Integrative Health Policy Consortium!
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/charlie-chapman-professional-staff-member-for-the-house-budget-committee-to-address-ihpcs-members/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Steve Mister\, President and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition\, Addresses IHPC Membership
DESCRIPTION:Steve Mister\, President and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition\, graciously addressed the IHPC members\, giving an in depth review of the taxation and current policy around HSA and FSA accounts\, and their effects on coverage of dietary supplements.On behalf of the members of IHPC\, a special thanks goes to Mr. Mister for taking a heavy\, complex subject and presenting it in a very digestible manner. The one-on-one engagement with Steve after the presentation was invaluable to our membership. \n  \nWe have made the full presentation available  here. \n  \n If you would like to have the opportunity for your organization to have representation at future IHPC meetings and engage with wonderful presenters at IHPC member-only events\, click here to apply for membership to the Integrative Health Policy Consortium!
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/steve-mister-president-and-ceo-of-the-council-for-responsible-nutrition-addresses-ihpc-membership/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Dr. Helene Langevin\, Director of NCCIH\, Addresses IHPC Membership
DESCRIPTION:IHPC was honored to welcome Dr. Helene M. Langevin\, director of the NCCIH\, to address our members during a recent Assembly meeting regarding the upcoming initiatives of the NCCIH. The presentation was incredibly informative and the ability for our members to ask questions and engage with Dr. Langevin was an exceptional experience for all involved. We would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Langevin for speaking with our membership. \n  \n Dr. Langevin’s full presentation can be accessed by clicking here. \n  \nIf you would like to have the opportunity for your organization to have representation at future IHPC meetings and engage with wonderful presenters at IHPC member-only events\, click here to apply for membership to the Integrative Health Policy Consortium!
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/dr-helene-langevin-director-of-nccih-addresses-ihpc-membership/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Research for Integrative and Whole Person Health
DESCRIPTION:Watch Dr. Helene Langevin\, Director of the NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)\, discuss NCCIH’s mission\, the research it supports\, the concept of whole-person health\, and critical insights and opportunities to expand and build on NCCIH’s current research portfolio. Dr Langevin explains current research conducted by NCCIH in the context of Whole Person Health.  Highlighting that traditional research focuses on treating illness in single organ systems\, Dr. Langevin outlines a new research approach which expands the spectrum of inquiry to the whole person\, involving the interaction of multiple organ systems.  She introduces the concept of a period of “unhealth” as individuals transition from health to illness and highlights that this period is not well understood and may offer important opportunities for intervention.  Dr. Langevin describes how NCCIH is pursuing its mission\, often in collaboration with other Institutes and Centers at NIH \nDr. Langevin is positioned to serve as an ambassador for integrative health to the other Institutes and Centers of the NIH\, helping to broaden their perspectives. \n 
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/research-for-integrative-and-whole-person-health/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:ACT NOW! IHPC Call to Comment
DESCRIPTION:The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force)\, in a draft report issued Dec. 28\, 2018\, is calling for individualized\, patient-centered pain management to improve the lives of millions of individuals who experience acute and chronic pain. Members of the public will have 90 days to provide comments on the draft report’s proposed recommendations. \nIHPC is calling for our members to provide comments to The Task Force that will be recorded in the Federal Registry. This is an opportunity to have a strong voice in patient-centered\, whole-person integrative pain management care. Read the draft report and leave your comments here. \nThe Task Force\, a federal advisory committee\, was established by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 – PDF to propose updates to best practices and issue recommendations that address gaps or inconsistencies for managing chronic and acute pain. The Task Force is composed of 29 members\, including healthcare providers and patients\, as well as federal employees. It is overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Defense. \nThe draft report contains proposed recommendations in a number of areas\, including: \n\nclinical best practices/guidelines;\napproaches to acute and chronic pain management;\npain treatments\, including medications\, restorative therapies\, intervention procedures\, behavioral health approaches\, and complementary and integrative approaches;\naccess to pain care\, stigma (of patients and providers)\, education\, training\, risk assessment and evaluation;\nspecial populations\, including older adults\, women\, ethnic and racial minorities\, military members and veterans;\nspecial conditions\, such as pregnancy\, chronic relapsing pain and sickle cell disease; and\nCongressionally mandated review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.\n\n“Chronic pain affects an estimated 50 million U.S. adults or 20 percent of the adult population. An estimated 19.6 million U.S. adults have experienced high-impact chronic pain\, which the CDC defines as pain occurring and interfering with life or work activities most days. This draft report offers a wide range of treatment modalities with a framework to allow for multidisciplinary\, individualized patient-centered care\,” said Vanila M. Singh\, M.D.\, MACM\, Task Force chair\, and chief medical officer of the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. “We encourage members of the public to review the draft report and share their comments with us.” See below for webinar on The Task Force from Drs. Vanila M. Singh and Shari Ling. \nThe Task Force members have significant public- and private-sector experience across the disciplines of pain management\, patient advocacy\, substance use disorders\, mental health and minority health. For more information on the Task Force\, visit its webpage.
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/call-to-comment/
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SUMMARY:IHPC Hosts Congressional Webinar
DESCRIPTION:“The Integrative Health COVID Experience” \nOn June 24\, the Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC)\, with support from the Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus\, sponsored a virtual briefing\, “The Integrative Health COVID Experience.” The briefing\, which was moderated by Ms. Terri Roberts\, Executive Director\, American Holistic Nurses Association\, featured the experience of three integrative healthcare providers during the pandemic. The briefing was also an excellent opportunity to highlight for congressional offices necessary policy changes that could benefit the integrative health care community and the patients that they serve. \nThe briefing began with welcoming remarks by the Caucus Co-Chairs\, Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN). Both members reflected on the essential role integrative healthcare providers play in delivering patient care for a  wide range of conditions\, including pain management and addiction. The congresswomen also urged offices to join the Caucus and learn more about the field of integrative health care. \nThe briefing featured presentations by three practitioners: Marci Resnicoff\, Clinical Nurse Coordinator for the Lerner Health Promotion-Integrative Health Department at NYU-Langone Hospital-Brooklyn; Dr. Jaquel Patterson\, a naturopathic physician and the medical director of Fairfield Family Health in Fairfield\, Connecticut; and\, Jeannie Kang\, a seasoned Asian Medical Doctor and acupuncturist based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. \nThe speakers reflected on their experiences during the height of the COVID pandemic and how it affected their patients. Ms. Resnicoff described how she focused on addressing staff self-care\, providing overworked and stressed medical staff with resources and tools to manage their own health and well-being. Her presentation illustrated how caring for frontline healthcare workers enhances patient recovery. Dr. Jaquel Patterson reflected on her expanded use of telehealth during the pandemic. Further\, she reinforced the point that integrative health care practitioners provide coordinated care and are accustomed to treating patients afflicted with complex\, long-term comorbidities—characteristics that make integrative health providers well-positioned to treat patients suffering from long COVID. Ms. Kang shared her experience as a provider as well as a patient who is recovering currently from injuries sustained in pedestrian accident. She has seen firsthand how effective integrative health care practices are for treating pain\, anxiety\, and stress—all of which she saw increase dramatically among her patients during the pandemic. \nIn addition to sharing their experiences\, the speakers suggested several policy recommendations. All three urged Congress to expand coverage of integrative health care practices and to ensure integrative practitioners achieve pay parity\, especially for delivering telehealth services\, and be reimbursed on par with their colleagues in the field of conventional medicine. Ms. Resnicoff asked that hospitals be given more resources to support staff and “help heal these heroes.” Ms. Kang asked that integrative care providers be given more opportunities to communicate with policymakers to share their experiences and affect policy change. The presenters also asked that policymakers support more research regarding the efficacy of integrative treatments and then use this evidence to adjust\, for example\, Medicare reimbursement practices. \nMs. Roberts concluded the briefing reflecting on the opportunities that the pandemic presents. The pandemic is not over\, and much work remains to be done\, especially with respect understanding and managing long COVID. The integrative health community is not only helping with this effort to recover from the pandemic\, but also is looking ahead to how it can improve patient care for other conditions and encourage individuals to embrace wellness.\nA recording of the full briefing is posted at:
URL:https://www.ihpc.org/event/ihpc-hosts-congressional-webinar/
LOCATION:Webinar\, United States
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