2025 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health

Date: March 5, 2025 to March 7, 2025

Seattle, Washington

Description

The 2025 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health with the theme “Leaders & Learners, Advancing Whole Health Together” will take place in Seattle, Washington March 5–7. The International Congress is convened by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health. Scientists, educators, practitioners, and policymakers from the domestic and international communities will come together to highlight scientific advances pertaining to the field of integrative medicine and health.

NCCIH's director, Dr. Helene M. Langevin, will give an opening plenary session talk on whole health on March 5, 2025, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Several other NCCIH staff are presenting and moderating sessions during the congress; see below for details.

The International Congress will highlight progress in the areas of:

Original research
Educational innovations
Clinical delivery models
Policy challenges

View preliminary program information.

Registration

Review registration information on the 2025 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health website.

NCCIH Sessions

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

8:30–9:30 a.m.	Keynote Presentation: Implementing Whole Person Health: Moving From Concept to Reality Presenter: Helene M. Langevin, NCCIH
11:15 a.m.–Noon	Guiding Stars: Unlocking Leadership Through Mentorship Presenters: Inna Belfer, NCCIH; Emmeline Edwards, NCCIH; Natalia Morone, Boston University/Boston Medical Center; Eric Roseen, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center
2:15–3:15 p.m.	Adapting Evidence-Based Mind and Body Interventions: Why, When, and How Presenters: Jennifer Baumgartner, NCCIH; Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Stanford University
3:30–4:30 p.m.	Precision Probiotic Therapies Presenters: Lisa Brenner, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus; Sara Di Rienzi, Rutgers University; Hye-Sook Kim, NCCIH; Jan Peter van Pijkeren, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Thursday, March 6, 2025

3:15–4:15 p.m.

Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions: Improving Quality and Consistency in Whole Health Research

Presenters: Emmeline Edwards, NCCIH; David Riley, Maryland University of Integrative Health; Sheri Lynn Robb, Indiana University; Erik Groessl, University of California, San Diego

Friday, March 7, 2025

9:45–10:45 a.m.

Harmonizing Taxonomy and Terminology Across Force-Based Manipulation (Manual Therapy) Research Disciplines

Presenters: Chad Cook, Duke University; Mary Loghmani, Indiana University; Beth Winkelstein, University of Pennsylvania; Alex Tuttle, NCCIH

11:00 a.m.– Noon

Complementary and Integrative Health for Sickle Cell Pain: Mechanistic Approach

Presenter: Inna Belfer, NCCIH; Kalpna Gupta, University of California, Irvine; Richard Harris, University of California, Irvine; Wally Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University