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Journal Club and Research Talks
2006-7
APRIL 16, 2007 - Monday 12- 1pm
Alain Touwaide, Ph.D, Affilate with Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC:
Botanical Medicine in the Ancient World
Co-spnsored with Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden
Click on link for further details, directions, and list of relevant articles.
MARCH 26, 2007 - Monday 12- 1pm
Grazyna Jasienska, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Polandr:
The Fragile wisdom of the Female Body: An Evolutionary View of Trade-Offs in Health and Disease
Click on link for further details, directions, and list of relevant articles.
FEBRUARY 15, 2007 - Thursday 12- 1pm
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Ph.D, R.D, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Behavioral & Nutritional Research, Dept. of Epidemiology and Population Health; Co-investigator, Women's Health Initiative, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY:
The Dietary Modification Trial of the Women's Health Initiative
Click on link for further details, directions, and list of relevant articles.
FEBRUARY 6, 2007 - Tuesday 2- 3pm
Vilma Gabbay, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NY University Medical Center and Medical Director of the Institute for the Study of Anxiety and Mood Disorders and the NYU Child Study Center:
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Adolescents with Depression
Click on link for further details, directions, and list of relevant articles.
JANUARY 24, 2007 - Wednesday 12- 1pm
Mariana S. Markell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center:
Potential benefits of complementary medicine modalities in patients with chronic kidney disease
Click on link for further details, directions, and list of relevant articles.
NOVEMBER 8, 2006 - Wednesday 12- 1pm
Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University:
Mediterranean Diet and Alzheimer's Disease
Click on link for further details and list of relevant articles.
OCTOBER 25, 2006 - Wednesday 12- 1pm
Bill Gallagher, PT,CMT,CYT:
Integrative Rehabilitation: Tai Chi and qigong
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 - Thursday 4-5 pm
Joint Guest Lecture with Dept. of Psychiatry, NYS Psychiatric Institute
Helen Mayberg, MD, Prof. of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine:
Paths To Recovery: Putative neurocircuits mediating diverse treatments for major depression.
click on link for list of relevant articles.
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Helen Mayberg, MD, Prof. of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine discusses: Paths to Recovery: Putative neurocircuits mediating diverse treatments for major depression. Talk now available as a podcast on the Science & The City Web site.
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2005-6
MAY 17, 2006 Wednesday, 4.00-5.30pm - NYS Psychiatric Institute
A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D:
From Mind Training to Brain Plasticity: Cultivating the Inner Conditions for Happiness.
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An interview by Adrienne Burke following the talk is now available as a podcast on the Science & The City Web site: How To Be Happy
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MAY 15, 2006 Monday, CAM/Traditional Medicine history talk 12:00-1:00pm
Bridie Andrews-Minehan, PhD, Dept. of History, Bentley College, Waltham, MA will review the evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 20th century in her talk, Making Chinese Medicine Modern.
MAY 5, 2006 Friday, 1-2.30pm
Gerard Bodeker, Ed.D, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, University of Oxford Medical School & Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, will talk on:
Global trends in complementary and traditional (indigenous) medicine: Public health and policy perspectives.
APRIL 20, 2006 Thurs. CAM policy talk and panel 12:30-2:00pm. See flyer for locations details.
Co-presented with the Center for Bioethics, CU
Tia Powell, MD, Chair of the NYS Task Force on Life and the Law, will present the Task Force's 2005 published report, Dietary Supplements: Balancing Consumer Choice and Safety.
Copies of the report, with executive summary, can be obtained as a pdf file at http://www.health.state.ny.us/regulations/task_force/docs/dietary_supplement_safety.pdf
Published hardcopies will also be available at the event.
MARCH 16, 2006 Thurs. Research talk 12:00-1:00pm
M. Elizabeth Sublette, MD, PhD, CU Dept. of Psychiatry, and NYS Psychiatric Institute, will report on her work on the Action of Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) in the brain in major depression.
FEBRUARY 10, 2006 Friday, Research and clinical talk 12:00-1:30pm
Location: Hammer Health Sciences Center (HHSC) Rm. 308 (classroom.) 701 W. 168th St., 3rd fl
Medical hypnosis investigator Carol Ginandes, PhD, of Harvard Medical School will discuss her research and
Contemporary Applications of Hypnosis.
JANUARY 24, 2006 - Tues. Research talk 12-1pm
Location: Hammer Health Sciences Center (HHSC) Rm. 308 (classroom.) 701 W. 168th St., 3rd fl
Catherine E. Kerr, Ph.D., Department of Social Medicine, and Division for Research and Education in
Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, will present on her research, Somatosensory Cortical Areas as Neural Correlates of Meditation and Acupuncture.
JANUARY 4, 2006 - Wed. Journal Club 12:00-1:30pm
NOTE different location: 722 W. 168th St., 9th floor conference room [Mailman School of Public Health]
Roberta Lee, MD, Beth Israel Continuum Center for Health and Healing, NYC
Integrative Medicine: A Progress Report (See event flier for list of articles discussed).
NOVEMBER 11, 2005 - Wed. Research talk 12-1pm
Judith Rabkin, MD, NYSPI and CU Dept. of Psychiatry, will present on her NIH-funded
Research on DHEA for Depression in people with HIV/AIDS.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 - Tues. Journal Club 12-1 pm
Judith Jacobson, Dr. PH, MBA, Presenter
Challenges in systematic reviews of complementary and alternative medicine topics.
Paper to be discussed: Shekelle PG, Morton SC, et al., "Challenges in systematic reviews of CAM topics". Ann Intern Med. 21 June 2005; 142(12, Pt. 2): 1042-1047
2004-5 and prior:
March 29, 2005, 12.15 pm
Medical Education in Integrative Medicine
Discussants include P&S students and faculty in collaboration with:
Ruth Fischbach, Ph.D., M.P.E.
Constance M Park, MD, PH.D
Polly Weat, MD
Articles: (Available online and at conference)
Kligler B, Maizes V, Schachter S, Park CM, Gaudet T, Benn R, Lee R, Remen RN.
Education Working Group, Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine. Core competencies in integrative medicine for medical school curricula: a proposal. Acad Med. 2004 Jun; 79 (6):521-31.
Available: http://gateway.ut.ovid.com/gw2/ovidweb.cgi, or www.pubmed.com by temp. subscription
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Executive Summary available: http://www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11182.pdf
October 4, 2004 Presenter: Patricia K. Eagon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Estrogenicity of Medicinal Botanicals.
April 29, 2004 Presenter: Barry Gurland FRCPsychiatry, FRCPhysicians (London) A new global well-being outcomes rating scale for integrative medicine research.
Article: Bell IR, Cunningham V, Caspi O, Meek P, Ferro L: Development and validation of a new global well-being outcomes rating scale for integrative medicine research. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2004 Jan 15;4(1):1.
April 13, 2004 Jon D Kaiser, MD, and expert discussants George M Carter and Henry Sacks, MD, PhD The HIV Micronutrient Study: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of specific micronutrients to enhance immune function in HIV(+) people.
March 29, 2004
Presenter: Benjamin H Natelson, MD (NYSPI) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): A Research Update
February 19, 2004 Lilli B Link, MD, MS and expert discussant Ann Tighe, RD PhD Raw Food Diet: latest fad or healthy eating?
Articles: Smith TK et al. Effects of brassica vegetable juice on the induction of apoptoses and aberrant crypt foci in rat colonic mucosal crypts in vivo. Carcinogenesis. 24:491-5, 2003.
Kaartinen, K, et al: Vegan diet alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms. Scand J Rheumatol. 20:308-313, 2000
January 22, 2004 John V Campano, Esq. and Janice Lunde, Esq CAM and the Law
Article: Eisenberg DM, Cohen MH et al: Credentialing complementary and alternative medical providers. Ann Int. Med. (Dec 17) 2002; 137:965-73.
November 13, 2003 Deborah Goldberg, MD Fibromyalgia, a Study of Health Care Costs
Dobkin, PL, de Civita M, Bernatsky S, Kang H, Baron M. Does phsycological vulnerability determine health-care utilization in fibromyalgia? Rheumatology 2003; 42: 1-8.
October 16, 2003 Mishaela Rubin, MD Interpreting Animal Data on CAM Research Questions
Register TC; Jayo MJ; Anthony MS. 2003. Phytoestrogens Do Not Prevent Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Monkeys. J. of coinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 88: 4362-4370.
October 20, 2003 Tali Tadmor-Sion, MS
Nutrition and cancer treatment, research on nutrition
September 18, 2003 Mary E. Northridge, Ph.D., M.P.H. Weighing Scientific Evidence
Horrobin, David F. 2001. Something rotten at the core of science? Research Update, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 22, No 2.
June 5, 2003 Marvelle colby, D.P.A, Lauren E Abrey, M.D., Victor R Grann, M.D.
CAM use in a case of Metastatic Lung Cancer: Interpreting an unusually good outcome.
May 14, 2003 Janet Mindes, Ph.D. - Mind-Body Effects and Cancer
Moyad MA, Pienta KJ. Mind-body effect: insulinlike growth factor-1; clinical depression; and breast, prostate, and other cancer risk-an unmeasured and masked mediator of potential significance. Urology 2002; 59 :4-8.
April 16, 2003 Connie Park, MD, Ph.D. Nocebos & Placebos
Cannon WB. "Voodoo" death. American Anthropologist, 1942;44(new series):169-181. Am J Public Health. 2002 Oct;92(10):1593-6; discussion 1594-5.
Sternberg EM. Walter B. Cannon and "Voodoo' Death": a perspective from 60 years on. Am J Public Health 2002 Oct;92(10):1564-6
Moerman DE, Jonas WB. Deconstructing the placebo effect and finding the meaning response. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:471-476.
Kaptchuk TJ. The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance? Ann Intern Med. 2002; 136:817-825.
April 14, 2003 Rachel Oliker, M.D., Bill Gallagher, MSPT, CMT, CYT
Potential Benefits of Yoga and other CAM for People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Moderator: Janet Mindes, Ph.D.
March 26, 2003 Dawn Hirshman, MD: Advising Cancer Patients about CAM. - see flyer
Weiger WA, Smith M, Boon H, Richardson MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Eisenberg DM. Advising patients who seek complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2002; 137: 889-903.
March 13, 2003 Cora Neumann
Traditional Medicine Use Among Refugee Populations: Perspectives from the Thai-Burma Border
February 19, 2003 RCTs: methodological issues - see flyer.
Zezhen Jin, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health
Vickers AJ, Altman DG. Analysing controlled trials with baseline and follow up measurements. BMJ 2001; 323: 1123-4.
November 20, 2002. Andrew G. Rundle, Dr.P.H., Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health Is the Environment Making us Fat?
Baillie-Hamilton PF. Chemical toxins: A hypothesis to explain the global obesity epidemic. J Altern Complementary Med 2002; 8: 185-91.
Jobst KA. You are what you eat: stress, survival anxiety, the environment, and chemical" obesogens" (editorial). J Altern Complementary Med, 2002; 8: 101-102.
October 16, 2002. John V. Campano, Esq.,.Associate Vice-President, Risk Management, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Legal Obstacles to Integrating CAM and Conventional Medical Practice.
Cohen MH, Eisenberg DM. Potential physician malpractice liability associated with complementary and integrative medical therapies. Ann Intern Med 2002; 136: 596-603.
September 18, 2002. Herbert Kleber, M.D. A Clinical Trial of Acupuncture for Cocaine Addiction.
Margolin A, Kleber HD. Avants SK, et al. Acupuncture for the treatment of cocaine addiction:randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2002; 287: 55-63.
June 19, 2002 Andrea Troxel, Sc.D., of the Biostatistics Core.
Leibovici L. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomized controlled trial. BMJ 2001;323:1450-1.
Thornett AM, Hettiaratchy S, Hemsley C, Hopkins J, Brownnutt MJ, Price CI, Lagnado M, Schwartz SA, Black SL, Leibovici L. Effect of retroactive intercessory prayer. BMJ 2002;324:1037 ff.
Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Friedman R, et al. Study of the Therapeutic Effects of intercessory Prayer (STEP): study design and research methods. Am Heart J 2002;143:577-84.
Prayer, Health and Statistics. Richard Sloan, Ph.D.
Leibovici L. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomized controlled trial. BMJ 2001; 323: 1450-1451.
Thornett AM, Hettiaratchy S, Hemsley C, Hopkins J, Brownnutt MJ, Price CI, Lagnado M, Schwartz SA, Black SL, Leibovici L. Effect of retroactive intercessory prayer. BMJ 2002; 324: 1037
Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Friedman R, et al. Study of the Therapeutic Effects of intercessory Prayer (STEP): study design and research methods. Am Heart J 2002; 143: 577-584.
May 1, 2002. Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. Chaos and CAM.
Ary L Goldberger, "Non-linear dynamics for clinicians: Chaos theory, fractals, and complexity at the bedside." Lancet 347, no 9011 May 11, 1996: 1312-1314.
March 19, 2002. Judith S. Jacobson, Dr.P.H., Deborah B. Goldberg, M.D., and Annemarie Colbin. Research Methodology in CAM.
Tonelli MR, Callahan TC. Why alternative medicine cannot be evidence-based. Acad Med 2001; 76: 1213-1220.
Bell IR, Caspi O, Schwartz GER, Grant KL, Gaudet TW, Rychener D, Maizes V, Weil A. Integrative medicine and systemic outcomes research. Arch Intern Med 2002; 162: 133-140.
January 30, 2002. Judith Jacobson DrPH, Dept. of Epidemiology.
Psychosocial support for breast cancer patients: critiquing the data.
Goodwin PJ, Leszcz M, Ennis M, Koopmans J, Vincent L, Guther H, Drysdale E, Hundleby M, Chochinov HM, Navarro M, Speca M, Hunter J. The effect of group psychosocial support on survival in metastatic breast cancer. N Engl J Med 2001 Dec 13;345(24):1719-26
Spiegel D. Mind matters -- group therapy and survival in breast cancer. N Engl J Med 2001 Dec 13;345(24):1767-8
Spiegel D, Bloom JR, Kraemer HC, Gottheil E. Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Lancet 1989 Oct14;2(8668):888-91
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