Malott Chiropractic - Friday, April 25th at Noon
Have you ever wondered what a chiropractor does? Join us for lunch, as Dr. Mary E Malott-Brechtel, D.C. DACBN, who is both a doctor of chiropractic and a board certified clinical nutritionist, speaks with us about typical chiropractic and nutritional services. In the past, Dr. Malott has shared office space with family practice, internal medicine, and podiatrist specialists and thus has a unique integrative perspective to share. She was voted UTMB Outstanding CAM Provider 2004, and we are excited to have her visit. Bring your questions. This is brought to you by Students for Integrative and Alternative Medicine (SIAM). Lunch will be provided.
Time: Friday, April 25th, 12pm – 1pm
Location: Senate room of the Jamail Student Center (2nd floor above Joes)
For more information about the meeting, please contact Karen Welch at kswelch@utmb.edu.
For more information on Malott Chiropractic, visit http://www.malottchiropractic.com/
Mind-Body Medicine - Tuesday, February 12th at Noon
Come out Tuesday, February 12th to hear Thom Pfeil, M.D. speak about mind-body medicine. Dr. Pfeil is the medical director of Mind-Bodyworkers and is an outstanding resource in the field. He will speak with us about his practice and ways in which mind-body medicine may be applied. For more on Mind-Bodyworkers, visit www.mind-bodyworkers.com. This is brought to you by Students for Integrative and Alternative Medicine (SIAM) and is open to all. This is a brown-bag presentation, so bring your own lunch, but snacks will be provided.
Time: Tuesday February 12th, 12pm – 1pm
Location: Senate Room, Jamail Student Center
For more information, please contact Karen Welch at kswelch@utmb.edu.
Applications of Acupuncture - Tuesday, January 15th at Noon
Come out next Tuesday for lunch to hear George Wang, L. Ac., P.A. speak about acupuncture. George Wang comes to us from Baylor College of Medicine and has a great deal of experience in both Oriental and allopathic medical modalities. This is an opportunity to find out about the intersection of these disciplines from an outstanding resource. This is brought to you by Students for Integrative and Alternative Medicine (SIAM) and is open to all. Lunch will be provided.
Time: Tuesday January 15th, 12pm – 1pm
Location: Marvin Graves 4.208
For more information, please contact Karen Welch at kswelch@utmb.edu.
Students for Integrative and Alternative Medicine (SIAM)
Please join us for our first meeting on Oct. 5, 2007 at Noon in the Senate Room, Jamail Student Center.
SIAM's mission is to create and maintain an interdisciplinary forum that will increase the opportunity for individuals to learn, experience and feel supported in the exploration of integrative medicine.
We encourage students, staff and faculty from all four schools to become involved. Our activities include ongoing UTMB CAM activities as well as some additional SIAM featured events.
If you'd like to join SIAM, or have questions, send an email to Becca Wood at rnwood@utmb.edu. Our faculty advisor is Dr. Victor Sierpina. The first 10 people wishing to join SIAM will have their dues paid courtesy of Dr. Sierpina and CAM.
COME JOIN US
for the
Alternative & Integrative Medicine Journal Club
Video Conference
Campus Wide Viewing of a PBS Documentary
The New Medicine
Part I – 8/28/07
Part II – 8/30/07
Location: Rebecca Sealy – 1.504, 1.506 & 1.508
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
For more information, please see the full announcement.
Mind-Body Speakers
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:00-11:30 AM
School of Nursing Room 1.304, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
featuring
Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancer: A Mindful Approach,
Linda Janusek, Ph.D., RN, Professor, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
and
Molecular Basis for the Immune Dysregulation Observed in Women Experiencing Psychosocial Distress During Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Herb Mathews, Ph.D., Professor, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Nicholson Integrative Medicine Roundtable Series
Featured Speaker: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ph.D.
How Stress Kills and How CAM Interventions May Help: New Perspectives from Psychoneuroimmunology
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
Levin Hall North 11th & Market Street Galveston, Texas
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information
Introduction to Meditation Workshop
Thursday, January 25th 5:30-9pm
Rebecca Sealy Building on the UTMB campus (corner of 8th and market streets).
Cost will be $50 and space will be limited.
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more information
Meditation Winter Retreat
February 2-4, 2007 Friday evening through Sunday early afternoon
The cost of the retreat will be $100, and the cost of lodging will be $25.
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more information
Mind-Body Speaker Series
Topic: Compassion
Fatigue & the Psychology of Empathy
Featured Guest Speaker: Mario Martinez, Psy.D.
Founder and Director, Institute of Biocognitive Psychology Nashville, TN
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Levin Hall North Auditorium 11th & Market Street Galveston,
Texas
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for more information
Mind-Body Workshop with Mario Martinez, Psy.D.
The Psychoneuroimmunology of Love and Fear: How Cultural Beliefs Affect Health
and Illness
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: William Temple Episcopal Center
427 Market St. Galveston TX 77550 (409)762-8641
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for more information
Two Missing Ingredients in Mind-Body Medicine “Environment
and Philosophy”
Mind-Body Speaker, Malcolm P. Cutchin, of University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC Associate Professor Senior Research Scientist
Dates of the Course: Thursday, July 27, 2006 @ 4:00pm
Location: Ashbel-Smith Building, Old Red Amphitheater, 9th Street
and Strand, Galveston, Texas
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for more information and application
Healing
Breath for Stress Reduction Course at UTMB in January
Throughout our lives we learn many skills: reading,
writing, science, music and art; but very few of
us have actually learned the true Art of Living. We are rarely
taught how to handle our negative emotions - anger, depression,
stress. Yet, the quality of our life depends upon the quality
of our mind. The Art of Living course offers simple, but effective
techniques which eliminate toxins and stresses that accumulate
in our systems over time. They are a unique way to harmonize
and energize the Body, Breath, Mind, Emotions & Spirit. The course
helps in eliminating stress, resolving conflict, improving health and living
life with new joy and enthusiasm - A combination of the very best of ancient
wisdom and modern science. Lata More, M.D. with the Art
of Living Foundation is facilitating the Healing Breath for Stress Reduction
Course here at UTMB in January 2006.
Dates of the Course: June 16th - 20th
Location: Primary Care Pavilion (PCP) 2.268
Tuition Cost: $375.00/person UTMB
Students & Seniors (Ages 65 & above) - $200.00/person
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more information and application
The
Natural Products Alert - NAPRALERT
If you are interested in any aspects of natural products, i.e. clinical,
chemical or pharmacological, check out NAPRALERT, a new database reference.
To visit the NAPRALERT web
site, click here.
New Electronic Newsletter on the Business of CAM-IM Integration
John Weeks, whose Integrator newsletter and e-news offerings between 1997-2002
were considered the journals of record on the business of CAM and IM integration,
is now offering a new bi-monthly e-newsletter, The Integrator Blog News and Reports
(www.theintegratorblog.com).
Dr.
Masaru Emoto at Rice University May 4
Dr. Masaru Emoto researches the effect of human thoughts on water crystals.
For more information,
click here.
UTMB
Mind-Body Research Scholars Program
The round three deadline
for the Mind-Body Research Scholars Program is
April 3, 2006. Review of applications will be
done between mid April and early May. Successful
applicants will be announced and funds available
by June 2006. The scholars program is intended
to create an investigator development program
for junior faculty to foster interdisciplinary
mind-body research through mentoring, training
in research tools, techniques and writing skills.
The program will also support pilot projects
with seed funding.
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THE NEW MEDICINE - Journal Club - March 28, 2006
This planned Journal Club is going to be a bit different from previous meetings. It will discuss an upcoming Public Television program
THE NEW MEDICINE premiers on March 29, 2006. This unique forum designed to discuss issues related to integrative medicine that this show will highlight with support of related articles. This forum, which will start in February and then run monthly April through September, will use clips and content from The New Medicine as triggers for discussion. Using an evidence-based approach, the screenings and related articles will be examined for issues of methodology, experimental design, statistical analysis and general clarity. The forums will be held at the China Border in Galveston. More information on the show available on www.thenewmedicine.org
Click for more information and application
Healing Breath for Stress Reduction Course
at UTMB in January
Throughout our lives we learn many skills: reading,
writing, science, music and art; but very few of
us have actually learned the true Art of Living.
We are rarely taught how to handle our negative
emotions - anger, depression, stress. Yet, the
quality of our life depends upon the quality of
our mind. The Art of Living course offers simple,
but effective techniques which eliminate toxins
and stresses that accumulate in our systems over time. They are a unique way
to harmonize and energize the Body, Breath, Mind, Emotions & Spirit. The course
helps in eliminating stress, resolving conflict, improving health and living
life with new joy and enthusiasm - A combination of the very best of ancient
wisdom and modern science. Richard Brown, M.D. with the Art
of Living Foundation is facilitating the Healing Breath for Stress Reduction
Course here at UTMB in January 2006.
Dates & Times of the Course: January
13th - 6:30-9:30P January 14th - 16th - 10:00A
- 4:30P
Location: Primary Care Pavilion
(PCP) 2.268
Tuition Cost: $375.00/person UTMB
Students & Seniors (Ages 65 & above) - $200.00/person
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for more information and application
Interdisciplinary Ethics Day
You are invited to Austin’s very first
Interdisciplinary Ethics Day on Friday, January
6. This special day is an opportunity to network
with other professionals across the fields
of business, law, medicine, and social work;
learn about the ethical decision making process
and how to apply it to your everyday life;
learn to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams
to tactfully handle ethical issues; get tips
for cautious approaches to ethical and legal
dilemmas; and view different scenarios from
the perspectives of other professions.
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information and application
UTMB Mind-Body Research Scholars Program
The round two deadline for the Mind-Body Research Scholars Program is September
1, 2005. The program encourages applications from UTMB investigators gathering
pilot data for new multidisciplinary projects in the area of stress and coping
behaviors addressing the needs of Hispanic patients and the elderly. Review of
applications will be done between mid September and early October. Successful
applicants will be announced and funds available by December 2005.
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and application
UTMB
Mind-Body Newsletter
The inaugural
Mind-Body Connections newsletter
which covers the
UTMB Biobehavior and Integrative
Medicine Project has been
published.
Click
to download the newsletter
in PDF format
Richard
Brown, M.D. - Mind-Body Speaker
Richard Brown, M.D., Associate
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York, NY will present
a lecture entitled, Yoga Breathing:
Neurophysiology and Clinical
Benefits for Stress, Fatigue,
Depression, and Trauma on
Monday, July 11, from noon
to 1 PM, in room 1.102, SAHS/SON
building.
Internationally
known biophysicist, Dr. Beverly
Rubik, presents at UTMB
On Wednesday, June 29th, at
1 PM in the Primary Care Pavilion,
Room 2.268, Dr. Bubik will
present Family Medicine Grand
Rounds on “Heart Rate
Variability” and its
relation to mind-body research
and clinical implications
regarding the autonomic system.
This presentation is open
to all faculty, house staff,
and students. Interested public
may also attend.
The same evening at 5:00 PM
in Room 201 at UTMB’s
Open Gates Conference Center,
she will present “Biophysics
and the Human Biofield: Experiments
in QiGong, an Ancient Chinese
Healing Method,” a topic
that will be of interest to
both the scientific community
and the public.
Summer Institute on
Sleeping, Eating, & Physical
Activity: A Focus on Health
Behavior
The Pittsburgh
Mind-Body Center is sponsoring
a Summer Institute on Sleeping,
Eating, & Physical Activity:
A Focus on Health Behavior
to be held June 8-11, 2005
in Pittsburgh, PA. The institute
will be directed toward an
audience of professionals
who have a limited background
in health psychology and behavioral
medicine. Lectures and workshops
will be geared toward individuals
at the postdoctoral fellow,
resident and/or junior faculty
level. Team applications from
2-3 researchers at the same
or nearby institutions will
be given special consideration.
Applications are due on April
25, 2005
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and application
UTMB Mind-Body
Research Scholars Program
The 2005
deadline for the Mind-Body
Scholars Program is February
14th, 2005. Review of applications
will be done in late February
and Early March. Successful
applicants will be announced
and funds available by April
1, 2005.
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for more information and application
Third Annual Cam Leadership
Training Program
Omega
Institute for Holistic Studies Rhinebeck,
NY * May 29-June 3, 2005
AMSA is seeking medical students
with a strong interest in
complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) combined with
the desire for leadership
training in CAM to participate
in the third annual Leadership
Training Program (LTP).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April
1, 2005 More
info
2005-2006
EDCAM STUDENT DIRECTOR POSITION
The
American Medical Student Association
(AMSA) Foundation invites
applications for the yearlong
position of part-time student
director for the Educational
Development for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (EDCAM)
Project.
APPLICATION
DEADLINE: April 1, 2005 More
info
Cam
Resource Development
AMSA has been building and
maintaining an on-site CAM
reference library of current
texts, journals and materials
on CAM.
More
info
