Daily Schedule

Schedule at a Glance (PDF)

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Monday, May 11, 2009

3:00PM - 6:00PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Third Floor Foyer

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Third Floor Foyer

7:00AM - 5:00PM

ISCMR Symposium (Satellite Meeting - Separate Fee)
International Collaborations to Enhance the Science of CAM: Past, Present, and Future

Salon G

2:00PM - 5:00PM

ISCMR Symposium - Part B

Salon C

5:30PM - 6:30PM

ISCMR Annual Business Meeting

Salon G

9:00AM - 5:00PM

PedCAM (Satellite Meeting - Separate Fee)
Building International Bridges

Salon F

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
Steering Committee Meeting (Members Only)

Salon E

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Conference Welcome Reception
Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, Host and Chair, Local Site Committee
Victor Sierpina, MD, Chair, Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

Made possible through the generous funding of The Marsh, A Center for Balance and Fitness & the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center

Salon D

6:00PM - 8:30PM

New Investigator Meeting (will begin after Conference Welcome Remarks)
Ather Ali and Samantha Simmons (Organizers)

Rochester

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Networking Meeting for Integrative Mental Health Professionals

Board Room I

7:00PM - 9:00PM

"Do You Speak Health?"
An Intriguing Evening of Dinner, Discourse and Dessert

(free, but limited seating to first 150 that sign up, pre-registration required)
Sponsored by the Institute for Integrative Health

Symphony III & IV

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

7:00AM - 5:00PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Third Floor Foyer

6:30AM - 7:15AM

Experiential Session: Tai Chi - Peter Wayne and Yang Yang

Salon G

 

Experiential Session: Yoga - Susan Gould Fogerite

Symphony IV

7:00AM - 8:00AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet

Third Floor Foyer

8:00AM - 8:15AM

Welcome and Meeting Overview
Aviad Haramati, PhD, Chair, Conference Organizing Committee
Frank Cerra, MD, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Minnesota
TBD, Opening Meditation
Dan Cherkin, PhD, Chair, Program Committee

Salons ABC

8:15AM - 9:00AM

Plenary Session I
Placebo and Nocebo Mechanisms Across Medical Conditions

Keynote Speaker: Fabrizio Benedetti, MD, University of Turin, Italy
Moderator: Dan Cherkin, PhD

Made possible through the generous funding of Northwestern Health Sciences University

Salons ABC

9:00AM - 9:45AM

Poster Presentations

Salon D

9:45AM - 10:45AM

Oral Abstracts - Models of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Moderators:

The Essen Model of Integrative Medicine - A 5-year Evaluation
Gustav J. Dobos

"CAM is part of who I am": Framing the Decision to Use CAM Within Cancer Care
Laura Weeks

Perceived Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Whole Systems Research Perspective
Angela M. Greene

A Dynamic Systems View and Frame Analysis of Clinical Reasoning in a Traditional Chinese Medical Clinic Within the Context of the Patient-Practitioner Relationship
Lisa Taylor-Swanson

Salon A

 

Oral Abstracts - Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Back Pain
Moderators:

A Randomized Trial Comparing Relaxation Massage, Focused Structural Massage, and Usual Care for Chronic Low Back Pain
Dan Cherkin

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Two Forms of Spinal Manipulation and Medical Care for Older Adults with Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain
Maria Hondras

A Randomized Trial Comparing Acupuncture, Simulated Acupuncture, and Usual Care for Chronic Low Back Pain
Karen Sherman

Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Back Pain: Factors Associated with Perception of Helpfulness
Anup Kanodia

Salon B

 

Oral Abstracts - Relaxation/Meditation/Therapeutic Touch
Moderators:

Psychological and Biological Outcomes: Long-Term vs. Short-Term Relaxation Response Practice
Bei-Hung Chang

Changes in Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Long Term Practitioners of Various Relaxation Response Practices Versus Novices
Jeffery Dusek

Effects of Meditation on EEG Spectral Power and Phase Synchrony
Jaskirat Wild

The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Osteosarcoma Cells
Gloria Gronowicz

Salon C

11:00AM - 12:30PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Research on Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention
Sat Bir S. Khalsa, (Organizer)
Kim E. Innes
Karen J. Sherman
Lorenzo Cohen

Salon A

 

Symposium
Changing the Culture of CAM Institutions Toward and Evidence-Based Approach - One R25 at a Time
Wendy Weber (Organizer)
Cynthia R. Long
Susan Fleishman
Mitchell Haas
Heather Zwickey
Roni Evans
Gregory D. Cramer
Stephen Laird
John H. George
Partap Khalsa

Salon B

 

Symposium
Research in Homeopathy - Where Do We Stand and Where Should We Go?
Claudia Witt (Organizer)
Steve Baumgartner
Harald Walach
Rainer Lüdtke

Salon G

 

Symposium
Challenges of Research in Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs
Elizabeth Kimbrough (Organizer)
Harry H.S.Fong
Brian Berman
Joseph Sung
Lixing Lao

Salon C

 

Featured Discussion
Cancer Treatment from a Complexity Science Perspective
Jacob Shoham (Organizer)
Marja Verhoef
Keith Block
Avidan Neuman

Directors Row IV

 

Featured Discussion
Directions and Dilemmas in Massage Therapy Research
Christopher Moyer (Organizer)
Trish Dryden

Directors Row I

12:30PM - 1:45PM

New Investigator Lunch Session
(Pre-registration required by May 5, 2009 - Limited Seating Available)

Duluth

12:30PM - 1:45PM

Lunch on your own

 

1:45PM - 3:45PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Successful Implementation of Integrative Medicine in a Large Hospital and Healthcare System
Jeffery Dusek (Organizer)
Gregory A. Plotnikoff
Lori Knutson
Richard Petingill
Michael Finch

Salon C

 

Symposium
The Biological, Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychological Underpinnings of Placebo Effects
Josephine Briggs (Organizer)
Fabrizio Benedetti
Ted Kaptchuk

Salon A

 

Symposium
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research in the Military
Salvatorre Libretto (Organizer)
Joan Walter
Wayne Jonas
Lt Colonel Richard Petri
Bernadette Marrioit
Matthew Fritts
Kimberly McConnell
Alexandra York
Roxana Delgado
Rangashree Varadarajan

Directors Row IV

 

Symposium
Paradoxes in Acupuncture Research: Strategies for Moving Forward
Society for Acupuncture Research (Organizer)
Helene Langevin
Richard Hammerschlag
Vitaly Napadow

Salon B

 

Symposium
Meditative Therapies for Addiction Treatment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Application
Jean Kristeller (Co-Organizer)
Kevin Chen (Co-Organizer)
Thomas Johnson
Joel Grow

Directors Row I

 

Workshop
How to Create High Functioning Integrative Care Teams: Lessons From a Randomized Clinical Trial
Michele Maiers (Organizer)
Claire Legendre
Eileen McKenzie
Kristine Westrom
Gert Bronfort

Salon G

3:45PM - 4:15PM

Coffee Break

Third Floor Foyer

4:15PM - 5:00PM

Plenary Session II:
Stress, Coping, and Well-Being: Integrative Medicine meets Behavioral Science

Keynote Speaker: Susan Folkman, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Moderator: Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN

Made possible through the generous funding of Mayo Clinic - Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program

Salons ABC

5:00PM - 6:15PM

Poster Presentations with Wine and Cheese

Made possible through generous funding of the Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation

Salon D

6:15PM

Local Integrative Medicine Site Tours (No cost, but you must sign up at time of registration)
http://www.imconsortium-conference.org/program/tours.php

 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

7:00AM - 5:00PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Third Floor Foyer

6:30AM - 7:15AM

Experiential Session: Tai Chi - Peter Wayne and Yang Yang

Salon G

 

Experiential Session: Yoga - Susan Gould Fogerite

Symphony IV

7:00AM - 8:00AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet

Third Floor Foyer

7:00AM - 8:00AM

Mentoring/Networking Breakfast
(Sponsored by the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine's Research Working Group)

Third Floor Foyer

8:00AM - 8:15AM

Recognition of Awardees
David Eisenberg, MD

Salons ABC

8:15AM - 9:00AM

Plenary Session III
Connecting the Dots in Human Physiology: Lessons from Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Keynote Speaker: Helene Langevin, MD, University of Vermont
Moderator: Adam Perlman, MD

Made possible through the generous funding of Woodwinds Health Campus

Salons ABC

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Poster Presentations

Salon D

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Oral Abstracts - Education
Moderators:

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Medicine Short Course for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professionals
Erin Connelly

Effect of a Web-based Educational Intervention on Botanical Medicine on the Knowledge Base and Practice Patterns of Primary Care Residents
Benjamin Kligler

A Collaborative Canadian Project to Facilitate the Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine into Undergraduate Medical Education
Marja Verhoef

Clinical Education Ward for Integrative Medicine: A Model for Patient-Based Learning?
Christian Scheffer

Salon A

 

Oral Abstracts - Natural Products/Dietary Supplements
Moderators:

Building a Library of Authenticated Medicinal Plants to Systematically Evaluate Their Extracts and Fractions for Anti-Cancer Properties
David Eisenberg

Natural Health Products: What is the Role of Pharmacists?
Heather Boon

Commonly Recommended Natural Health Products (NHPs) to Children: Should we be concerned?
Maleka Ramji

Consumer Advisories for Therapeutics and Natural Health Products by Health Canada: A Preliminary Look at Reporting Bias
Sunita Vohra

Salon B

 

Oral Abstracts - Mind-Body-Spirit
Moderators:

Effect of Mind-Body Medicine Skills on Elements of Emotional Intelligence in Medical Students
Meredith Riddle

Results of a Double-Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to Reduce Symptoms in Transplant Patients
Cynthia Gross

A Spirituality Teaching Program for Depression - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Sabine Moritz

A New Educational Film Control for Use in Studies of Active Mind-Body Therapies: Acceptability and Feasibility
Kim E. Innes
Terry Selfe

Salon C

11:00AM - 11:15AM

Break

 

11:15AM - 12:15PM

Oral Abstracts - Supplements/Nutrition
Moderators:

Pharmacokinetic Study of Different Formulations of High Dose Oral Lipoic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis Subjects
Vijayshree Yadav

Phase II Trial of Encapsulated Ginger as a Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Suzanna Zick

A Controlled-Feeding Feasibility Study of the Anti-inflammatory Diet in Insulin-Resistant Subjects
Patricia Elmer

Chamomile for Generalized Anxiety - A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Jun Mao

Salon A

 

Oral Abstracts - Mindfulness/Yoga
Moderators:

An RCT of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in HIV
Frederick Hecht

Integrative Medicine Approach to Asthma in Adults: Using Nutritional Approaches, Yoga and Journaling to Improve Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes
Benjamin Kligler

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Hatha Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain in a Predominant Minority Population
Robert Saper

Yoga as a Treatment for Binge Eating: Triangulated Findings From a Mixed-Methods Controlled Trial
Shane McIver

Salon B

 

Oral Abstracts - Physiological Response to Acupuncture/Manipulation
Moderators:

Brain and Autonomic Response to Acupuncture - an Event-Related fMRI Study
Steve Cina
Vitaly Napadow

Modulation of Cortical Somatosensory Rhythms by Acupuncture Stimulation
Rupali Dhund

Acupuncture and Sham Acupuncture have Distinct Neuroanatomical Mechanisms
Ted Kaptchuk

The Effect of Spinal Manipulative Thrusts on the Development of Muscle History-Dependent Responsiveness of Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Spindles
Dong-Yuan Cao

Salon C

12:15PM - 1:30PM

NCCAM Resource Session with Grab & Go Lunch
Grant support for CAM Research Training - "Untangling the Alphabet Soup"

(Pre-registration required by May 5, 2009 - Limited Seating, Lunch Cost $15)

 

12:15PM - 1:30PM

Lunch on your own

 

1:30PM - 4:15PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care
Moshe Frenkel (Co-Organizer)
Eran Ben-Arye (Co-Organizer)
Stephen Sagar (Co-Organizer)
Donald Abrams
Mary Hardy
Lorenzo Cohen
Marja J Verhoef
Elad Schiff
Jillian Capodice
Shachar Lev Ari
Michelle Kohn

Salon A

 

Symposium
Synergistic Research Goals for Manual Treatments of Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue Disorders
Helene Langevin, (Organizer)
Christine Goertz
Partap S Khalsa
Linda J Woodhouse
Eric Jacobson
Hollis King
Trish Dryden

Salon B

 

Symposium
Whole Systems Research Becomes Real: New Results and Next Step
Cheryl Ritenbaugh (Organizer)
Opher Caspi
Sameline Grimsgaard
Ryan Bradley
Frauke Musial
Mikel Aickin

Salon C

1:30PM - 3:00PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Neuroimaging in Translational Research on Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Vitaly Napadow (Organizer)
Richard E. Harris
Norman Kettner

Salon G

 

Featured Discussion
Health-Oriented Medical Homes: Defining Cost Effective Interdisciplinary Integrated Healthcare Teams in the Outpatient Environment
David Rakel (Organizer)
John Weeks
Stephen Bolles
Lori Knutson
Patricia Herman

Directors Row I

 

Workshop
What are Research Literacy Competencies for the CAM Practitioner? A Participatory Workshop to Inform Teaching and Practice
Susan Fleishman
Benjamin Kligler
Roni Evans

Directors Row IV

3:00PM - 4:30PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Mechanisms of Acupuncture Regulation of Pain and Cardiovascular Function
John Longhurst (Organizer)
Kathleen K.S. Hui
Ruixin Zhang
Lixing Lao

Salon G

 

Symposium
Evidentiary Requirements for the Reimbursement of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medical Therapies
Tanisha Carino (Organizer)
Sean Tunis
Fiona Wilmot
Bruce Milliman

Directors Row I

 

Workshop
Collaborating Across Disciplines to Develop Joint Degree Programs in CAM and Integrative Medicine
Anne Nedrow (Organizer)
Hakima Amri
Joe Brimhall
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Heather Zwickey

Directors Row IV

4:15PM - 4:45PM

Break

Third Floor Foyer

4:45PM - 5:30PM

Plenary Session IV:
The Role of the Human Microbiota in Health and Disease

Keynote Speaker: Claire Fraser-Liggett, PhD, University of Maryland
Moderator: Victor Sierpina, MD

Made possible through generous funding of The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Salons ABC

5:30PM-6:30PM

Poster Presentations with Wine and Cheese

Salon D

Friday, May 15, 2009

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Third Floor Foyer

6:30AM - 7:15AM

Experiential Session: Tai Chi - Peter Wayne and Yang Yang

Salon G

 

Experiential Session: Yoga - Susan Gould Fogerite

Symphony IV

7:00AM - 8:00AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet

Third Floor Foyer

8:00AM - 8:45AM

Plenary Session V
Investing in Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Where the Cost Effectiveness Agenda Stands

Keynote Speaker: Dean Jamison, PhD, University of Washington
Moderator: David Eisenberg, MD

Made possible through generous funding of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Salons ABC

8:45AM - 9:45AM

Poster Presentations

Salon D

10:00AM - 10:45AM

Oral Abstracts - Acupuncture: Clinical Trials
Moderators:

Acupuncture for Treating Menopausal Hot Flushes: A Systematic Review
Byung-Cheul Shin

Acupuncture for Osteoarthritic Pain: A RCT Evaluating the Relative Effects
George Lewith

A Qualitative Investigation of Participants' Experiences of an RCT of Auricular Acupuncture and Exercise for People with Chronic Low Back Pain
Siobhan McCann

Salon A

 

Oral Abstracts - Practice-Based Research
Moderators:

Bravenet: The First Practice-Based Research Network in Integrative Medicine
Elizabeth Kimbrough

Integrative Medicine at Abbott Northwestern Hospital: The First 43,726 Integrative Medicine Inpatient Visits
Jeffery Dusek

Attitude and Use of Evidence-Based Practice Amongst Complementary Medicine Practitioners: A Descriptive Survey
Matthew Leach

Salon B

 

Oral Abstracts - Health Services Research
Moderators:

The Development of the LEAP (Learning Energy Awareness Practices) Program for Teen Depression
Sabine Moritz

Online Narrative Interventions for Aging Cancer Patients: A Feasibility Study
Meg Wise

Symptom Relief in CAM: The Role of Patient-Provider Relations and Empowerment
Edith Walsh

Salon C

10:45AM - 11:00AM

Break

Third Floor Foyer

11:00AM - 12:30PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Does Basic Science Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine Need Standards and Guidelines?
Hakima Amri (Organizer)
Wayne Jonas
John Ives
Joel Pickar
John Longhurst

Salon A

 

Symposium
Developing Patient-Centered Measures for Outcomes of CAM Therapies
Cheryl Ritenbaugh (Organizer)
Mimi Nichter
Colette Marie Sims
Stephen Joel Coons
Charles Elder

Salon B

 

Workshop
Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Focus on CAM
Eric Manheimer (Organizer)
Jianping Liu
Gloria Yeh

Directors Row I

 

Featured Discussion
Practice-Based Research Networks: Meeting the Challenge of Reflecting CAM Clinical Practice
Christine Goertz (Organizer)
Cynthia Long
Maria Hondras
Rosa Schnyer

Salon C

 

Featured Discussion
Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Trauma Survivors
Elizabeth Kimbrough (Organizer)
Barbara Niles
Mary Ann Dutton

Salon G

 

Symposium
Integrative Medicine in Residency
Rita Benn (Organizer)
Patricia Lebensohn
Victoria Maizes
Mary P Guerrera
Selma Sroka
Victor Sierpina

Directors Row IV

12:30PM - 2:00PM

NCCAM Resource Session with Grab & Go Lunch
Grant$ for Lunch: "Dealing with Peer Review"

(Pre-registration required by May 5, 2009 - Limited Seating Lunch Cost $15)

 

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Lunch on your own

 

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Oral Abstracts - Acupuncture: Research Challenges/Use of Literature
Moderators:

Differences in Central Neural Pain Processing Following Acupuncture and Sham Acupuncture Therapy in Fibromyalgia (FM)
Ann Poznanski

Serial Involvement of Spinal Serotonin/Norepinephrine and Opioids in Electroacpuncture Anti-Hyperalgesia
Ruixin Zhang

Evaluating the Reliability of the Chinese Medicine Diagnostic Process: Results of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Rosa Schnyer

Framework for Reviewing a Synthesized Literature for Clinical Use
Charlotte Paterson

Salon A

 

Oral Abstracts - Use of CAM
Moderators:

Pediatric Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the U.S.
Gurjeet Birdee

A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies on the Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use by Pediatric Cancer Patients
Felicity Bishop

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization: Results of the 2007 National Health Interview Survey
Maria Chao

Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Distrust of Conventional Asthma Care Among Low-income Urban Adults
Maureen George

Salon B

 

Oral Abstracts - Basic Science
Moderators:

Curcumin Prevents Insulin Resistance Associated with Iron-Induced Oxidative Stress in AML12 Hepatocytes.
Donald Messner

Effects of Ultra-Low Dilutions of Sabal Serrulata on Human Prostate Cancer Growth: Mechanistic Studies
Hakima Amri

Acupuncture Modulates Glutamate (Glu) and Glutamine (Gln) Levels within the Insula of Fibromyalgia (FM) Patients
Richard Harris

Effects of Homeopathic Remedies on Polysomnographic Sleep in Healthy Young Adults
Iris Bell

Salon C

3:00PM - 3:15PM

Break

Third Floor Foyer

3:15PM - 4:45PM
Concurrent Scientific Sessions

Symposium
Nesting Qualitative Studies Within Randomized Controlled Trials - Added Value Through Collaboration
Charlotte Patterson (Organizer)
Marja Verhoef
Hugh MacPherson
Kate Thomas
Claudia Witt

Salon G

 

Symposium
State of the Science in Tai Chi Research: A Mini Symposium
Peter Wayne (Organizer)
Gloria Yeh
Ruth E. Taylor-Piliae
Yang Yang
Marie-Helene Jouvin
Karen Sherman
Chenchen Wang

Salon A

 

Workshop
Navigating the Web-based World of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Information
Karen Pilkington (Organizer)
Thomas Ostermann
Irene Liu
Are Gamst

Directors Row I

 

Featured Discussion
Mind-Body Interventions: Is There Power in Positive Thinking?
Margaret Chesney (Organizer)
Judith Moskowitz
Susan Folkman
Larissa Duncan
Gail Ironson

Salon B

 

Featured Discussion
How can CAM Research Better Reflect CAM Practice?
Heather Zwickey (Organizer)
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Richard Hammerschlag
Roni Evans

Salon C

 

Symposium
Spirituality / Religiosity as a Resource for Patients with Chronic Diseases
Arndt Bussing (Organizer)
Harald Walach
Lyren Chiu

Directors Row IV

4:45PM - 5:15PM

Break

Third Floor Foyer

5:15PM - 6:00PM

Plenary Session VI:
Setting a National Research Agenda for Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Presenters:
Josephine Briggs, MD, Director, NCCAM, USA
Alan Bensoussan, PhD, Director, NICM, Australia

Moderator: Aviad Haramati, PhD

Salons AB

6:00PM

Closing Ceremony
David Eisenberg, MD
Victor Sierpina, MD

Salons AB