Preliminary Program

The schedule below reflects the preliminary Congress program and is subject to change.

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Tuesday, May 15

09:00 - 17:00 Pre-Congress Workshops
18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception
   

Wednesday, May 16
06:30 - 07:15 Experiential Sessions: Yoga and Tai Chi
07:00 - 08:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 - 08:15 Opening Remarks
08:15 - 09:00 Plenary Session I: Barbara Fredrickson
08:15 - 09:45 Plenary Session II: Sonia Lupien
09:45 - 10:30 Poster Viewing and Break
10:30 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Tools for Measuring and Enhancing Contextual Factors in Healing

 
  • Advances in Integrative Cardiology: State of the Science

 
  • A Window to the Brain: Neuroimaging Technologies for Integrative Medicine Research

 
  • Standardizing Competencies for Integrative Medicine Clinical Fellowships

 
  • Strengthening Integrative Medicine and Health across the US Military

 
  • Conducting Research in Integrative Medicine Clinical Practices

12:00 - 13:30

 Boxed Lunch Provided
  Optional Lunch Program: Special Interest Groups, Meet the Speaker 
12:00 - 13:30 New Investigator Lunch Pre-Registration Required
13:30 - 14:30 Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:45 Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Creating a Working Definition of Disciplines Research
 
  • Using Observational Studies and Secondary Data Analyses
 
  • Teaching Evidence Based Practice in a CAM Environment
 
  • CAMbrella: A Pan‐European Research Network for CAM
 
  • CAM and Cancer
 
  • Real World Studies of CAM – Case Studies
15:45 - 16:15 Break
16:15 - 17:00 Plenary Session III: Irving Kirsch
17:00 - 18:30 Poster Session 01 with Wine and Cheese

Thursday, May 17
06:30 - 07:15 Experiential Sessions: Yoga and Tai Chi
07:00 - 08:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 - 08:45 Plenary Session IV: Michael Lauer
08:45 - 09:30 Plenary session V: Sean Tunis
09:30 - 10:30 Poster Viewing and Break
10:30 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
 
  • What can Comparitive Eff. Research Contribute to Integrative Health? – An International Perspective
 
  • Mechanisms of Stress Reduction & Resilience during Mindfulness-Based Interventions
 
  • Integrative Pain Management
 
  • Low Back Pain
 
  • Assessing the Safety of Pediatric CAM
 
  • Acupuncture, Research and the Challenge of Heterogeneity
12:00 - 13:30 Boxed Lunch Provided
  Optional Lunch Program: Special Interest Groups, Meet the Speaker, NCCAM Resource Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:45 Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
15:45 - 16:15 Break
16:15 - 17:00 Plenary Session VI: Claudia Witt
17:00 - 18:00 Poster Session 02 with Wine and Cheese
   

Friday, May 18
06:30 - 07:15 Experiential Sessions: Yoga and Tai Chi
07:00 - 08:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 - 08:45 Plenary Session VII: William Haskell
08:45 - 09:30 Plenary Session VIII: Walter Willett
09:30 - 10:30 Poster Session 03 and Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Natural Health Product Research:  The Next Frontier
 
  • Research Design and Methodology for Ayurveda as a Whole System of Medicine
 
  • Cost Savings of Integrative Medicine
 
  • Health Disparities
 
  • Health Behaviors
 
  • Creative Arts Therapies
12:00 - 13:30 Boxed Lunch Provided
  Optional Lunch Program: Special Interest Groups, Meet the Speaker, NCCAM Resource Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:30 Concurrent Sessions
 
  • A Integrated Understanding of Scientific and Methodological Issues in Biofield/Bioenergetic Therapies
 
  • CAM in Supportive Cancer Care
 
  • Integrative Medicine Educational Models in Residency
 
  • Advancing Outcomes Measurement and Data Collection in Integrative Medicine
 
  • Yoga as Therapy
 
  • Women's Health
16:30 - 17:00 Break
17:00 - 18:00 Final Session and Closing Ceremony