Welcome to the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine 2021 VIRTUAL Research Hall that was featured at the 2021 AIHM People. Planet. Purpose. conference in October of 2021. We were thrilled to receive over 40 abstract submissions for our virtual conference this year! Abstracts were received in a wide variety of topics on integrative health and medicine, naturopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, holistic nursing, mind-body research, acupuncture, consciousness and spirit, public health, and policy related to integrative health and medicine, or other relevant topics.
Please EXPLORE the posters! READ the RESEARCH and of course, LEARN with our global community.
AIHM thanks the entire AIHM 2021 research committee and the ACIH Council Research Working Group for all the work in making this event a success. We also want to thank the entire global research community for the contribution to robust research that you provide that advances the field of integrative health & medicine forward.
The 2021 WINNERS of the 2021 AIHM Research Awards for Best Integrative Health Research of the year were announced at the AIHM Membership Meeting at the AIHM People. Planet. Purpose annual conference. Congratulations to:
First Prize: James Whedon, DC, Director of Health Services Research, Southern California University of Health Sciences for his research poster: Association between Cervical Artery Dissection and Spinal Manipulative Therapy among Medicare Beneficiaries
Second Prize: Dugald Seely, ND – Executive director for the Patterson Institute for Integrative Oncology Research at CCNM, and an investigator with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) for his research poster: Adjuvant Melatonin for the Prevention of Recurrence and Mortality following Lung Cancer Resection: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Third Prize: Michelle Sexton, ND University of California San Diego for her research poster: Transcriptional Changes in Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Pilot Study.
Evaluation of Health Care Delivery, Safety Procedures, and Canine Welfare in an Inpatient Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program: A Multicenter Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Submitted By: Christian Tejeda
Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Low Back Pain, Initiation of Care with Spinal Manipulative Therapy Leads to Lower Long-Term Healthcare Costs as Compared to Opioid Analgesic Therapy
Submitted By: Jim Whedon
Utilization of Chiropractic Care Reduces Use of Prescription Opioids among Older Medicare Beneficiaries with Spinal Pain
Submitted By: Jim Whedon
Initial Choice of Spinal Manipulation Reduces Escalation of Care for Chronic Low Back Pain among Older Medicare Beneficiaries
Submitted By: Jim Whedon
Evaluation of Health Care Delivery, Safety Procedures, and Canine Welfare in an Inpatient Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program: A Multicenter Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA
Submitted By: Christian Tejeda
Integrative Oncology
Submitted By: Erin Sweet
The Microbiota of Organic Farmers
Submitted By: Rebecca Sornson
Understanding the Current and Future Integrative Approaches to Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Submitted By: Ripal Shah
Understanding the Role of Ethnicity in the Metabolism and Storage of Vitamin D: At-Risk Groups for COVID-19
Submitted By: Ripal Shah
Culturally Responsive and Integrative Whole Health: Mapping the Social Determinants of Health onto the Functional Medicine Matrix
Submitted By: Serena Satcher
Utilization of GIS and Community Health Workers to Identify and Address Comorbid Diabetes and Depression in Okanogan County, WA
Submitted By: A. Logan Rost
Among Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain, Recipients of Spinal Manipulation Report Higher Satisfaction with Care and Qualify of Life as Compared to Recipients of Opioid Analgesic Therapy
Submitted By: Daniel Rossi