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MUIH Announces 2021 Award Recipients
Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) has announced the 2021 student, faculty and staff recipients of its annual awards. A virtual awards event was held to recognize the award nominees and recipients. Fourteen graduating students in MUIH’s Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Health and Wellness Coaching, Health Promotion, Herbal Medicine, Integrative Health Studies, Nutrition and Yoga Therapy programs received the ...
Dr. Devin Byrd Appointed Sixth President of Bastyr University
Bastyr University (Washington & California) has named Devin A. Byrd, PhD as its new president. Dr. Byrd will assume the post of president on July 26, succeeding Harlan Patterson, who has been president since 2017. As Bastyr’s first African American president in its 43-year history, Dr. Byrd brings two decades of leadership experience in higher education. He ...
ACHS Appoints Tracey Abell as College President
The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS, Portland, OR) has announced that Tracey Abell, BS, MS, has been appointed ACHS president. Abell joined the ACHS team in 2002 and was formerly the chief operating officer. During her tenure at ACHS, Abell was promoted to leadership positions across the institution including dean of admissions, dean of ...
Serving Larger Portions of Veggies May Increase Young Kids’ Veggie Consumption
It can be difficult to get young kids to eat enough vegetables, but a new Penn State study found that simply adding more veggies to their plates resulted in children consuming more vegetables at the meal. The researchers found that when they doubled the amount of corn and broccoli served at a meal—from 60 to ...
NANP Celebrates First Decade of Preeminent BCHN Credential
The National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition (BCHN) Credential, the highest level of professional recognition and validation of knowledge and experience in the holistic nutrition industry. “BCHN is the first—and only—of its kind in standardizing the necessary education and exam rigor for professionals ...
NUHS Partners With Aurora University to Offer Advanced Scholars Program To Students
National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) has partnered with Aurora University (Illinois) to allow students to complete both undergraduate and doctor of chiropractic (DC) degrees in less time. The Advanced Scholars Program is a joint recruitment and dual admission effort that creates coordinated curriculum specifically for exceptional students who maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher at Aurora ...
AIHM Fellowship in Integrative Health and Medicine Accepting Applicants and Awarding Scholarships for Oct 2021 Session
The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) Interprofessional Fellowship in Integrative Health & Medicine, a 1,000-hour hybrid program for clinicians who aim to become leaders in integrative health and medicine, has expanded its program and is accepting applications for Oct. 2021. Rooted in evidence-based research, the Fellowship was launched in 2016 and blends online ...
Healthy Fat Impacted By Change in Diet and Circadian Clock
Changing your eating habits or altering your circadian clock can impact healthy fat tissue throughout your lifespan, according to a preclinical study published today in Nature by researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Healthy fat tissue helps provide energy, supports cell growth, protects organs and keeps the body warm. A good ...
Gift to Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Will Support Medical Training for Native Healers
The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine has announced a gift from Paul Stamets, an internationally known mycologist and advocate of the medical benefits of mushrooms. The gift—which brings Stamets’ total pledged contributions to the center to $300,000—will provide funding to Indigenous and other medical practitioners for training in the Integrative Medicine Program. Through that training, the center hopes to advance ...
ACLM Announces Health Systems Council
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has announced its Health Systems Council (HSC), a new group to support the pioneering trend of implementing lifestyle medicine into some of the largest and most innovative health organizations in the U.S. The new council has a founding membership of 19 systems employing more than 650k employees serving ...
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