ACIH 
COUNCIL

WORKING

GROUPS OVERVIEW

AIHM utilizes Working Groups to carry out projects and tasks aligned with furthering the AIHM mission of clinical care, research, and education.  Members of Working Groups are researchers, educators, and clinical educators who are typically connected with schools organizational members.  Each Working Group meets approximately 5 times a year.

Working Group members volunteer to work on projects to further our collective values, mission, and vision.

Clinical Working Group

Identifies and advance projects in
clinical education

Education Working Group

Promotes interdisciplinary
healthcare education.

Research Working Group

Identifies and advances
educational projects

Co-Chairs

Marcia Prenguber, ND Past President, Council on Naturopathic Medical Education; Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine, University of Bridgeport

Sivarama “Prasad” Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), MAOM, MPH,  Professor, Research Director, Capstone Research, Southern California University of Health Sciences

Clinical Working Group

The focus of the Clinical Working Group is to identify and advance projects in clinical education that cultivate an interdisciplinary understanding and respect among professions. By enhancing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors (KSABs) of individuals involved in integrated clinical settings, the Clinical Working Group aims to nurture and develop integrated and collaborative patient care.

Co-Chairs

Dale Healey College of Health and Wellness, Northwestern Health Sciences University; ACIH Board representing Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

Beth Howlett, DAOM, LAc Vice President of Academics, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

Education Working Group

The focus of the Education Working Group (EWG) is on identifying and advancing educational projects that foster inter-disciplinary understanding and respect among professions. These projects inform students, practitioners, educators and the public about the role of interprofessional education in the advancement of integrative healthcare values and practices. EWG supports interprofessional education among the ACIH disciplines as well as the broader healthcare community.

Co-Chairs

Belinda Anderson, PhD, LAc Associate Dean of Allied Health Programs in the College of Health Professions, Pace University in New York City.

Kieran Cooley, BSc, ND Director, Research; Visiting Research Fellow, ARCCIM, Faculty of Health, UTS, The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

Research Working Group

The focus of the Research Working Group (RWG) is to promote mutual understanding, collaborative activities, and interdisciplinary health care education through research. The broad priorities of the RWG are: shifting the culture at CAM institutions to better embrace research; redirecting the research agenda regarding these disciplines so that it is of greater use to the members of the professions; and building research capacity within the ACIH disciplines.

Clinical Working Group | Identifies and advances projects in clinical education

Co-Chairs

Marcia Prenguber, ND Past President, Council on Naturopathic Medical Education; Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine, University of Bridgeport

Sivarama “Prasad” Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), MAOM, MPH,  Professor, Research Director, Capstone Research, Southern California University of Health Sciences

Clinical Working Group

The focus of the Clinical Working Group is to identify and advance projects in clinical education that cultivate an interdisciplinary understanding and respect among professions. By enhancing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors (KSABs) of individuals involved in integrated clinical settings, the Clinical Working Group aims to nurture and develop integrated and collaborative patient care.

Education Working Group | Promotes interdisciplinary healthcare education

Co-Chairs

Dale Healey College of Health and Wellness, Northwestern Health Sciences University; ACIH Board representing Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

Beth Howlett, DAOM, LAc Vice President of Academics, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

Education Working Group

The focus of the Education Working Group (EWG) is on identifying and advancing educational projects that foster inter-disciplinary understanding and respect among professions. These projects inform students, practitioners, educators and the public about the role of interprofessional education in the advancement of integrative healthcare values and practices. EWG supports interprofessional education among the ACIH disciplines as well as the broader healthcare community.

Research Working Group | Identifies and advances educational projects

Co-Chairs

Belinda Anderson, PhD, LAc Associate Dean of Allied Health Programs in the College of Health Professions, Pace University in New York City.

Kieran Cooley, BSc, ND Director, Research; Visiting Research Fellow, ARCCIM, Faculty of Health, UTS, The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

Research Working Group

The focus of the Research Working Group (RWG) is to promote mutual understanding, collaborative activities, and interdisciplinary health care education through research. The broad priorities of the RWG are: shifting the culture at CAM institutions to better embrace research; redirecting the research agenda regarding these disciplines so that it is of greater use to the members of the professions; and building research capacity within the ACIH disciplines.

Clinical Working Group | Identifies and advances projects in clinical education

Co-Chairs

Marcia Prenguber, ND Past President, Council on Naturopathic Medical Education; Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine, University of Bridgeport

Sivarama “Prasad” Vinjamury, MD (Ayurveda), MAOM, MPH,  Professor, Research Director, Capstone Research, Southern California University of Health Sciences

Clinical Working Group

The focus of the Clinical Working Group is to identify and advance projects in clinical education that cultivate an interdisciplinary understanding and respect among professions. By enhancing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors (KSABs) of individuals involved in integrated clinical settings, the Clinical Working Group aims to nurture and develop integrated and collaborative patient care.

Education Working Group | Promotes interdisciplinary healthcare education

Co-Chairs

Dale Healey College of Health and Wellness, Northwestern Health Sciences University; ACIH Board representing Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

Beth Howlett, DAOM, LAc Vice President of Academics, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine

Education Working Group

The focus of the Education Working Group (EWG) is on identifying and advancing educational projects that foster inter-disciplinary understanding and respect among professions. These projects inform students, practitioners, educators and the public about the role of interprofessional education in the advancement of integrative healthcare values and practices. EWG supports interprofessional education among the ACIH disciplines as well as the broader healthcare community.

Research Working Group | Identifies and advances educational projects

Co-Chairs

Belinda Anderson, PhD, LAc Associate Dean of Allied Health Programs in the College of Health Professions, Pace University in New York City.

Kieran Cooley, BSc, ND Director, Research; Visiting Research Fellow, ARCCIM, Faculty of Health, UTS, The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

Research Working Group

The focus of the Research Working Group (RWG) is to promote mutual understanding, collaborative activities, and interdisciplinary health care education through research. The broad priorities of the RWG are: shifting the culture at CAM institutions to better embrace research; redirecting the research agenda regarding these disciplines so that it is of greater use to the members of the professions; and building research capacity within the ACIH disciplines.

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