SAMUELI INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 JULY 2001 TO
PRESENT
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RESEARCH PROJECTS FUNDED AND NOW COMPLETED
Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
Title: Program on Neuroprotection with Homeopathic Glutamate
Principal Co-Investigators: John Ives PhD, Ayo Olufade MS, Ann Marini PhD, MD, Diane Marotta PhD
Affiliations: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Principal Investigator: Radha Maheshwari PhD
Affiliation: Professor of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: Prevention of Prostate Cancer with Low-dose Cadmium
Principal Co-Investigators: Radha Maheshwari PhD, Jaya Gaddipati PhD, Rajesh Kumar PhD, Anoop Singh PhD, Pankaj Seth PhD, Michael Waalkes PhD
Affiliations: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Two NIH laboratories, Gaurang Clinic, Lucknow, India, Amala Research Center, Amala, India
Title: Systematic Review of Hormesis and Homeopathy for Biochemical Warfare Protection
Principal Investigator: Astrid Szeto, MPH
Affiliation: Environmental Control Section, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Title: Homeopathic Protection of the Brain from Biochemical Warfare Agents
Principal Investigator: Aryan Namboodiri PhD
Affiliation: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Publication: Rapid Sodium Cyanide Depletion in Cell Culture Media: Outgassing of Hydrogen Cyanide at Physiological pH.
Frontier Science and Information Biology
Title: Digital Biology Program
Principal Co-Investigators: John Ives PhD, Florence Rollwagen PhD, Rajesh Kumar PhD
Affiliations: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: Ca2+ Sparks as Biosensors of External Qi of Qigong
Principal Investigator: Heping (Peace) Cheng PhD
Affiliations: Investigator, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute of Aging, NIH and Cheung Kand Scholar at Peking University
Title: Healing-Entropy Measurement Program
Principal Co-Investigators: Cindy Crawford BA, Roger Nelson PhD, Mietek Wirkus, Margaret Wirkus
Affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: Consciousness and Healing Review Program
Principal Co-Investigators: Cindy Crawford BA, Andrew Sparber RN
Affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Title: Investigation of the Zwitterion Hypothesis in Homeopathy
Principal Investigator: David Anick PhD, MD
Affiliations: Psychiatrist and Homeopath, Marino Center for Progressive Health, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA
Title: IR-Raman Spectroscopy Studies of Homeopathic Preparations
Principal Investigator: Susan Maharaj PhD
Affiliations: Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington, DC
Title: Water Structure and Informatics Related to Homeopathy
Principal Co-Investigators: Yakir Aharanov PhD, Eshel Ben Jacob PhD
Affiliations: School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Title: Statistical Techniques to Investigate Distant Neural Energy Transfer
Principal Investigator: Leanna Standish PhD
Affiliation: Bastyr University and University of Washington, MA
Title: Towards a Quantitative Physics and Chemistry Foundation for Information Biology
Principal Investigator: William A Tiller PhD
Affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California and Payson, AZ
Optimal Healing Environments
Title: Factors Enhancing Non-sensory Interpersonal Interaction
Principal Investigator: Rainer Schneider PhD
Affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Placebo Response Rates in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Meta-analysis
Principal Investigator: Catharina Sadaghiani PhD
Affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany