SAMUELI INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 JULY 2001 TO
PRESENT
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SIIB RESEARCH PROJECTS CURRENTLY FUNDED AND ACTIVE
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Title: Assessment of Outcomes from the Use of Homeopathy and Acupuncture in General Practice
Principal Investigator: Karin Kirschmann Dipl Psych
Affiliations: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology
conditions.
Title: Proteomic Analysis of Homeopathic Glutamanergic Neurotoxicity and Protection
Principal Investigator: Aryan Namboodiri PhD
Affiliation: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Principal Co-Investigators: Radha Maheshwari PhD
Affiliation: Professor of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: HALD Chemistry Core Laboratory
Principal Co-Investigators: Todor Todorov PhD, Jose Centeno PhD
Affiliations: Laboratory of Biophysics and Environmental Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
Title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Multi-centered Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Homeopathic Medication TRAUMEEL S in the Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Stomatitis in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation.
Principal Investigator: Menachem Oberbaum MD
Affiliation: Center for Integrated Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Title: Homeopathic Nosodes in the Treatment of Viral Infections
Principal Investigator: Radha Maheshwari PhD
Affiliation: Professor of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: Systematic Review of Treatments for Headache
Principal Investigator: Mylene Huynh MD, MPH
Affiliation: Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, Washington, DC
Title: A Double-blind Randomized Homeopathic Remedy Proving: A Comparison of Two High Potencies
Principal Investigator: Heribert Mollinger MD
Affiliation: Gesundheitszentrum Sokrates, Guttingen, Switzerland
Title: Experiments Exploring Causal versus Retrocausal Models of Mind-matter Interaction
Principal Investigator: Dean Radin PhD
Affiliations: Senior Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
Title: Macroscopic Entanglement as a Model for Information Biology Effects- Empirical Tests of a New Model
Principal Investigator: Harald Walach PhD
Affiliations: Director of Research at the Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Distant Mental Interaction with Living Systems: A Critical Assessment and Re-Testing
Principal Investigator: Stefan Schmidt PhD
Affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Energy Medicine Treatment of Brain Cancer in Cell Models
Principal Investigator: Garrett Yount PhD
Affiliation: Senior Scientist. Complementary Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Title: Non-local Correlation in Brain Activity: A Replication
Principal Investigator: Daniel Riewe Dipl Biol, Raul Narango Muradas PhD
Affiliations: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Cytoprotection of External Bioenergy to Injury Caused by Hypoxia, Heat and Oxidative Stress
Principal Investigator: Juliann G Kiang PhD
Affiliations: Research Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Title: Random Event Generator Measurement in a Surgical Recovery Room
Principal Investigator: Cindy Crawford BA
Affiliations: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Title: Model for Investigation of Cellular Healing Dynamics
Principal Investigator: Roeland van Wijk PhD
Affiliations: Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Title: Gas Discharge Visualization Energy Measurement of Clinical Illness
Principal Investigator: Clair A Francomano MD
Affiliation: Section Chief, Human Genetics and Integrative Medicine Section, NIH-National Institute of Aging, Baltimore, MD
Title: Systematic Studies on Physiological Changes Accompanying Mind/Body Practice and Energy Therapies
Principal Investigator: Shin Lin PhD
Affiliations: Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Physiology and Biophysics, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA
Title: The Role of Expectancy Effects in Nonlocal Healing and the Limits of the Placebo
Principal Investigator: Marilyn Schlitz PhD
Affiliation: Director of Research, the Institute for Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, CA
Principal Co-Investigators: Sarah Brien PhD, George T Lewith PhD
Affiliations: School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
Title: Central Nervous System Correlates to Prestimulus Skin Conductance Response: An Exploratory Study
Principal Investigator: Edwin C May PhD
Affiliations: Project Scientist/Engineer, Founder and President Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Palo Alto, CA
Title: The Efficacy of Distant Healing: An Ongoing Four-armed Randomized Study in Europe
Principal Investigator: Harald Walach PhD
Affiliation: Director of Research at the Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg University Hospital, Germany
Title: Optimal Healing Environment? An Assessment of the Tzu Chi Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Marja Verhoef PhD
Affiliation: Department of Community Health Services, University of Calgary
Title: Trial Characteristics and Placebo Effects in Clinical Studies
Principal Investigator: Catharina Sadaghiani PhD
Affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Compassionate and Affective Affirmation as a Treatment for Methamphetamine Abuse: A Pilot Study
Principal Investigator: Sharon H Vitousek MD
Affiliation: Five Mountains Hawaii, North Hawaii, Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation
Principal Co-Investigators: Stefan Schmidt PhD, Harald Walach PhD
Affiliation: University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg, Germany
Title: Creating a Healing Environment: The Fostering of Compassionate Love via Mindfulness-based Training of Health Care Providers
Principal Investigator: Michael J Baime MD
Affiliation: Penn Program for Stress Management, University of Pennsylvania
Traditional and International Medicine
Title: Homeopathic Approach for Treatment and Prevention of Cancer: Preclinical Studies Using Animal Models
Principal Investigator: Ramadasan Kuttan PhD
Affiliation: Amala Cancer Research Centre, Kerala, India
Title: Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in the Management of Cancer: A Clinical Study
Principal Investigator: Girish Gupta MD
Affiliation: Gaurant Clinic and Centre for Homeopathic Research Lucknow, India
Title: Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in the Management of Myomata Uteri
Principal Investigator: Girish Gupta MD
Affiliation: Gaurant Clinic and Centre for Homeopathic Research Lucknow, India
MIL-CAM Research Projects Funded
Title: Analyzing the Chemical Aspects of Samples Derived from CAM and MIL-CAM Research Projects.
Principal Investigator: Jose Centeno PhD
Affiliation: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
Title: Practice Outcomes Evaluation Management System for Complementary, Alternative, and Traditional Medicine
Principal Investigator: Christine Goertz PhD
Affiliation: Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA
Title: Auricular Acupuncture in the Treatment of Acute Pain Syndrome
Principal Co-Investigators: Christine Goertz PhD, Richard Niemtzow, MD
Affiliations: Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA and Andrew's Air Force Base, MD
Title: Manipulation for Acute Low Back Pain in Young, Healthy Marines
Principal Investigator: Christine Goertz, PhD
Affiliations: Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA and Camp Pendleton, CA
Title: Yoga in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Principal Co-Investigators: Christine Goertz PhD, Charles Engel MD
Affiliation: Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA and Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, DC
Title: Anodyne Treatment of Leg Pain
Principal Co-Investigators: Christine Goertz PhD, Richard Petri MD
Affiliations: Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA and Ft. Bliss, TX
Title: Homeopathic Nosodes for the Treatment of VEE Infection
Principal Investigator: Radha Maheshwari PhD
Affiliation: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Title: Mechanisms of Receptor Signaling Following Low and Ultra-Low Treatment of Macrophages with Lipopolysaccharide and Interlukin-6
Principal Investigator: Florence Rollwagen PhD
Affiliation: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Title: Effects of SCENAR Therapy on Pain and Swelling, Reflex Muscle Inhibition, Ankle Functional Status, and Recovery Time Following Acute Ankle Sprain
Principal Investigator: Ann G Taylor Ed D
Affiliation: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Title: Analyzing Genomic and Proteomic Profiles of CAM Research Samples
Principal Investigator: Richard I Somiari PhD
Affiliation: Windber Research Institute, Windber, PA