Mission
The Osher Center for Integrative Health is a collaboration between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It is focused on enhancing human health, resilience and quality of life through translational research, clinical practice and education in integrative medicine. We believe that by increasing our fundamental scientific understanding of human health, we are moving toward a new model of wellness and healing. See our new 5-Year Strategic Plan (2021)
Our Center
New 5-Year Strategic Plan (2021)
What is Integrative Medicine?
A Center ‘Without Walls’
History
Leadership
Peter Wayne, PhD, Center Director
Donald Levy, MD, Medical Director
Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Education Director
Gloria Yeh, MD, Director of Clinical Research
Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, Director of Nutrition and Supplements Research
Matthew H Kowalski, DC, Associate Clinical Director
Aterah Nusrat, MSc, DIC, Snr. Program Manager
Director of Programming in Integrative Medicine and Planetary Health
Kathleen Kehoe, MS, Practice Administrator
Advisory Boards
Financial and Administrative Oversight Committee
Advisory Committee
The Osher Collaborative
The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health comprises an international group of seven academic Centers funded by The Bernard Osher Foundation to study, teach, and practice integrative medicine.
- University of California, San Francisco (endowed in 1998)
- Harvard University (2001)
- Karolinska Institutet (2005)
- Northwestern University (2014)
- Vanderbilt University (2014)
- University of Miami (2017)
- University of Washington (2018)
- University of Cincinnati (2021)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021)
- University of Utah (2022)
- University of Vermont (2022)
The eleven programs possess both unique and shared strengths in the areas of research, education, and clinical care. The Osher Collaborative advances the field of integrative medicine through the sharing of knowledge, resources, and best practices.
