NCCAM's 10th Anniversary Research Symposium: Program

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
9:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m. ET
Masur Auditorium, Building 10
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Registration is not required for the symposium.

Program

9:00–9:30

Welcome

CAM Research: NCCAM at 10 years
Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.
Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health

9:30–12:00

Morning Session: Natural Products

Robert Nussenblatt, M.D. (Moderator)
Acting Scientific and Clinical Director
Division of Intramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health

The Human Gut Microbiome:
Dining in with a Few Trillion Fascinating Friends
Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

(10:15–10:35)

Break

The Role of the Human Microbiota in Health and Disease
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D.

University of Maryland School of Medicine

12:00–1:15

Lunch Break

1:15–2:45

Afternoon Session: Mind-Body Medicine

Jack Killen, M.D. (Moderator)

Deputy Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Acupuncture, Pain, and Placebo
Bruce R. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

Meditation: A Neuroscience Approach
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2:45–3:00

Break

3:00–4:00

Keynote

Stress, Coping, and Well-Being: Behavioral Science
Meets Integrative Medicine
Susan Folkman, Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

4:00–4:15

Closing Remarks

Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.

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