Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine Faculty
Fellowship Faculty
Fellowship Program Core Faculty
Gloria Yeh, MD, MPH, Program Director
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Research Interests:
• Efficacy and mechanism of mind-body exercise
• Chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
Ted Kaptchuk
Co-Director of the Program
Professor of Medicine at HMS
Director of the Program in Placebo Studies
and Therapeutic Encounter
Research Interests:
• Placebo effects
• Asian medicine
• Integrative medicine
Roger Davis, ScD
Associate Director of the Program
Senior biostatistician in the Research Section, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAssociate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health
Research Interests:
• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
Helene Langevin, MD
Associate Director of the Program
Professor in Residence of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Professor of Neurology, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Vermont College of Medicine
Peter Wayne, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and
Research Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
Research Interests:
• Mind-body practices
Affiliated Faculty
Bertisch, Suzanne, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine at HMS
Physician/Clinical Investigator in Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at BIDMC
Research Interests:
• Autonomic effects of yoga and meditative slow breathing
• Behavioral therapies
Fregni, Felipe, PhD, MMSc, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at HMS
Director of the Neuromodulation Center at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Research Interests:
• Neuromodulation
• Cognition
Paula Gardiner, MD MPH
Assistant Director of Integrative Medicine in the Boston Medical Center Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine
Research Interests:
• Complementary therapy integration
• Herbal medicine and dietary supplements
Goldberger, Ary, MD
Professor of Medicine at HMS
Director of the Margaret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics at BIDMC
Research Interests:
• Cardiology
• Biophysics
• Nonlinear dynamics
Hall, Kathryn, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine at HMS
Associate Molecular Biologist in the Division of Preventive Medicine at BWH,
Director of Placebo Genetics in the Program for Placebo Studies.
Research Interests:
• Molecular geneticist
• Epidemiology
• Pharmaceutical drug discovery
Kirsch, Irving, PhD
Lecturer in Medicine at HMS
Research Interests:
• Placebo effects
• Hypnosis
Ligibel, Jennifer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine at HMS
Medical director of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living
Research Interests:
• Cancer risk and outcomes
• Cancer treatment management
McCarthy, Ellen P, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine at HMS
Research Interests:
• Epidemiology
• Health services research
• Large database analysis
Mukamal, Kenneth MD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine at HMS
Visiting Scientist in Nutrition at HSPH
Associate Program Director for residency training for the BIDMC Department of Medicine.
Research Interests:
• Lifestyle factors and diet impact on chronic disease
• Cardiovascular disease
Napadow, Vitaly, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Faculty member at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Research Interests:
• Biomedical engineering
• Neuroscience
• Chronic pain
Elyse R. Park, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Behavioral science researcher at the MGH Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine and the MGH Cancer Survivorship Program
Research Interests:
• Quality of life and cancer risk
• Integrating mind-body interventions into clinical care settings
Peng, Chung-Kang, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine at HMS
Co-Director of the Margret & H.A Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology & Medicine
Director of the Center for Dynamical Biomarker at BIDMC
Research Interests:
• Development of mathematical and computational tools to characterize spatial and temporal patterns in health and disease
• Dynamical complexity for biological systems
Phillips, Russell, MD
Professor of Medicine at HMS and Director of the Center for Primary Care at HMS
Research Interests:
• Clinical epidemiology
• Use of IM among patients with chronic disease
Robert Saper, MD, MPH
Director of Integrative Medicine for the Boston Medical Center Department of Family Medicine
Associate Professor in the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health.
Research Interests:
• Yoga and chronic pain
• Safety and efficacy of traditional Indian herbal medicines
Sat Bir Khalsa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine at HMS
Research Interests:
• Yoga/mind-body medicine
• Clinical effectiveness
• Insomnia in post-traumatic stress disorder
Schumann-Olivier, Zev, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry at HMS
Executive and Research Director of the Cambridge Health Alliance, Center for Mindfulness and Compassion.
Research Intersts:
• Applying mind-body techniques to patients with mental illness
• Mindfulness training on impulsivity and inhibitory control during smoking cessation
Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School,
Co-Director of the Research Section in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC
Co-Director of the General Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Program at HMS
Director of the Obesity and Health Behaviors Research Programs within the Division
Research Interests:
• Obesity and health behaviors
• Influence of race and obesity on health outcomes
Weidong Lu, MB, MPH, PhD, Lic. Ac.,
Instructor in Medicine at HMS
Faculty member at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham Women's Hospital
Research Interests:
• Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Acupuncture
• Integrative medicine for back pain
Zafonte, Ross, DO
Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Massachusetts General Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Research Interests:
• Traumatic brain injuries
Clinician Educator Faculty
Levy, Donald, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at HMS
Medical director of the BWH OCC
Research Interests:
• Integrative medicine education
• Integrative care delivery
Mehta, Darshan, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine at HMS, Medical Director of MGH-BHI
Associate Director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Research Interests:
• Clinical nutrition
• Mind-body and integrative medicine
• Clinical outcomes of mindfulness
Nerurkar, Aditi, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine at HMS
Faculty member in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC
Medical Director of the Cheng-Tsui Center for Integrated Care at BIDMC
Research Interests:
• Sustainable integrative care delivery models
• Medical education
• Integration of CAM therapies in the primary care setting
Paulsen, Randall, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at HMS
Research Interests:
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction
