Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus

Members: 130 Discussions: 147

The purpose of this caucus will include but not be limited to the following:

Generate discussion to define and establish the boundaries of this emerging field;
Facilitate dialogue with colleagues working in older related fields such as Chiropractic, Osteopathic, Naturopathic, and Acupuncture traditions, especially those outside the continental United States;
Develop networking and resource sharing between information professionals who support programs and activities in their institutions that fall within the category of Complementary medicine;
Share information regarding relevant conferences, events and sources of funding for research;
Host and support informative events at MLA Annual, Mid-winter, and regional meetings concerning Complementary Medicine;
Review and prepare annotated bibliographies on resources in alternative and complementary medicine;
Work with the National Institute of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine to extend MeSH indexing in these disciplines;
and Support ongoing activities to educate consumers on the use and abuse of non-allopathic healing arts.

Name	Position
Carrie D. Adams University of Florida	Chair; Community Council Alternate
Terry Kit Selfe, AHIP University of Florida	Chair-Elect
Yumin Jiang University of Colorado	Immediate Past-Chair; Community Council Representative
Susan Maria Harnett, AHIP Nemours Children's Health	Webmaster/Community Manager
Bridget Jivanelli, AHIP Hospital for Special Surgery	Delegate, Information Services Domain Hub