Volume XIII, Number 2: Summer 2006
Three New Members Join NACCAM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has appointed three new members to NCCAM's National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The Council is composed of physicians, scientists, licensed CAM practitioners, and representatives of the public. Its members offer advice and recommendations on prioritizing, conducting, and supporting CAM research, research training, and the sharing of health information from NCCAM's research. The new members are as follows:
- Silvia Corvera, M.D., is professor in the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Corvera trained as an endocrinologist, and her research focus is greater understanding of type 2 diabetes.
- Bruce G. Redman, D.O., is clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and chair of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Data Monitoring Committee at the University of Michigan. He is also an advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and an executive officer of Southwest Oncology Group. Dr. Redman's research focuses on new approaches to cancer treatment that work with the immune system's responses.
- Danny D. Shen, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington. He also directs the Pharmacokinetics Laboratory within the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Shen's research focuses on interactions in the body between medications and herbal supplements, and on drug delivery to the central nervous system.
The NACCAM met on June 8, 2006. Back row: Ted Kaptchuk, Tieraona Low Dog, Danny Shen, Bruce Redman, Lloyd Mayer (ad hoc member), David Hillis; Middle row: Carlo Calabrese, Jeannette Ezzo, Stefanie Vogel, Joel Pickar, Bala Manyam; Front row: Joan Fox, Deborah Cotton, Margaret Chesney (Acting Chair), Silvia Corvera;
Not pictured: Jonathan Davidson, Alan Leshner, Robert Fullilove III, Larry Walker.
