Integrative Medicine Program Lecture Series
Time and Location
Lectures take place from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Hickey Auditorium (R11.1400), unless otherwise indicated.
Calendar
January 17, 2012
Systematic Approaches to Accelerate Agent Development with Botanical and Biologics
Nagi Kumar, Ph.D., RD, FADA
Senior Member/Professor
Division of Population Sciences
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
February 21, 2012
Nutritional Supplements: Benefits and Risks
Peiying Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, General Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
March 20, 2012
Bioactive Food Components and Cancer Chemoprevention
Shivendra V. Singh, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Professor, Department of Urology
University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Pittsburg, PA
April 17, 2012
Pursuing the Placebo Effect
Ted Kaptchuk, O.M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Program in Placebo Studies & Therapeutic Encounter
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
May 15, 2012
Should Flaxseed be Consumed by Breast Cancer Patients?
Lilian Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
June 19, 2012
Neuroendocrine Influences on Tumor Metastasis
Anil Sood, M.D.
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Productive Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
July 17, 2012
Does the 4-Box Model of Shared Decision-Making Work for Integrative Medicine?
Mark Siegler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor and Director
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
September 18, 2012
M. D. Anderson's Integrative Medicine Program: Progress and Future Directions
Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., Director
Richard Lee, M.D., Medical Director
Integrative Medicine Program
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
October 16, 2012
TBA
Jean L. Kristeller, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Health, Religion and Spirituality
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
November 20, 2012
TBA
Mark Messina, Ph.D.
Co-Owner of Nutrition Matters, Inc.
Adjunct Professor - Loma Linda University
Executive Director - Soy Nutrition Institute
Port Townsend, WA
January 15, 2013
Prevention of Age Associated Disease by Optimizing Micronutrient Intake
Bruce Ames, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Senior Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
Oakland, CA
February 19, 2013
Diet and Cancer Prevention: The Too Little and Too Much Conundrum
John Milner, Ph.D. Chief
Nutritional Science Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute - National Institutes of Health
Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
March 19, 2013
Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer
Maarten Bosland, Ph.D., DVSc
Professor, Pathology
College of Medicine
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
April 16, 2013
TBA
Varsha Gandhi, PhD
Ruby E. Rutherford Distinguished Professor
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
May 21, 2013
Stress Management Effects on Adaptation and Biobehavioral Processes in Women Undergoing Treatment for Non-metastatic Breast Cancer
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Center for Psycho-oncology Research Program
Professor, Biobehavioral Oncology Sylvester Cancer Center
University of Miami
Miami, FL
June 18, 2013
TBA
July 16, 2013
Meaning Centered Psychotherapy: Enhancing Meaning and Spiritual Well Being in Advanced Cancer Patients
William Brietbart, M.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief, Psychiatry Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
The Power of Sustainable Changes in Diet and Lifestyle
How can small lifestyle changes make a huge impact on your health?
Dr. Dean Ornish discusses key strategies that enable us to make sustainable lifestyle changes that will help reduce the odds of getting chronic life threatening illness like cancer or heart disease.
The Power of Sustainable Changes in Diet and Lifestyle (1:12)