The NCMIC Foundation last year awarded the University of Minnesota a grant supporting the continuation of the Integrative Health Research (IHR) Fellowship Program. The IHR Fellowship was originally established in 2018 with funding from the NCMIC Foundation. Its goal is...
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Retaining and Graduating Minority Students in Chiropractic Colleges
By 2050, it is predicted that racial minorities will account for more than half of the U.S. population, according to the United States Census Bureau. However, the chiropractic profession is not representative of the national population regarding sex and race:...
U.S. Comptroller Appoints Chiropractor Christine Goertz as Chair of PCORI Board
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is pleased to announce that ACA Senior Scientific Advisor Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, has been appointed by the Comptroller of the United States to a three-year term as chair of the Patient-Centered...
American Chiropractic Association Supports Researcher Development Program
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), in recognition of the importance of expanding the growing body of evidence behind chiropractic care, announced that it will contribute support to the Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL), an international program...
If Not Bone Out of Place, Then What?
Learn ACA Survey Course Shows How Chiropractic Theory Has Changed and Where the Science Is Taking Us Is it as simple as bone-out, pinched-nerve, cause dis-ease? For more than a century, chiropractic science—at least as offered by many chiropractors—was frozen...
Chiropractor Christine Goertz Appointed Vice Chair of PCORI Board
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is pleased to announce that ACA Senior Scientific Advisor Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, has been appointed by the Comptroller of the United States to serve a three-year term as vice chair of...
Engaging the Community Through Diversity in Research
While a chiropractic student, I traveled with a group of medical providers to a community in Ghana to provide supplies, assist with health screens in remote villages, and work in a local hospital within a variety of departments. During my...
Research Review: Low-level Laser for Neck Pain vs. Randomised Placebo
Article: “Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the management of neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo or active-treatment controlled trials” Authors: Roberta T. Chow, Mark I. Johnson, Rodrigo A.B. Lopes-Martins, Jan M. Bjordal Publication Information: The...
WHO Collaboration Presents Public Health Opportunities for Chiropractic
The World Health Organization (WHO) held its 71st Assembly May 21-26, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. WHO is the directing and coordinating authority on international health, and uses the annual Assembly to set norms and standards for...
An Open Letter to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
On May 9, I had the honor of participating in a workshop at the 2018 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Baltimore with former and current senior staff at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)--formerly...
