Education
Program Staff
Sara Warber, MD
Co-Director - University
of Michigan Integrative Medicine
Dr. Warber is the Principal Investigator
on a R25 education grant awarded
by the National Institutes of Health,
National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine, to support
the development of integrative
medicine curricula for the UM Schools
of Medicine and Allied Health.
In this capacity she has been instrumental
in developing a 4-year complementary
and alternative medicine course
sequence for undergraduate medical
students. She has also been a key
figure in the design of an Integrative
Medicine Clinic at the University
of Michigan Health System. Dr.
Warber sits on the Steering Committee
of the Consortium of Academic Health
Centers for Integrative Medicine
and on the Board of Directors for
the American Board of Holistic
Medicine. Dr. Warber received her
medical degree from Michigan State
University, and completed her Internship
and Residency with the Department
of Family Medicine at the University
of Michigan. She completed a Fellowship
in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholars Program at the University
of Michigan and is currently an
Assistant Professor at UM in the
Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Warber studied herbalism and
spiritual healing for 14 years
with a Native American Healer.
As the Co-Director of the University
of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center for Cardiovascular
Diseases, Dr. Warber has been awarded
the administration of one of 12
National Institutes of Health funded
national centers dedicated to research
and education in the practice of
integrative medicine. Her research
interests include the use of herbs,
energy healing, environmental healing,
and the therapeutic relationship.
Rita Benn, PhD
Director of Education - University
of Michigan Integrative Medicine
Dr. Benn is a Co-Principal Investigator
on a R25 NCCAM grant awarded to
UMIM with the aim of expanding
curriculum related to integrative
health into medical education and
the allied health fields. In that
role, Dr. Benn coordinates a year
long interdisciplinary Faculty
Scholars Program in Integrative
Healthcare, assists faculty across
professional schools in the design,
implementation and evaluation of
coursework, and plans academic
graduate programs and continuing
education workshops for physicians
and health care professionals.
Dr. Benn also implements mind-body
stress reduction courses for students,
professionals and the community.
Dr. Benn is the Co-chair of the
Education Work group for the Consortium
of Academic Health Center and has
published educational guides and
articles in the area of integrative
medical education. Dr. Benn’s
research focuses on examining the
effects of mind-body practices,
energy healing and spirituality
on health and well-being in women
and children. Dr. Benn is the Principal
Investigator on two funded studies;
one investigates Transcendental
Meditation and social competence
in middle school children and the
other, mind-body skills group based
intervention for women with a history
of abuse. Dr. Benn ihas a strong
interest in positive organizational
learning and in assessing attitude
and system change resulting from
exposure to educational innovations
in integrative medicine. Dr. Benn
frequently serves as a scientific
reviewer on panels convened by
NCCAM and other NIH institutes.
Dr. Benn received her PhD from
the University of Michigan's Combined
Program in Education and Psychology,
and practiced as a clinical child
and school psychologist. She holds
research faculty appointments in
the UM Department of Family Medicine
and the Institute for Research
on Women and Gender.
Leslie Wimsatt, PhD
Director of Curriculum Development
- University
of Michigan Integrative Medicine
Dr. Wimsatt coordinates curricular
planning, implementation, and evaluation
for undergraduate and graduate
programs administered by UMIM for
the UM Medical School. She serves
as a Co-Principal Investigator
on an education grant awarded by
the National Institutes of Health
(NCCAM) to support the incorporation
of complementary and alternative
medicine coursework into the education
of healthcare professionals. She
received her PhD and MA degrees
in higher education administration
from the University of Michigan
where she worked as a graduate
research assistant for the National
Center for Postsecondary Improvement
(NCPI) and as a graduate administrative
assistant for the Office of State
Outreach. Her responsibilities
at NCPI included the coordination
of qualitative and quantitative
data collection to support the
study of national trends in undergraduate
teaching, learning, and assessment
practices. Dr. Wimsatt also served
as Assistant Director of the Office
of Sponsored and Academic Programs
Support and Evaluation at Saginaw
Valley State University where she
designed faculty support programs,
cultivated funded project development,
and engaged in grant writing. She
has more than 20 years of teaching
and administrative experience in
the field of education, receiving
recognition for her work in the
area of instructional planning,
educational leadership, and community-based
program development. She has co-authored
several publications that focus
on undergraduate student outcomes
and the influence of individual
and institutional factors on teaching
and learning processes. Her research
interests also include the study
of faculty recruitment and retention,
research productivity, and cross-disciplinary
collaboration.
Suzanna Zick, ND, MPH
Research Investigator, Department
of Family Medicine, University
of Michigan Integrative Medicine
Dr. Zick works in association with
other members of the education
team to provide expertise on various
areas of complementary and alternative
medicine content. These areas include
herbal medicine, Alternative Medical
Systems, homeopathy and wholistic
nutrition. She also assists in
teaching various medical and nursing
school classes as well as several
modules of the Faculty Scholars
Program (FSP). Dr. Zick received
her bachelor degree in biology
and anthropology from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan.
She then pursued a master's degree
in medical anthropology from Michigan
State University before moving
to Portland, Oregon where she received
her naturopathic degree from the
National College of Naturopathic
Medicine. Dr. Zick also has received
her Masters of Public Health in
epidemiology from the University
of Michigan. She started practicing
naturopathy in Ann Arbor in 1997
and helped to found the Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Research
Center (CAMRC) at the University
of Michigan. Dr. Zick presently
focuses on botanical medicine and
cancer prevention research.
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Advisory Committee
Linda
Berry DC
Mary Ellen Bozynski
MD
Rita Benn PhD
Joseph Fantone
MD
Tamara Gay MD
Larry Gruppen
PhD
Andrew Heyman MD
Robert Lash
MD
Alison Lee, MD
Edward Linkner
MD
Holly Peters-Golden PhD
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Jeanne
Raisler PhD
Barry Ryder, AMTA
Debra Salerno, Ph.D
Anita Sandretto PhD
Leslie Shimp PhD
Katherine Smith, MPH
Mark Supiano MD
Sara Warber MD
Casey White, MA
Leslie Wimsatt PhD
Wasentha Young, BA |
Contributors
The Integrative Medicine fellowship is supported by the U-M Department of Family Medicine with a generous grant from the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation (Basking Ridge, NJ). Support for many enrichments to our educational program comes from the Alpern Reserach and Education Fund, donated by Marge and Bob Alpern of Bloomfield Hills, MI. Support for development of educational programming was initiated by a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research, National Institutes of Health, Grant Number R25 AT000812-04 in collaboration with the U-M Medical School. To date, more than 2000 medical students, faculty members, physicians/practitioners, and patients have benefitted from UMIM programming.
NOTE: Private donations are welcome
at any time. Indeed, we rely on
individuals, as well as corporate
donors and foundation grants, to
help attain annual and long-term
goals. Such donations provide an
important source of support for
the extension of curricular programs,
student fellowships, research on
complementary and alternative therapies,
and clinical services. Making a
tax-deductible gift to UMIM can
and will help advance integrative
medical education, further research
efforts and support quality clinical
services.
For information on how you can
support our program, please contact
Amy St. Amour, Development Officer,
at 734-998-7120 (ext. 330) or
734-645-0423, or by email at
astamour@umich.edu. Donations in
any amount are gratefully received
and all contributions will be acknowledged,
with your permission, in our UMIM
publications. Simply send your
tax deductible donation to the
following address:
Amy St. Amour
University of Michigan Integrative
Medicine
Office of Medical Development and
Alumni Relations
301 East Liberty Street, Suite
400
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Contact
Us
Education Program
University of Michigan Integrative
Medicine
715 E. Huron Street, Suite 1W
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Phone: (734) 998-7715
Fax: (734) 998-7720
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