About ISCMR

Purpose

The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) is an international professional, multidisciplinary, non-profit scientific organization that is devoted to fostering Complementary and Integrative Medicine research and provides a platform for knowledge and information exchange to enhance international communication and collaboration.

Goals

Facilitate communication and collaboration among researchers and practitioners with an interest in research on a worldwide basis.
Provide access to Complementary Medicine research information (internationally relevant events, conferences, publications).
Provide access to an international database of ISCMR members.
Provide reduced journal subscription rates and international meeting registration fees.
Collaborate with individual researchers (or teams), regional societies, professional organizations and research networks to further mutual goals related to research and development agendas.
Co-organize an annual International Congress for Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR).

Executive Committee

President	Heather Boon	heather.boon(at)utoronto.ca	2013-2015
President Elect	Vinjar Fonnebo	Vinjar.Fonnebo(at)fagmed.uit.no	2013-2015 (president: 2015-2017)
Secretary	Ania Kania	akania@ucalgary.ca	2013-2015
Treasurer	Laila Salomonsen	laila.salomonsen(at)uit.no	2013-2015
Membership secretary	Mikel Aicken	iscmr_memsec(at)earthlink.net	2013-2015

Board of Directors

BOD members	E-mail address	Term
Torkel Falkenberg	torkel.falkenberg(at)ki.se	2012-2015
Judith Fouladbakhsh	dr.judi129(at)gmail.com	2011-2013, 2013-2016
Corina Güthlin	guethlin(at)allgemeinmedizin.uni-frankfurt.de	2010-2013, 2013-2016
Aviad Haramati	haramati(at)georgetown.edu	2011-2014
Tsutomu Kamei	ttm(at)fork.ocn.ne.jp	2013-2016
George Lewith	gl3(at)soton.ac.uk	2005-2008, 2008-2011, 2011-2014
Myeong Soo Lee	drmslee(at)gmail.com	2010-2013, 2013-2016
Jiangping Liu	jianping_l(at)hotmail.com	2011-2014
Scott Mist	scott.mist(at)comcast.net	2011-2014
Jorge Vas	jorgevas(at)gmail.com	2011-2014
Kenji Watanabe	watanabekenji(at)a6.keio.jp	2012-2015
Ursula Wolf	ursula.wolf(at)kikom.unibe.ch	2012-2015

Immediate Past President

Claudia Witt

claudia.witt(at)charite.de

to be followed by Vinjar Fonnebo in 2015

Scientific Advisory Committee

Alan Bensoussan	AUS	2010-2013, 2013-2016
Brian Berman	USA	2010-2013, 2013-2016
Peter Fisher	UK	2013-2016
Marja Verhoef	CAN	2010-2013, 2013-2016

Organizers of Next Conferences (non-voting BOD members)

Aviad Hamarati

(CAHCIM representative)

haramati(at)georgetown.edu

Organizer of:
2014 International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health
Miami FL (USA)
May 13-16, 2014

KIOM representative

Organizer of:
2015 International Congress for Complementary Medicine (ICCMR)
Jeju Island, South Korea
May 13-15, 2015