2019 Conference

SAR's 2019 International Research Conference 
June 27-29, 2019 | Burlington, VT, USA
Acupuncture Research, Health Care Policy, & Community Health...
Closing the Loop
Hosted by University of Vermont

 


This was SAR’s most exciting and potentially impactful conference to date - thanks to all who participated!

The conference was organized around the theme of moving toward a world where acupuncture research is organized, coherent and readily accessible to all the relevant stakeholder groups in order to inform evidence-based decision-making.  The goal was to support a reality where integration and cross-pollination can flourish  - in both the intradisciplinary sense between various acupuncture stakeholders -  and the interdisciplinary sense between acupuncture and other health care disciplines.

So we brought multiple stakeholders together to explore:

  • Knowledge and gaps in acupuncture research: What do we know and what do we need to know?
  • Successes and shortcomings in the dissemination and implementation of acupuncture research:  Are we “getting the word out” effectively?
  • How can we work together to address these issues more effectively?
Who was there?
  • Acupuncture Research experts from around the globe (including SAR’s Board of Directors and Advisory Board Member Richard Hammerschlag, PhD)
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Director Helene Langevin, MD (plus other NCCIH representatives)
  • Leaders representing insurance providers (including BlueCross BlueShield Vermont and others)
  • The Veterans Administration - Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation
  • Representatives from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Representatives from several TCM colleges
  • Representatives from the American Society of Acupuncturists
  • Representatives from the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
  • Multiple clinical, educational, and patient advocacy groups
  • And many more...
Main Conference Sponsors:
University of Vermont
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
American Society of Acupuncturists
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture





 

Conference Sponsors:

DRAGON "PLUS" LEVEL: 

Tibetree - Cheezheng Tibetan Medical Company, Ltd.

TIGER LEVEL: 

Five Branches University

CRANE LEVEL:

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Supporting Organizations:

Boston Medical Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
New England School of Acupuncture at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Tufts University School of Medicine
UMass Memorial Medical Center

 

For information about conference sponsorship and visibility for SAR's 2021 conference, contact [email protected].