Research

The vision of the research pillar of the Integrative Medicine Collaborative is to provide leadership in developing research and mentoring to the Integrative Medicine community at UCLA. The ongoing research studies will be listed on the IMC website to serve as resource for referrals for patients and clinicians.

Meditation

• Neural basis for positive effects of breathing on emotional state(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• A Phase III Randomized Trial Targeting Behavioral Symptoms in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Mindfulness Meditation and Insomnia in Alzheimer Disease Caregivers: Inflammatory and Biological Aging Mechanisms(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)  
• Mentoring and research in translational neuroscience of integrative medicine(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Supplements

• DBP and the bioavailability and function of vitamin D(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Impact of ethnicity in the gut microbiome in response to oral vitamin D replacement(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Role of GPR120 and Macrophages in Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Inhibition of Prostate Cancer(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Targeting diet-induced promotion of Kras-initiated pancreatic adenocarcinoma(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Reverse Mitochondrial Genetics Enabled by Blast(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Tai Chi

• Brain connectivity and response to Tai Chi in geriatric depression (project no.04S1)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) | (proj.no.04)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Mentoring and research in translational neuroscience of integrative medicine(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Eastern

• Alcohol, HIV, and Bio-Behavioral Research Conference Series(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• An RCT to Improve the South African Government's Community Health Workers' Capacities to Deliver Evidence-based Interventions for Optimizing HIV Outcomes and Reducing its Comorbidities(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Alternative

• Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine Training Program(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Engineering Precision Medicine to Enhance Graft-Versus-Lymphoma Effect(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• A laboratory-based hypnosis intervention on psychophysiological markers of pain responsivity in adolescents with and without sickle cell disease(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• 1/3 Building Integrative CNS Networks for Genomic Analysis of Autism(Link is external)
• The UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program(Link is external)

Mindfulness

• Promoting Adherence to Anti-hypertensive Medications and Lifestyle Guidelines through Mindfulness Practice(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• A Phase III Randomized Trial Targeting Behavioral Symptoms in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Mindfulness Meditation and Insomnia in Alzheimer Disease Caregivers: Inflammatory and Biological Aging Mechanisms(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Targeting maladaptive responding to negative affect in adolescent cannabis users(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Biobehavioral

• Biobehavioral predictors of fatigue in newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Late life sleep disturbances: Effects on cell stress, telomerase, inflammation(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• A Randomized Trial for Sleep Disturbances to Reverse Cellular Aging(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Biobehavioral Issues in Physical and Mental Health(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• MSM and Substances Cohort at UCLA Linking Infections Noting Effects (MASCULINE)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Behavioral and inflammatory responses to stress: Implications for depression in youth exposed to adversity(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Translational Research of Biobehavioral Mechanisms in Cancer Control(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Interdisciplinary Research Network on Early Adversity & Later Life Reversibility (project no.05S1)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) | (project no.05)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Gene-brain-environment interactions as determinants of typical and atypical developmental trajectories(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Biobehavioral Research Approaches to reduce Effects of Trauma on Mental and Physical Health and Cognitive Outcomes in South Africa(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Psychopathology and Life Stress Effects on Neural Dynamics Supporting Emotion Inhibition(Link is external)

Integrative Medicine

• The Feasibility of Songwriting as Stress Management for Parents of Hospitalized Children(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• DHA Reverses Gene Network Signatures of Fructose-induced Metabolic Syndrome Project 04S1(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) | Project 04(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Mentoring and research in translational neuroscience of integrative medicine(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• 2018 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• UCLA Training Program in the Translational Neuroscience of Drug Abuse (TNDA)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Developmental Trajectories and Autism Risk in NICU Graduates: A Longitudinal Study of Brain and Behavior(Link is external)
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupressure for Health-Related Quality of Life and Perception of Stress Among Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic(Link is external)
• A Shared Decision Making Intervention for Diabetes Prevention in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus(Link is external)

CIM Funding

Virtual Reality

• Treating Phobia with Multivoxel Neuro-reinforcement(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)