The Osher Center for Integrative Health brings together skilled integrative practitioners, researchers, educators, and students from across UVM and the UVM Health Network, to provide patient care, conduct research, and educate the community -- advancing quality, whole healthcare aligned with our planet's health.

Our Work

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Our Mission, Vision, and Values

Our mission is to advance whole, integrative health through education, clinical care, research, and policy. Join us as we model a transformative, equitable, whole health approach to optimize the health of individuals, communities, and our planet.

Mission, Vision, and Values
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What is Integrative Healthcare?

Integrative Healthcare reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of appropriate therapeutic approaches and healthcare professionals to achieve optimal health and healing.

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Complementary Therapies

Integrative healthcare brings conventional and complementary care together in a coordinated way. Complementary physical and/or psychological therapies include tai chi, yoga, acupuncture, massage, spinal manipulation, expressive arts, music, mindfulness, and more.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Leaders across the globe Global Partners

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Osher Collaborative

The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Health is an international group of 11 academic health centers funded by The Bernard Osher Foundation to study, teach, and practice integrative healthcare. The Osher Collaborative amplifies the impact of each member's work, advancing whole person care.
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Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH)

For integrative medicine professionals and students at academic health centers and health systems, ACIMH is the world’s most comprehensive community for advancing the practice of whole health, with leading expertise in research, clinical care, and education.
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

The NCCIH conducts and supports research and provides information about complementary health.
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Spread HOPE

All of our work -- from educational programs to clinical outreach to rigorous research studies -- is focused on quality, accessible care that centers the patient, not the disease.

Support Integrative Healthcare
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Contact Osher Center and UVM Employee Wellness

Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM
184 South Prospect St.
Burlington, VT 05405

Osher Center: (802) 656-7921
Employee Wellness: (802) 656-2696

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Integrative Practitioner Network

Practitioners listed in this network are not necessarily UVM Faculty or UVMMC providers or affiliated with the university or hospital. This is a tool for patients and providers to find the appropriate Integrative practitioner by type of service, location, and or/condition/specialty.

Find an Integrative Practitioner