ABC's Advisory Board

 

Donald I. Abrams, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California

Hamid-Reza Adhami, PhD, PharmD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Bharat (Bart) B. Aggarwal, PhD, Founding Director, Inflammation Research Institute, San Diego, California; Former Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Medicine, & Immunology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Lise Alschuler, ND, Naturopathic Specialists, Scottsdale, Arizona; Assistant Director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Cindy K. Angerhofer, PhD, Executive Director of Botanical Research, Aveda, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Giovanni Appendino, Laurea, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Wendy L. Applequist, PhD, Associate Curator, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri

John Thor Arnason, PhD, Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gary N. Asher, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Valerie A. Assinewe, PhD, NVision Insight Group Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Joanne Barnes, PhD, Associate Professor in Herbal Medicines, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin

Marilyn Barrett, PhD, Pharmacognosy Consulting Service, Mill Valley, California

Prof. Dr. K. Hüsnü Can Başer, PhD (London), FLS, Professor of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bauer, Professor, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Austria

Stacey J. Bell, DSc, Nutritional Consultant, Belmont, Massachusetts

Bradley C. Bennett, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Alan Bensoussan, PhD, DipAc, Director, National Institute of Complementary Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Chantal Bergeron, PhD, Manager, Disruptive Innovation & Product Development, Personal & Home Care Products, Seventh Generation, Burlington, Vermont

Joseph M. Betz, PhD, Acting Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, US National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland

John A. Beutler, PhD, Associate Scientist, Molecular Targets Lab, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland

Keith I. Block, MD, Medical & Scientific Director, Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Skokie, Illinois

Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, FASN, FACN, CNS-S, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy; Senior Scientist, Antioxidants Research Laboratory; Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert Alan Bonakdar, MD, Director of Pain Management, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, La Jolla, California

Kerry Bone, Director, Research & Development, MediHerb/Integria Healthcare, Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Deni Bown, Author & Photographer, Xàbia, Spain

Thomas Brendler, Founder/CEO, PlantaPhile, Collingswood, New Jersey

Francis Brinker, ND, Author, Tucson, Arizona

Donald J. Brown, ND, Managing Director, Natural Product Research Consultants, Seattle, Washington

Paula N. Brown, PhD, Director of Applied Research in Biosciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Veronika Butterweck, PhD, Medical Director, Max Zeller Söhne AG, Romanshorn, Switzerland

John H. Cardellina, II, PhD, ReevesGroup Consultations, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Thomas J.S. Carlson, MS, MD, Associate Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Integrative Biology; Director, Center for Health, Ecology, Biodiversity, & Ethnobiology; Curator of Ethnobotany, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, California

Nadja B. Cech, PhD, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

IL-Moo Chang, PhD, Director, Korea-China Collaboration Center for Traditional Oriental Medicine Research; Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Robert G. Chapman, PhD, Chief Operating Officer, Dosecann Inc., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Chun-Tao Che, PhD, Norman R. Farnsworth Professor of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bevin Clare, MS, RH, CNS, Associate Professor & Program Manager - PMC Clinical Herbalism, Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, Maryland

Ray Cooper, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; and PhytoScience, St. Louis, Missouri

Jerry Cott, PhD, Senior Pharmacologist (retired), Fulton, Maryland, and Nicosia, Cyprus

Paul Alan Cox, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming

Amanda McQuade Crawford, Clinical Psychotherapist & Medical Herbalist, PhytoHumana (Integrative Health Practice), Ojai, California

Edward M. Croom, Jr., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

Muriel Cuendet, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva and University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland

Alan M. Dattner, MD, Founder, HolisticDermatology.com, Manhattan, New York, and New Rochelle, New York

Wade Davis, PhD, BC Leadership Chair in Cultures & Ecosystems at Risk, Professor of Anthropology, & Faculty Associate, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Steven Dentali, PhD, Industry Consultant, Dentali Botanical Sciences, Redondo Beach, California

Subhuti Dharmananda, PhD, Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon

Hardy Eshbaugh, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Trish Flaster, MS, Executive Director, Botanical Liaisons, LLC, Boulder, Colorado

Paula M. Gardiner, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Zoë Gardner, PhD, Consultant, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, New York Medical College; Co-Chair of the Caucus on Complementary & Integrative Medicine of the American Psychiatric Association, Kingston, New York

Gabriel I. Giancaspro, PhD, Charles Rice Distinguished Scientific Fellow & Head of Compendial Policy, Dept. of Documentary Standards & Compendial Policy, United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville, Maryland

Joe Graedon, MS, Author, Syndicated Columnist, & Radio Host, Durham, North Carolina

Mindy Green, MS, Green Scentsations, LLC, Boulder, Colorado

Frank L. Greenway, MD, Medical Director & Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Joerg Gruenwald, PhD, Founder & Chief Scientific Advisor, analyze & realize GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, Founder & Director, Guarneri Integrative Health, La Jolla, California

De-An Guo, PhD, Professor, Shanghai Research Center for TCM Modernization, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai, China

Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim, PhD, President of Mauritius; Director, CEPHYR Ltd. (Centre for Phytotherapy & Research), Cyber City, Ebene, Mauritius 

Bill J. Gurley, Jr., PhD, Principal Scientist, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

Charlotte Gyllenhaal, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago; Research Program Manager, Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Skokie, Illinois

Pierre S. Haddad, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Laboratory of Natural Health Products & Metabolic Diseases; Director, Research Team in Aboriginal Antidiabetic Medicines; Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mary Hardy, MD, George Washington Master's in Integrative Medicine; Wellness Works, Valley Village, California

James Harnly, PhD, Research Leader, Food Composition & Methods Development Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland

Michael Heinrich, PhD, HoC, Professor & Cluster Lead - Research Cluster: Biodiversity & Medicines, Centre for Pharmacognosy & Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom

Freddie Ann Hoffman, MD, CEO & Managing Member, HeteroGeneity, LLC, Washington, D.C.

David Hoffmann, RH (AHG), BSc (Hons), FNIMH, Chief Medical Herbalist, Author, & Research Associate, Traditional Medicinals, Inc., Rohnert Park, California

Tori Hudson, ND, Clinical Professor, National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, Oregon

Maurice M. Iwu, PhD, President, Bioresources Development & Conservation Programme, Wuse District, Abuja, Nigeria

Holly E. Johnson, PhD, Chief Science Officer, American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland

Edward Kennelly, PhD, Associate Professor & Chair, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York

Ikhlas Khan, PhD, Research Professor of Pharmacognosy & Assistant Director, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

Steven King, PhD, Executive Vice President, Sustainable Supply, Ethnobotanical Research, & IP, Jaguar Health, Inc., San Francisco, California

Uwe Koetter, PhD, Principal & Founder, Dr. Koetter Consulting, Uttwil, Switzerland

David J. Kroll, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Director, Master's Degree & Certificate Programs, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado

Thomas L. Kurt, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (based in Aspen, Colorado)

Danna J. Leaman, PhD, Co-Chair, Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Maberly, Ontario, Canada

Roberta A. Lee, MD, Pantano Physician Offices, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Susan Leopold, PhD, Executive Director, United Plant Savers, East Barre, Vermont

Martha M. Libster, PhD, MSN, FAAN, Founder and Executive Director, Self-care Institute, Golden Apple Healing Arts, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Douglas "Duffy" MacKay, ND, Senior Vice President, Dietary Supplements, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Washington, DC

Robin J. Marles, PhD, Senior Scientific Advisor, Nutrition Premarket Assessment Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Products & Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rachel Mata, PhD, Professor of Pharmacognosy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Will McClatchey, PhD, Woodland Valley Meadows, Eugene, Oregon

Joe-Ann McCoy, PhD, Plant Physiologist, Hendersonville, North Carolina

Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

John McPartland, DO, Private Practice, Vermont Alternative Medicine, Inc., Middlebury, Vermont

Mark Messina, PhD, MS, President, Nutrition Matters, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD, Private Practice in Forensic Medicine, and Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

Simon Y. Mills, Herbal Strategist, Pukka Herbs, Keynsham, England

Daniel E. Moerman, PhD, William E. Stirton Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan

William Morris, PhD, DAOM, LAc, President & CEO, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Austin, Texas

Susan Murch, PhD, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

James Neal-Kababick, Founder & Director, Flora Research Laboratories, LLC, Grants Pass, Oregon

Nicholas H. Oberlies, PhD, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

Andrea Ottesen, PhD, Research Area Coordinator for Metagenomics, Division of Microbiology, FDA's Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN); Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Alexander Panossian, PhD, Science & Research Director, EuroPharma USA, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Guido F. Pauli, PhD, FAPA, Professor & Director, PCRPS, Institute for Tuberculosis Research, and Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND, President Emeritus, Bastyr University; Editor, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal, Seattle, Washington

Mark J. Plotkin, PhD, Co-Founder & President, Amazon Conservation Team, Arlington, Virginia

G.N. Qazi, PhD, Vice Chancellor, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

John Rashford, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

John M. Riddle, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Aviva Romm, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert Rountree, MD, Practitioner, Boulder Wellcare, Inc., Boulder, Colorado; Chief Medical Officer, Thorne Research, Inc., Summerville, South Carolina

Ethan Russo, MD, Founder & CEO, CReDO Science LLC, Vashon, Washington

Jerome Sarris, PhD, Professor of Integrative Mental Health, Deputy Director, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Ric Scalzo, Founder, Gaia Herbs, Brevard, North Carolina

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN, CFS, Senior Research Director & CEO, Natural & Medicinal Products Research, AIBMR Life Sciences, Seattle, Washington; Bio5 Institute, and College of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Paul Schulick, Founder, For The Biome LLC; Founder, New Chapter, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont

Navindra P. Seeram, PhD, Professor & Chairperson, Dept. of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

Victor Sierpina, MD, Associate Professor of Family Practice Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

James E. Simon, PhD, Professor & Director of the Center for New Use Agriculture & Natural Plant Products, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Ed Smith, Co-Founder, Herb Pharm, Williams, Oregon

Michael Smith, ND, BPharm, Natural Products Consultant, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

H. Sohmer, PhD,FLS,Faculty Affiliate, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Paul Stamets, DSc, Director of Research, Fungi Laboratories, Fungi Perfecti, LLC, Olympia, Washington

Natascha Techen, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

Michael S. Tempesta, PhD, Managing Partner & Founder, Phenolics, LLC, El Granada, California

Barbara N. Timmermann, PhD, Chairperson-Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Michael Tims, PhD, Academic Director of Herbal Programs, Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, Maryland

Alain Touwaide, PhD, Scientific Director, Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, D.C.

Nancy Turner, PhD, Distinguished Professor & Ethnobotanist, Environmental Studies Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Roy Upton, Executive Director, American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Scotts Valley, California

Alvaro Viljoen, PhD, National Research Chair in Phytomedicine, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

John Weeks, Publisher-Editor, The Integrator Blog, Seattle, Washington

Andrew T. Weil, MD, Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Elizabeth Williamson, PhD, Professor of Pharmacy & Director of Pharmacy Practice, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

David Winston, RH (AHG), Director, Herbal Therapeutics Research Library, Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc., Washington, New Jersey

Hans Wohlmuth, PhD, Head of Research & Development, MediHerb/Integria Healthcare, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

Jacqueline C. Wootton, MEd, Founder & first Director of HerbMed/Pro; past Director of the Alternative Medicine Foundation; North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Peiying Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Oncology, Section of Integrative Medicine, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Eric L. Yarnell, ND, Assistant Professor, Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington

Zhongzhen Zhao, PhD, MH, Associate Dean & Chair Professor, Teaching & Research Division, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China