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A Call to Protect the Nation’s Investment in Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practice Research

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The authors of this Viewpoint article—researchers, clinicians, and public health leaders—write to express our deep concern over the proposed elimination of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) in the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request. NCCIH was among 3 National Institutes of Health (NIH) centers or institutes slated for elimination in the White House budget, part of a major proposed restructuring of the primary federal organization that champions and supports biomedical research in the U.S. Though the Senate Committee on Appropriations has recently rejected the proposal, the fate of NCCIH remains uncertain. Here, we discuss the importance of the NCCIH and the potential consequences of its elimination or diminution.

Source: Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health

DOI: 10.1177/27536130251384296

Authors: Isabel Roth, Damian Chase-Begay, Victoria Yunez Behm, Zoë Harris, Paula Tomczak, Ashli Owen-Smith, Marita La Monica, Amanda Corbett, Anupama Kizhakkeveettil

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Montana, University of Illinois Chicago, Georgia State University, City University of New York, Southern California University of Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4414889462

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