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Nicci Lambert, ND, MSOM ('13)
A dual-degree success story: Integrating natural medicine in a hospital setting. Dr. Lambert works in an integrative medicine clinic addressing the side effects of conventional cancer treatment.
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NUNM Promotes 3 Faculty Members to Associate Professor

From the office of the President, CEO and Chief Academic Officer Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM Serving as Chief Academic Officer and President, and on behalf of the program deans, as well as the dedicated faculty promotions committees; I am delighted to announce the promotion of three faculty members from Assistant to Associate Professor, effective …
Qigong cultivates strong mind-body connection for avid runner and multilinguist Malik Mahmud, DAcCHM (’22)

Qigong has provided a bridge between Malik Mahmud’s passion for running and his educational journey toward becoming a scholar-practitioner of Classical Chinese Medicine. His dream is to use acupuncture, bodywork, and herbal medicine to help people from very diverse backgrounds, especially those from underprivileged communities. For avid runner Malik Mahmud (he/him), DAcCHM (’22), running is …
Naturopathic Medicine Week 2022 is May 15-21!

Naturopathic Medicine Week 2022 gives us the opportunity to show how naturopathic medicine is safe, affordable, and effective. Through a variety of activities and messages coordinated by our local Naturopathic Medical Student Association (NMSA) chapter, we can demonstrate the value of naturopathic medicine to current and future patients, public policy makers, reporters, and community leaders. …
Chelsie Falk, ND (’13), overcomes eating disorders through healthy cooking

Her experiences cooking in restaurants and with food insecurity have inspired the “Food Is Medicine” and “Kitchen-First” nutritional philosophies of Dr. Chelsie Falk. Trigger Warning: The following article includes a discussion of eating disorders. “I’m the doctor that cooks,” says Dr. Chelsie Falk (she/her). “I specialize in experiential learning of all kinds. I want to …
Britta Zimmer, ND (’04), charts a path to self-knowing for young adults in crisis

Self-knowing is important, particularly so for those pursuing a career in natural medicine, according to Britta Zimmer, ND (’04). But self-knowing must be developed through experience – despite not knowing where it might take you. Raised in Washington, D.C., Dr. Zimmer is the Medical Director at Pacific Quest, a wilderness therapy program located on the …
Chinese medicine and endangered species – how one NUNM student is turning within to make lasting change

At the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in Portland, Oregon, Classical Chinese Medicine students undergo rigorous study of the classical texts, with case discussion, lineage transmission, cosmology, qigong, and much, much more serving to cultivate not just an excellent education but also self-awareness, critical thinking, and a deep respect for nature. The core tenets …
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