Dr. Ryan Wexler is an Assistant Research Investigator in the Helfgott Research Institute. Dr. Wexler graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND) and Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) in 2023. He conducted post-doctoral research at Cleveland Clinic in clinical trials of mind-body, and subsequently at Oregon Health and Science University under a NIH-funded T32 training program in complementary medicine. In 2024, Dr. Wexler received the National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Award funded by the HEAL Initiative. His research focuses on the development of clinical trials to evaluate multicomponent mind-body interventions for patients with chronic musculoskeletal and neurologic pain: chronic low back pain, lumbosacral radiculopathy, and central sensitization/nociplastic pain.