The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will lead a trans-NIH workshop on methodological approaches for whole person research. The workshop will focus on the methods needed for rigorous research on interconnected systems, multicomponent interventions, and multisystem or multiorgan outcomes.

Registration for this event is required.

Event: Methodological Approaches for Whole Person Research Workshop
Date and Time: September 29-30, 2021; 11:30 am-5:30 pm ET
Location: virtual

The new NCCIH strategic plan identifies 3 components of whole person research: (1) exploring the fundamental science of interconnected systems; (2) investigating multicomponent interventions or therapeutic systems; and (3) examining the impact of these interventions on multisystem or multiorgan outcomes.

The “Methodological Approaches for Whole Person Research” workshop will provide examples of research in these 3 areas from diverse fields. The workshop will also identify opportunities for this type of research in complementary and integrative health and discuss relevant study designs, statistical methods, and computational approaches.

Workshop collaborators include the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the Fogarty International Center, the Office of Research on Women’s Health, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the Office of Disease Prevention, and the Office of Nutrition Research within the NIH Office of the Director.

Read more about this workshop on the NCCIH events page. Free registration is required, and the workshop will be videocast and archived for future viewing.