About Working Groups

The ACIH Council has three Working Groups (WGs) to carry out projects and tasks aligned with and furthering the ACIH mission: Clinical Care, Education, and Research. Members of WGs are researchers, educators, and clinical educators who are typically connected with schools affiliated with one of the ACIH disciplines. Each WG meets approximately 5 times a year.  WG presentations/discussions are often recorded and posted here.  WG members volunteer to work on projects to further ACIH values, mission, and vision. 

For more information about the working groups read the WG Charter and the WG Volunteer Membership Agreement.

Open Working Group Positions

Each working group is comprised of up to three members from each of ACIH’s core disciplines (not including the working group co-chairs or ACIH Board members), plus up to three members involved in the Traditional World Medicines/Emerging Professions (TWM/EP) group. WG members are educators, researchers, and clinicians who are typically connected with schools affiliated with one of the ACIH disciplines.

WG Member Voices

"Being a WG member has been an energizing experience for me, because it has led me to feel and know that I am part of something bigger – a diverse community, with all of us united by our common interest and passion for values-based, evidence-informed integrative healthcare." 

Jim Whedon DC, MS, RWG member, Director of Health Services Research, SCU Health System, Southern California University of Health Sciences

"Being part of the working groups allows me to stay in touch with relevant issues that impact the integrative and health professions.  This knowledge helps students better understand practicalities related to these professions, and ultimately, better prepared for entering the workforce." 

Jennifer Olejownik,  PhD, MS, Associated Clinical Faculty, The Ohio State University

"I have been privileged to be a WG member for many years now.  The camaraderie is important to me as well as the updates on what is happening in the world of CIM.  I have been able to provide these updates to my faculty at the university.  CS Lewis is credited with saying that he “reads to know that he is not alone” and by analogy, I appreciate being a WG member to know that I am not alone, in this emerging and evolving world that constitutes our community of practice." 

Michael Wiles, DC, MEd, MS, EdD, EWG member, Dean, College of Chiropractic Medicine, Keiser University – West Palm Beach