Leadership

Osher Collaborative Steering Committee

The Steering Committee includes representatives of each Osher Center and guides the efforts of the Collaborative. 

• Shelley Adler, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of California, San Francisco
• Gurjeet Birdee, MD, MPH
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Vanderbilt University
• Susan Carter, MMHC
  Administrative Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Vanderbilt University
• Donna Cole, BS
  Center Administrator, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Sian Cotton, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Cincinnati 
• Cara Feldman-Hunt, MA
  Associate Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Vermont
• Isra Hassan, BS, BA
  Director of Program Development, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Northwestern University
• Martin Ingvar, MD, PhD
  Senior Advisor and Researcher, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Karolinska Institutet
• Alyssa Johnson, BS
  Clinical Operations Manager
  University of Cincinnati
• Rachel Kommini, MHA
  Clinical Program Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Washington
• Greta Kuphal, MD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Mats Lekander, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Karolinska Institutet
• Amy Locke, MD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Utah
• Iman Majd, MD, LAc
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Washington
• Aterah Nusrat, MSc, DIC
  Senior Program Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Jon Porter, MD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Vermont
• Melinda Ring, MD
  Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Northwestern University
• Robert Schwartz, MD, FAAFP
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Miami
• Angela Sutkaitis, MBA
  Chief Administrative Officer, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of California, San Francisco
• Peter Wayne, PhD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Whitney Werner, MBA
  Administrative Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Utah

Osher Collaborative Executive Committee

Members of the Executive Committee were nominated and elected by the Steering Committee to serve for 1-2 years and represent both faculty and staff from Osher Center sites.

• Amy Locke, MD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Utah
• Aterah Nusrat, MSc, DIC
  Senior Program Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Jon Porter, MD
  Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  University of Vermont

Coordinating Center for Osher Collaborative

Coordinating Center Manager
Lisa Howard

Osher Collaborative Communications Specialist
Julia Burns

Osher Collaborative Education Program Manager
Nico Henderson

The Foundation

The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessperson and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for the arts and higher education.  Within the realm of higher education, the Foundation provides grants for scholarships, lifelong learning institutes, and integrative health centers.