Join us Tuesday, April 7, at 12 PM MST for the next webinar in the Strauss Wisneski Virtual Lecture series, The Roles of the Traditional World and Indigenous Medical Sciences in Individual, Collective, and Biosphere Health. All are welcome and registration is not required. You can access the lecture with this Zoom meeting link.

Traditional World and Indigenous Medical Sciences (TWIMS) are long-standing, nature-based healing traditions. Their practitioners are the original knowledge holders of Eco-Health, recognizing human health as dependent on the health of plants, animals, and the natural world. TWIMS emphasizes interconnectedness, viewing individuals, families, communities, society, and the environment as nested systems that are interdependent. Grounded in respect and reciprocity, they promote compassionate care and a deep understanding of whole-person health and wellbeing. TWIMS are ancient, sovereign systems of science whose evidence and insights warrant respectful engagement and recognition alongside Western medical approaches. This session, led by a medical anthropologist, Ayurvedic doctor with 25 years of clinical practice, and scholar of holistic healthcare, eco-health and health-related social movements, will explore what respectful engagement with these systems looks like.

Dr. Jennifer Rioux is a Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine's Division of Whole Person Health and Wellness and Director of Planetary Health at the George Washington Center for Integrative Medicine. She holds a PhD in Medical and Cultural Anthropology, a Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine credential (NAMA), and certification as a yoga therapist (IAYT). She is a registered herbalist (AHG); trauma-wise mindfulness instructor (CMBM); Climate Café facilitator (CPA-NA); trained in Compassion Cultivation (CCT), interprofessional spiritual care (ISPEC); Earth Law advocacy; and Deep Adaptation. Dr. Rioux completed an NIH/NCCIH postdoctoral fellowship in Complex Systems Science at the University of Arizona SOM. She is broadly published in the peer-reviewed medical literature with expertise in integrative healthcare, eco-health, traditional world and Indigenous medical systems, and the human and biosphere health impacts of AI.