ABOUT US
Thanks to the generosity and vision of Richard "Dick" Krupp, UC San Diego has established the Krupp Endowed Fund (KEF). The primary aim of the KEF is to support research that examines the benefits of natural complementary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine approaches that show the greatest promise of bettering human health for the largest number of people, at the lowest cost, without the use of prescription drugs or surgery. Watch the video below to learn more about our history and mission.
From One Man’s Healing Journey To a Lasting Commitment to Research and Integrative Health
Richard “Dick” Krupp grew up with chronic asthma and modest means, but his life changed when he began exploring health and nutrition through the work of pioneers like Adele Davis and Carlton Fredericks. Turning to natural approaches—diet, herbs, vitamins—he dramatically improved his own health and began sharing these methods with others, seeing similarly powerful results.
Believing that millions could benefit from natural healing, he sought to back these approaches with scientific research. In 1997, he established a trust at UC San Diego and later expanded his support through a transformative gift to the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine. Inspired by the Center’s mission to serve all communities, he also helped bring Frazier Farms, a natural grocery store, to San Diego.
Dick passed away on January 1, 2015. His generosity and belief in the healing power of food continue to shape the future of integrative health through the Krupp Endowed Fund.
Meet the Team
Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research
Shahrokh (Shah) Golshan, PhD
Co-Director, UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research
Lauray MacElhern, MBA
Managing Director, UC San Diego Centers for Integrative Health
Research Executive
Committee
Shahrokh (Shah) Golshan, PhD
Nigel Crawford, PhD
Lauray MacElhern, MBA
Chris D'Adamo, PhD
Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
Research Team
Tatyana Shekhtman, MS, PMC
Phoebe Senowitz, MS, NBC-HWC
Renu Sugathan
Kathleen Bundy, MS, RDN
Chloe Delgado Ramirez, BS
Jessica Matthews, DBH, NBC-HWC, DipACLM
Leslie J. Sebastian
Krupp Committee
Joshua Shelton (Chair)
Larry Cooper, Esq.
Daniel Vicario, MD
Cindy Leeder, DC
Lauray MacElhern, MBA
Z’ev Rosenberg, LAc
Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
Active Members
Seema Aceves, MD, PhD
Sanjay Agarwal, MD
Hossein Ansari, MD
Ellen Beck, MD
Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH
Tim Brown, PhD
Ru Bryan, PhD
Laura Buehning, MD, MPH
Marcia Ellison, PhD
Lauren Foster, PhD
Alessandra Franco, MD, PhD
Linda Hill, MD, MPH
Suzi Hong, PhD
Chad Hutchison, MSN, RN
Wonkyu Ju, PhD
Carrie Jung, MD
Hyeoneui Kim, RN, MPH, PhD
Hollis King, DO, PhD
David Kunkel, MD
Thomas Liu, PhD
Emily Lukacz, MD
Lauray MacElhern, MBA
Paul Mills, PhD
Sonia Ponce, MD
Erin Raskin, MS, LAc, DACM
Ravinder Reddy, MD
Byron Richard, MS, RD, CDE
Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD
Dorothy Sears, PhD
David Shannahoff-Khalsa
Tanya Shekhtman
I-Wei Shu, MD, PhD
Amy Sitapati, MD
Mamata Sivagnanam, MD
Daniel Slater, MD
Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD
Pam Taub, MD
Robert Terkeltaub, MD
Luke Thompson, PhD
Francisco Villarreal, MD, PhD
Kenneth Vitale, MD
Sonya Wang, MD
Robert Weinreb, MD
Linda Zangwill, PhD