The UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research is committed to contributing to the growing body of scientific research in the field of integrative medicine and health. We sponsor innovative integrative medicine approaches that show the greatest promise of bettering human health for the largest number of people at the lowest cost.
Our Practice-Based Research Network and Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health (CoERTIH) support outcomes tracking and collaboration across UC San Diego and the region. The Krupp Endowed Fund offers annual research grants reviewed each spring and awarded at the start of the university’s fiscal year. Applicants must be UC San Diego employees and KEF members; non-members may serve as co-investigators.
This study aimed to determine whether increasing consumption of a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet can improve gut microbiome diversity, quality of life, pain, and inflammation in women with endometriosis.
This 6-week double-blinded trial examines whether individuals in the early stages of psychosis (EP) respond to 1000 mg of endocannabinoids (CBD) with the aim of improving positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms of psychosis.
The study aims to evaluate the feasibility and explore the potential effects of using aromatherapy and visual mindfulness as complementary therapies in patients undergoing inpatient treatment for pain and nausea.
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of FoTv (a combination of two polypore mushrooms, Fomitopsis officinalis, and Trametes versicolor) in an adult population at the time of COVID-19 vaccination.
A multi-centered, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of FoTv (a combination of two polypore mushrooms, Fomitopsis officinalis and Trametes versicolor) for COVID-positive outpatients with mild-to-moderate symptoms.
This study aims to determine the feasibility of a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) dietary intervention in low-risk patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).
A multi-centered, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety of mQFPD as a modified form of Qing Fei Pai Du Tang (a Chinese herbal formula that has widely been used in Asia for COVID-positive outpatients with mild-to-moderate symptoms).
