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Introduction
The Florence G. Strauss-Leonard A. Wisneski Indigenous and Integrative Medicine Collection consists of books, journals and other materials, related to complementary health practices and indigenous therapies from around the world. Often very distinct from and sometimes at odds with conventional Western approaches to medicine, the resources in this special collection provide an opportunity to learn about different healing traditions, philosophies and attitudes toward health and disease. The Florence G. Strauss-Leonard A. Wisneski Collection is supported by a generous endowment from Henry L. and Joan T. Strauss and was originally created in memory of Florence G. Strauss.
The Strauss Committee and the Strauss Lectures
An integral part of the special collection is the Strauss Committee composed of health practitioners, researchers, educators, and librarians from the UCD-AMC campus, the Auraria campus, and the community. Members advise the library on collection development and on the Strauss Lectures.
If you are interested in joining the committee or you know someone who would be appropriate, please use this nomination form to submit information.
The Strauss Lectures is a series of presentations on indigenous and integrative medicine held in the library and open to the public. The Spring 2013 schedule is in planning. See a list of past lectures for a sampling of the type of presentations sponsored by the Lecture series. To be informed of upcoming lectures you can be notified via email by sending a message to lilian.hoffecker@ucdenver.edu.
If you are interested in presenting a lecture or you know someone who is, please submit information using this lecture recommendation form.
Library Location
The Health Sciences Library is located on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora Colorado. Click here for specific information on the location of the Health Sciences Library. Click here for information on parking.
Lecture Schedule
- Past Lectures
- October 31, 2012. noon, Health Sciences Library, Teaching Labs. Thoughts as Things: Placebo Effects and the Brain Systems that Regulate Pain and Emotion. Tor D. Wager, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- October 10, 2012, WATCH THE VIDEO: Herbal Products: Complementary or Confusing? Monika Nuffer, PharmD, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
If you have any questions about the collection, the committee, or the lecture series, please contact Lilian Hoffecker at 303-724-2124 or lilian.hoffecker@ucdenver.edu.
