{"id":4190,"date":"2018-10-06T09:31:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/?p=4190"},"modified":"2022-06-28T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T12:28:44","slug":"unlocking-health-and-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/unlocking-health-and-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking Health and Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside>\n<header>Call Her Beau<\/header>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4196\" style=\"object-position: 47.57% 43.045%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/06-Belinda-Anderson-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Belinda Anderson\" width=\"300\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/06-Belinda-Anderson-Headshot.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/06-Belinda-Anderson-Headshot-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/06-Belinda-Anderson-Headshot-280x475.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/06-Belinda-Anderson-Headshot-9x15.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption\">Photo by Anthony Deprimo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Belinda Anderson is an accomplished researcher, professor, and clinician and currently serves on the National Institutes of Health National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health. She is a federally funded investigator on projects related to education and promoting health and wellness, including acupuncture clinical trials, a residency training program for medical doctors, and training acupuncturists in evidence-based medicine. Anderson earned her doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Sydney, her master\u2019s in acupuncture and Oriental medicine from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and her master\u2019s degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"par1\">\n<p>Monmouth University launched its new Institute for Health and Wellness (IHW) in September with the hiring of its founding director, Belinda Anderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The IHW is a campus-wide initiative that will serve as a central health and wellness resource for the University and surrounding community. A hub for education, research, and community engagement, the IHW will leverage Monmouth\u2019s existing academic programs in the health fields and regional partnerships with hospitals and other community-based partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concept of the Institute for Health and Wellness was developed through iterative conversations across campus and with external partners during Monmouth\u2019s most recent strategic planning process,\u201d says Vice Provost for Graduate Studies Michael Palladino. \u201cIt is a direct response to the disrupted health care landscape, and an emphasis on preventative medicine, public health, and population health management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we grow new undergraduate and graduate programs in the health sciences, we are taking a closer look at the roles we can play. We are well positioned to be a leader in innovating and collaborating with the health care industry in New Jersey to increase the quality of life for Monmouth County residents and the region more broadly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IHW is not embedded in a particular school but is instead a cross-disciplinary resource for health and wellness, echoing the current shift in health care requirements. Palladino says he looks forward to working with Anderson to refine and communicate the vision and mission of the IHW, and says he could see a new graduate degree in public health as a potential educational goal that the IHW would pursue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImproving health care by bringing together different healing traditions, translating research into tangible benefits for patients, and raising awareness of the importance of the patient narrative have been lifelong passions of mine,\u201d says Anderson. \u201cI am thrilled to be the founding director of the institute, and am committed to working across the University and within the community to improve the lives of residents in the surrounding area and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An internationally recognized researcher and clinician, and an experienced academic administrator and educator, Anderson will oversee the development and implementation of the IHW. This includes developing the structure, building new internal and external relationships, and identifying strategic projects to advance health and wellness in the region.<\/p>\n<p><em>Top: Illustration by z-wei\/iStock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monmouth\u2019s new Institute for Health and Wellness is designed to positively impact community health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"image_focus":"","hide_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currents"],"thumbnail":"<img width=\"206\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-206x300.png\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4187 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-768x1119.png 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-702x1024.png 702w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-1120x1633.png 1120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-560x816.png 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-280x408.png 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-320x466.png 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-640x933.png 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-2800x4081.png 2800w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-2048x2985.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-1536x2239.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-1400x2041.png 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-1024x1493.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-828x1207.png 828w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-360x525.png 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole-9x13.png 9w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/keyhole.png 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/>","catString":"Currents","issue":"Fall 2018","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4190"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16003,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4190\/revisions\/16003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}