Josephine Briggs- Science & Meditation: time to pay attention

Josephine P. Briggs, M.D. is an accomplished researcher and physician, is a director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health, the leading Federal agency for research on integrative and complementary health practices.

Dr. Briggs received her A.B. in biology from Harvard-Radcliffe College and her M.D. from Harvard Medical school. She completed her residency training in internal medicine and nephrology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, where she was also Chief Resident in the Department of Internal Medicine and a fellow in clinical nephrology.

Dr. Briggs was a research scientist for seven years at the Physiology Institute at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

In 1997 Dr. Briggs joined NIH as Director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic diseases at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where she oversaw extramural research activities.

In 2006, she accepted a position as Senior Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and in 2008 she returned to NIH to accept her current position as Director of NCCAM. Her research interests include the renin-angiotensin system, circadian regulation of blood pressure, and policy and ethical issues around clinical research.

She has published over 175 research articles, book chapters, and other scholarly publications. She is also an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

To learn more about the Dr. Briggs works, research, and awards, please visit www.nccam.nih.gov and www.facebook/nccam.

Twitter: @nccam_josie