Collinge and Associates is an independent research and consulting organization funded by the National Institutes of Health to develop innovative approaches to benefiting public health. Our projects focus on the integration of health-promoting behavior, complementary therapies, and educational programs for empowerment of individuals and families. The work is conducted in collaboration with like-minded organizations at the community and national levels.

The principal of Collinge and Associates is William Collinge, PhD, MPH, a consultant, author, speaker and researcher in the field of integrative health care. He has served as a scientific review panelist for the National Institutes of Health in mind/body medicine, complementary therapies, and health care services; and for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and PTSD/traumatic brain injury.  He is the principal investigator of the Complementary Therapies in Palliative Care project sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Mission Reconnect for OIF/OEF veterans and their loved ones, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, The Fibromyalgia Wellness Project, sponsored by the National Institute for Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, The Caring and Cancer Project, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, and The Elder-Healer Project, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. His prior research includes studies of integrative approaches to cancer, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, immune enhancement, and community mental health practice. (For full vitae click here.)

The work of Collinge and Associates is conducted by teams of experts from academia and the private sector that are assembled for each project based on their unique expertise. Below is a listing of Associates who have participated in past or current projects.

Associates

John Astin, PhD, Senior Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

Marcos Athanasoulis, MPH, DrPH is Director of Internet Technology Services at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief Technical Officer for Evalumetrix, LLC and the Healthy Communities Foundation, and formerly for HealthCentral.com.

Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Diane Brown, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities and Professor, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Jean Colbath, MSN, RNC, Program Director, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston

Kenneth Fletcher, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, U Mass Medical School

Marcie Freeman, MEd, Director, Harvard Cooperative Program on Aging

Fred Friedberg, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Stonybrook

Don Goldenberg, MD, Newton Wellesley Hospital and Tufts Medical School

Jim Gordon, MD, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, DC

Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Robert Horowitz, MD, York Hospital Oncology Services, York, Maine

Janet Kahn, PhD, NCTMB, Research Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Medical School and Faculty Preceptor, Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative and General Medicine

David Kearney, MD, VA Puget Sound Medical Center

Leila Kozak, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow in palliative care research at the VA Puget Sound Medical Center where she is using The Touch, Caring and Cancer Program with veterans and their families. A native Spanish speaker, she is also involved in several international efforts to promote complementary therapies in palliative care, including Paliativos sin Fronteras.

Mark Laudenslager, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Behavioral Immunology and Endocrinology Lab, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Eric Leskowitz, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston

Isaac Lipkus, PhD, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, and Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina

Mary Malinski, BA, RN, LMT, HN-BC, Integrative Medicine Dept., Providence Cancer Center, Portland, OR

Brian Marx, PhD, National Center for PTSD, VA Medical Center, and Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

William McFarlane, MD, Director, Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center and Professor, University of Vermont

Ana Natale-Pereira, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Laurel Northouse, PhD, Mary Lou Willard French Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan

Janet Quinn, PhD, Associate Professor, Adjoint, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing

Isabel Torres, DrPH, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Center for Research on Minority Health, Houston, TX

Dorothy Woods Smith, PhD, RN, University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions

Jerry Solfvin, PhD, Center for Indic Studies, U Mass Dartmouth

Rob Soltysik, MS, Optimal Data Analysis, LLC, Severn, MD

Tracy Walton, MS, LMT, NCTMB, private practice, Cambridge, MA

Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, and Director of Research, Healing Touch International

Shirl Weaver, PhD, Associate Professor, University of New England College of Osetopathic Medicine, and Harvard Upper New England Geriatric Education Center

Roberta Wentworth, MSW, LMT, program director, Complementary Therapies Program, Counseling Services, Inc., Saco, Maine

Qingwen Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Boston College School of Social Work

Paul Yarnold, PhD, Research Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois