2024 Virtual Exhibit Hall

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco, in the Osher Center for Integrative Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Thompson-Lastad is trained as a medical sociologist and conducts qualitative and community-engaged research focused on the role of integrative healthcare in advancing health equity. Her work primarily examines innovative approaches to primary care, including integrative group medical visits implemented in US community health centers and the community midwifery model of postpartum care. Dr. Thompson-Lastad is currently a board member of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved. Prior to becoming a researcher, Dr. Thompson-Lastad worked in a community health center as a diabetes care coordinator and group medical visit facilitator.

Isabel Roth, DrPh is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (UNC). Her research interests involve the identification of effective implementation strategies to promote access to evidence-based complementary and integrative health practices among diverse populations. She is currently chair of the American Public Health Association’s Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practices Section. She holds a doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Center at Houston, and completed postdoctoral training in complementary and integrative health at UNC. Currently, she is working on a career development award funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health entitled “Scaling-Up Integrative Pain Management in Federally Qualified Health Centers.