Vaidya Anupama Kizhakkeveettil (Anu) is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, licensed acupuncturist, Professor, and Program Director of Ayurvedic Medicine at Southern California University of Health Sciences.  She received her BAMS degree from SDM Ayurveda college,  Mangalore University, her Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Southern California University of Health Science, Ph.D. from Walden University and a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine from the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. She also completed yoga teacher training at the Bihar school of Yoga. Her contributions to the field of complementary and alternative medicine include extensive travel to propagate Ayurveda worldwide, numerous research presentations at national and international conferences, publications in various peer-reviewed research journals, and regular participation as a peer reviewer at conferences and journal articles.She currently serves on the Research Working Group of the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health, served as principal investigator for several research studies and she recently completed an NIH-funded research study. Many of her research papers have earned special recognition at the conferences where they were presented, and she has received a number of awards for her work on Ayurveda and complementary and alternative medicine. In 2020, she received Sheikh Zayed International Award for Ayurveda. She was also invited to attend WHO’s International Expert consulting meeting in 2019 and 2020. Recently, she served as an expert for developing benchmarks for Ayurveda practice being created by WHO. As an advocate for the Ayurvedic profession and the advancement of its goals, Vaidya Anu serves on the board of directors of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, a nonprofit devoted to furthering Ayurvedic education, research, and practice in California, National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), an organization that represents the Ayurvedic profession in the United States and strives to promote the practice of Ayurveda nationwide. She previously served as a Board Member of the Ayurvedic Accreditation Commission and completed six years of service on the Action Board of the American Public Health Association (APHA), where she coordinated both grassroots and high-level advocacy efforts. Currently, she is also serving as Chair of the Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices (ICTHP) Section of APHA.

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