Happenings at the Institute
Core Components
Research
Guiding clinical protocols with research and training practitioners in cutting-edge techniques.
Education
Sharing evidence-informed theories and practices through our curriculum.
Patient Care
Delivering individualized treatment designed to restore health and quality of life.
Community
Making integrative healthcare, services and education available and accessible to all members of our community.
“The new center is the brick-and-mortar realization of our vision to make integrative care the national standard of care for all people…. Seeing the new clinic open is truly a dream come true…”
“Patients recognize that UCI Health is leading the way with innovative, evidence-based care, and their response to our whole-person approach has been outstanding.”
“I’ve been a proponent of integrative medicine for 15 years. Luckily for me, in California, I found the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and it has been my saving grace.”
“This isn’t an alternative to health. This is what health should be. (This institute) is the actual and symbolic entry point to the most ambitious and far-reaching innovations and health education research and delivery in our entire nation.”
Service in Numbers
Here is a glimpse at SSIHI’s impact on the community through research, education and clinical care in fiscal year 2023-2024.
$10M
Total funding
for integrative health research
25%
growth in ambulatory (outpatient) visits
300
UCI School of Medicine medical students trained
in culinary medicine – total
8,455
Inpatient acupuncture treatments
22+
years of continuous National Institutes of Health funding
in integrative health
54,865
Integrative nursing interventions
