In The Media

"Our hope is that this kind of care becomes regular care... There’s no other place in the world that’s combining the education, patient care, and research to make this happen." (Shasta Malik, executive director)

"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." (Howard Gillman, UCI chancellor)

"As an academic institution, we are laser-focused on producing scientific evidence that increases understanding of how integrative treatments improve outcomes, who benefits and in what circumstances." (Shasta Malik, MD, PhD, MPH)

"The new center is the brick-and-mortar realization of our vision to make integrative care the national standard of care for all people... We are proud to support UCI as it strives to be the national leader in whole-person health research, education and patient care. Seeing the new clinic open is truly a dream come true, knowing how many people in Orange County will benefit from this world-class care in a world-class facility." (Susan Samueli, co-chair of the Samueli Foundation’s board of directors)

"In culinary medicine, you have the option to focus on the preventive arm, to help people try to control some of their prediabetes, pre-hypertension before they have to go on medicine, with changes in their diet." (Nimisha K. Parekh, M.D.)