{"id":473,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/holistic-and-integrative-health-initiatives-part-two-panel\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","slug":"holistic-and-integrative-health-initiatives-part-two-panel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/holistic-and-integrative-health-initiatives-part-two-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 &#8211; Holistic and Integrative Health Initiatives: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/\">Western  Connecticut State University<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/ihhs\/\">Institute for  Holistic Health Studies<\/a> (IHHS) will host \u201cHolistic and\u00a0Integrative  Health Initiatives: Part Two,\u201d a panel discussion on holistic health and  fitness, at 7 p.m. on <strong>Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, <\/strong>on  the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The  panel discussion, which will be held in Room 127 of White Hall, will be free  and open to the public. The event will offer an opportunity for members of the  community to learn about alternative approaches to health and wellness, as well  as to meet practitioners in the Greater Danbury area. The panelists will  provide an introduction to functional and integrative medicine, osteopathy,  naturopathy and chiropractic care.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Panelists  will include:<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastnatmed.com\/page2.html\">Dr. Shawn Carney<\/a>,  a  naturopathic physician in Newtown. Carney received a doctorate in naturopathic  medicine from the University of Bridgeport after having worked for several  engineering and environmental science firms and serving as a full-time  emergency medical technician. He has lectured widely in northern Fairfield and  New Haven counties and has been a featured guest on television and radio  programs. Carney employs botanical medicine, nutrition, nutraceuticals,  homeopathy, counseling and physical medicine in his approach to optimizing  health.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drapplebee.com\/index.html\">Dr. Brian Applebee<\/a>,  a  chiropractor in Danbury. Applebee is a Board Certified Chiropractic Physician  and holds an advanced degree in human nutrition. He is among the few chiropractors  who are board certified in pediatrics and nutrition. Applebee also serves as a  faculty member at two area universities, teaching courses at the undergraduate,  graduate and post-graduate levels. <\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n  <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/osteopathicwellness.net\/index.html\">Dr. David Johnston<\/a>, an osteopathic physician  in Ridgefield. Johnston, a graduate of the New York College of Osteopathic  Medicine, is a licensed osteopathic physician in Connecticut and New York, providing  osteopathic and cranio-sacral treatment to activate the body\u2019s natural healing  process. Johnston works with many types of health conditions, including injury  and surgery recovery, trauma, fibromyalgia, depression, migraine and tension headaches,  and learning disorders in children.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsachsmd.com\/\">Dr.  Tamara Sachs<\/a>, an integrative and functional  medicine practitioner in New Milford. Sachs graduated from the Mount Sinai  School of Medicine in New York City and completed her residency in internal medicine  at St. Raphael Hospital and Yale University in New Haven. Sachs focuses  exclusively on a comprehensive, holistic, personalized approach to uncover the  root causes of chronic illness, accelerated aging and general lack of vitality.<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The  IHHS is housed within WCSU&#8217;s Department of Health Promotion and Exercise  Sciences (HPX). The mission of the IHHS is to provide the university and  Greater Danbury area communities with an opportunity to engage in and explore  different aspects of holistic and integrative health through programming and  instruction. The holistic perspective on health and healing integrates  conventional healing with traditional and modern alternative practices from  around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The  HPX department at WCSU offers Bachelor of Science degrees in health education,  providing certification for instruction from Pre-K through grade 12, and in  health promotion studies. The health promotion studies program offers students the  choice of one of four concentrations: wellness management, community health, allied  health professions, and holistic and integrative health. Students in these  degree programs are prepared for entry-level, certified health education  specialist positions.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The  event is sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/sps\/\">School  of Professional Studies<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hpx\/\">HPX department<\/a>. For more  information about the panel, contact IHHS Director Christel Autuori at <a href=\"mailto:autuoric@wcsu.edu\">autuoric@wcsu.edu<\/a>, or at (203) 837\u20138559. For information  about WCSU HPX programs, contact department Co-chairs Dr. Robyn Housemann at <a href=\"mailto:housemannr@wcsu.edu\">housemannr@wcsu.edu<\/a> or Dr. Jeffrey  Schlicht at <a href=\"UsershillsAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary%20Internet%20FilesContent.OutlookN3IC0F9Gschlichtj@wcsu.edu\">schlichtj@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers  outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs.\u00a0Our diverse university community provides  students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the  unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.\u00a0 Our vision: To be an affordable public  university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private  universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 The Western Connecticut State University Institute for Holistic Health Studies (IHHS) will host \u201cHolistic and\u00a0Integrative Health Initiatives: Part Two,\u201d a panel discussion on holistic health and fitness, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}