International Research Conference

Homeopathy – Groundbreaking Science and Global Health

Originally held on October 17-19, 2025

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Event Description: On October 17, 2025, The American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH), The Faculty of HomeopathyThe Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians (HANP), the Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering and the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at UConn Health hosted a three-day international research conference on homeopathy titled Homeopathy – Groundbreaking Science and Global Health. The event brought together 26 distinguished researchers and nearly 400 attendees representing 23 countries. Presentations covered a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research in homeopathy and innovative approaches to pain management, to the critical global challenge of antimicrobial resistance and the potential role of homeopathy in addressing it.

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Conference Agenda

Original Conference Schedule

All times are EDT/Eastern Time
Friday, October 17, 2025
1:00pm
Welcome Remarks

Lisa Amerine, ND DABHM, Dr. Bruce Liang, MD, Dr. Cato Laurencin MD, Ph.D., Dr. Lakshmi Nair Ph.D.

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Overview – Homeopathy and Global Health

Gary Smyth MD, Recent past President of the Faculty of Homeopathy (UK)

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Evolving evidence: an overview of the latest findings in homeopathy research

Rachel Roberts, FSHom, FFHom (Hon) – Chief Executive, Homeopathy Research Institute

2:30pm – 2:50pmTea/Coffee
2:50pm – 3:35pm
Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Three-Arm, Multicenter Study and related studies

Michael Frass MD, Retired Professor of Medicine and specialist in Internal Medicine and Homeopathy at the Medical University of Vienna

3:35pm – 4:20pm
Overview and quality assessment of health economic evaluations for homeopathic therapy: an updated systematic review – Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2023 Oct 5:1-26.

Michelle Dossett MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Residence at UC Davis and specialist in integrative medicine.

4:20pm – 4:50pm
Whole system bioassays in homeopathic basic research: state of research.

Stephan Baumgartner Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of Bern

4:50pm – 5:35pm
Integrating Homoeopathy: A Perspective within WHO’s Framework for Traditional Medicine.

Raj Manchanda MD, Former Director General (2012-2019), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India

5:35pm – 6:20pm
Targeting the current gaps in homeopathy research – Cohort, Observational, and Case Series studies: Chronic case analyses from the Research Office of HOHM Foundation

Alastair Gray PhD HOHM Foundation

Saturday, October 18, 2025
8:45am – 9:00am
Welcome Remarks
9:00am – 9:45am
Efficacy of homoeopathic treatment: Systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised placebo-controlled homoeopathy trials for any indication

Alastair Gray Ph.D, HOHM Foundation

9:45am – 10:30am
Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: The Potential Role of Homeopathy

Esther van der Werf, Ph.D., Senior Epidemiologist/Clinical Research Lead at the Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI), London, United Kingdom

10:30am – 11:00amTea/Coffee
11:00am – 11:45am
Knee and hip pain study, “Individualised homoeopathic medicine versus placebo in the pain management of knee and hip osteoarthritis: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial.”

Dr. Abhijeet Chakma, MD (Hom), RBTS Government Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital: Muzaffarpur, Bihar, IN

11:45am – 1:45pmLunch + Annual AIH Members Meeting
1:45pm – 2:30pm
When Nothing Else Works: Case Studies of Cerebellar Ataxia and Parathyroid Carcinoma with Intractable Pain

Dr. Juan Carlos Gamba, MD

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
A review of basic science research in homeopathy. Part I

Alex Tournier Ph.D., Biophysics and Executive Director of Homeopathy Research Institute (U.K.); Steven Cartwright Ph.D., molecular biology; and Biplab Kumar Paul, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India.

3:15pm – 4:00pm
A review of basic science research in homeopathy. Part II

More basic science (nanoparticle research)

Jayesh Bellare Ph.D.,full Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, I.I.T. Mumbai, Michel Van Wassenhoven MD Past president of UNIO Homeopathica Belgica

4:00pm – 4:20pmCoffee/Tea Break
4:20pm – 5:15pm
Conventional versus Homeopathic Treatment of Acute Injuries: Different Paradigms, Different Results

Ronald D. Whitmont MD, former Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at New York Medical College

5:15pm – 6:00pm
Homeopathy’s contributions to modern clinical trials and practice: keys from the past and to the future

Paul Herscu ND, DHANP, MPH

6:00pm – 6:45pm
Homeopathy vs. conventional primary care in children during the first 24 months of life-a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Dr. Menachem Oberbaum M.D. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Sunday, October 19, 2025
9:00am – 9:45am
Homeopathy Utilization Around the World

Dr. Lee Kayne Ph.D, President of the Faculty of Homeopathy

9:45am – 10:30am
Exploring the Molecular Evidences for Pre-clinical Research in Homoeopathy with Global Health Implications

Shailendra K Saxena, Ph.D, Centre for Advanced Research (CFAR), Faculty of Medicine, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow 226003, India

10:30am – 10:50amCoffee/Tea Break
10:50am – 11:35am
The Integration of Homeopathy and Complementary Medicines in the Public Health Service of the Tuscany Region (Italy): a successful experience.

Elio Rossi, MD

11:35am – 12:20pm
How Homeopathy Can Impact One Health and the Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N.

Leoni Bonamin DVM, MSc, PhD. Universidade Paulista

12:20pm – 1:20pmLunch
1:20pm – 2:05pm
Autoimmunity and homeopathy

Denise Straiges MA, RSHom(NA), President and Clinical Director of The Academy of Homeopathy Education

2:05pm-3:00pm
Epidemic Preparedness – A Possible Role for Homeopathy

Wayne Jonas, MD, Former Director of National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, Former Director of World Health Organization Center for Traditional Medicine, Former Director of Medical Research Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

John Ives, Ph.D. Consulting bio-scientist, former Senior Director of the Center for Brain, Mind, and Healing at the Samueli Institute.

Rajesh Shah, MD, is a medically trained homeopath with a distinctive global homeopathic practice in Mumbai, India.

3:00pm
Closing Remarks

Lisa Amerine

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