October 17-19, 2025
Location: In-person and virtual
Conference site: UConn Health. Farmington, CT
Event Description: The American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH), The Faculty of Homeopathy (the preeminent homeopathic organization in the U.K.), The Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians (HANP), the UConn Health Musculoskeletal Institute, and the Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering at UConn Health are hosting an international homeopathic research conference in the U.S. – on October 17-19 titled “Homeopathy – Groundbreaking Science and Global Health.” The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) is also supporting the conference. The event will be held at UConn Health. UConn Health is a major medical school and a teaching hospital in Connecticut. The event will feature leading research scientists and physicians from around the world presenting the latest basic science, pre-clinical and clinical research, and clinical insights in homeopathy.
The event is open to the public and is virtual and in-person. If you are unable to attend on the days it takes place, it will be recorded for later viewing by all conference registrants.
Location and Parking Information for In-Person Visitors: To attend the conference, please enter the main Health Center entrance in the Main Building (“MB” on the campus map, at 300 UConn Health Boulevard) and proceed to Keller Auditorium. You will find Keller Auditorium at the bottom of the escalator off the main lobby. Parking on Friday, October 17th will be in Garage 1 (see campus map), and on Saturday, October 18, and Sunday October 19, it will be in Main (G3)/Patient (M2)/Visitor (H1) lots near the main entrance (see the UConn Health Campus Map).
Instructions for Virtual Attendees: All virtual attendees will receive an email the week before the conference with log-in information for attending the conference remotely.
How to Submit an Abstract: If you have an interest in submitting an abstract for consideration by the conference, please email it to media@homeopathyusa.org.
Hotels: The reserved hotel room blocks and discounts for the conference will be released after September 17, 2025. While you will still be able to reserve a room after that date – it will be at the regular price.
There are three hotels to choose from: The Farmington Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and the Avon Old Farms Hotel. A room block has been reserved at each. Homewood Suites is less than .25 miles from UConn Health, and they will be providing twice daily (AM and PM) shuttle service to UConn Health and back to the hotel. The Farmington Inn is ~0.5 miles from the conference. Avon Old Farms Hotel is ~1.5 miles from the event. There is no shuttle service from the Farmington Inn or Avon Old Farms Hotel. Special conference room rates are available for conference attendees at the Farmington Inn and Avon Old Farms Hotel. The cost at Homewood Suites is $154.00 per night (plus tax).
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The closest airport to UConn Health is Bradley International Airport. It sits approximately 35 minutes from UConn Health.
Logan Airport in Boston, as well as LaGuardia Airport and JFK in New York, are also options, but will require ground travel of 2-3 hours to reach UConn Health.
Once on the ground, a car rental or an Uber ride are the best travel options.
Tentative Schedule – subject to change
| Friday, October 17, 2025 | |
| 1:00pm | Welcome RemarksLisa Amerine, Dr. Lakshmi Nair Ph.D., Dr. Cato Laurencin MD, Ph.D., University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| 1:15pm – 1:45pm | Overview – Homeopathy and Global HealthGary Smyth MD. Recent past President of the Faculty of Homeopathy (UK) |
| 1:45pm – 2:30pm | Efficacy of homoeopathic treatment: Systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised placebo-controlled homoeopathy trials for any indicationDavid Riley MD, Board Certified Internal Medicine, Editor-in-Chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine |
| 2:30pm – 2:45pm | Tea/Coffee |
| 2:45pm – 3:30pm | 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 studiesMichael Frass, Professor of Medicine and specialist in Internal Medicine in Homeopathy at the University of Vienna |
| 3:30pm – 4:15pm | Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: The Potential Role of HomeopathyEsther van der Werf, Ph.D., Senior Epidemiologist/Clinical Research Lead at the Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI), London, United Kingdom |
| 4:15pm – 4:45pm | 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 Dossette MD, Associate Professor in Residence at UC Davis and specialist in integrative medicine. |
| 4:45pm – 5:30pm | Integrating Homoeopathy: A Perspective within WHO’s Framework for Traditional Medicine.Raj Manchanda M.D., Former Director General (2012-2019), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India |
| 5:30pm – 6:15pm | Targeting the current gaps in homeopathy research – Cohort, Observational, and Case Series studies: Chronic case analyses from the Research Office of HOHM FoundationAlastair Gray PhD HOHM Foundation |
| Saturday, October 18, 2024 | |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Evolving evidence: an overview of the latest findings in homeopathy researchRachel Roberts BSc (Hons) MCH RSHom FSHom FFHom (Hon) – Chief Executive, Homeopathy Research Institute |
| 9:45am – 10:30am | Pain Management and Homeopathy: Overview of studiesSpeaker TBD |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Tea/Coffee |
| 10:45am – 11:30am | Pain and Ortho Video CasesDr. Juan Carlos Gamba, MD |
| 11:30am – 12:15pm | 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, RBTS Government Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital: Muzaffarpur, Bihar, IN |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:15pm – 2:00pm | A review of basic science research in homeopathy. Part IAlex Tournier Ph.D., Biophysics and Executive Director of Homeopathy Research Institute (U.K.); Steven Cartwright Ph.D., molecular biology; and Papiya Nandy Ph.D., Member Scientist, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | A review of basic science research in homeopathy. Part IIMore 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 |
| 2:45pm – 3:30pm | Current data on biological and plant studies in homeopathy.Stephan Baumgartner PhD. Environmental Sciences, University of Bern |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | How Homeopathy Can Impact One Health and the Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N.Leoni Bonamin DVM, MSc, PhD. Universidade Paulista |
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | Coffee\Tea Break |
| 4:15pm – 5:00pm | Homeopathy’s contributions to modern clinical trials and practice: keys from the past and to the futurePaul Herscu ND |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm | Homeopathy vs. conventional primary care in children during the first 24 months of life-a pragmatic randomised controlled trialDr. Menachem Oberbaum M.D. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel |
| Sunday, October 19, 2024 | |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Homeopathy Utilization Around the WorldDr. Lee Kayne, President of the Faculty of Homeopathy |
| 9:45am – 10:30am | The value of homeopathy in integrative careElizabeth Thompson MD, Director, National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM) and Council Member for the College of Medicine, British Society of Integrative Oncology |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Coffee\Tea Break |
| 10:45am – 11:30am | TBDGary Smyth, Recent past President of the Faculty of Homeopathy (UK) |
| 11:30am – 12:15pm | Homeopathy, Pain, and InflammationRonald D. Whitmont MD, former Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at New York Medical College |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:15pm – 2:30pm | Autoimmunity and homeopathyDenise Straiges, President and Clinical Director of The Academy of Homeopathy Education |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm | The next evolution of pandemic protectionWayne 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 |
| 3:45pm | Closing RemarksLisa Amerine |
Online registrations will close at 10:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 16, 2025. We will be accepting walk-up registrations on-site all weekend.
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