“The PBRN model addresses critical questions that must be answered to bring the findings from basic science and controlled trials into real-world medical practice.”

— Constance Pechura, PhD, Executive Director of the Treatment Research Institute

BraveNet

Known for its insight and the ability to find the “tipping points” that will help transform a culture, in 2007, The Bravewell Collaborative embarked on a new venture to change the way the medical community thinks about health and healing through the creation of the nation’s first practice-based research network in integrative medicine.

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Under the guidance of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, which serves as the Coordinating Center, BraveNet currently consists of the nine member clinics of the Bravewell Clinical Network — Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine, Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Duke Integrative Medicine, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, and the Integrative Medicine Program at Venice Clinic.

Designed to reveal what types of patients seek services at integrative medicine clinics and what problems these patients wish to solve, BraveNet's first study — the Registry Study — involved approximately 4000 patients and is nearing completion. A second study, SIMTAP, focuses on integrative medicine treatments and approaches to chronic pain and is now enrolling its first patients.

 

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