Susan A. Gaylord, PhD

Titles

Assistant Professor, Director of the Program on Integrative Medicine, Director of the UNC Mindfulness-Based Stress and Pain Management Program, Co-Director of the Integrative Medicine Consult Service, Editor of Complementary Health Practice Review

Education

PhD: Psychology, Duke University, 1984

Sub-Specialties

• alternative and complementary therapy education
• health beliefs
• mindfulness meditation
• homeopathy
• spirituality
• gerontology
• women's health issues

Research

Craniosacral Therapy in Migraine: Feasibility Study
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health/NCCAM R2
Role: Co-PI

Mindfulness for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health/NCCAM R21
Role: PI

A Mindfulness-based Intervention to Reduce Diabetes Risk in Pre-diabetic African Americans
Funding Agency: NCCAM
Role: Lead PI

Exploratory Analgesic Dietary Intervention for Chronic Daily Headache
Funding Agency: Mayday Fund
Role: Co-PI

UNC Courses

Fieldwork in Alternative and Complementary Therapies, FMME 452
Principles and Practices of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, FMME 250

Recent Publications

Young L, Faurot K, Gaylord S. Use of and Communication about Dietary Supplements Among Hospitalized Patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine. January, 2009.

Gaylord SA, Whitehead WE, Coble RS, Faurot KR, Palsson OS, Garland EL, Frey W, Mann JD. Mindfulness for irritable bowel syndrome: protocol development for a controlled clinical trial. BMC: Complement Altern Med. 2009;9:24.

Mann JD, Faurot K, Wilkinson L, Curtis P, Coeytaux R, Suchindran C, Gaylord SA. Craniosacral therapy for migraine: protocol development for an exploratory controlled clinical trial. BMJ. 2008.

Current Professional Memberships

Editorial Board, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Chair, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Task Force, UNC Planetree
Consortium on Natural Medicine and Public Health, North Carolina
Student Wellness Committee, UNC School of Medicine
UNC Interdisciplinary Pain Center Work Group
Reviewer, Journal of American Geriatrics Society