William Collinge, Ph.D., President
of Collinge & Associates, is a consultant, author, speaker and researcher
in the field of integrative health care. He serves as a scientific review
panelist for the National Institutes of Health in mind/body medicine and
complementary therapies; and for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research
Programs on Breast and Prostate Cancer.
He is the principal investigator of The COUPLES Project, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, and The Elder-Healer Project, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. His prior research includes studies of integrative approaches to cancer and AIDS, the effects of transformational breath work on the immune system, the impact of meditation on chronic fatigue syndrome, and use of complementary therapies in community mental health. William was Clinical Supervisor at the Cancer Support and Education Center, Menlo Park, California, for nine years, and has led complementary therapy programs for cancer, HIV, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hemophilia and other chronic illnesses. He is known for his inspirational retreats and workshops with hundreds of people across North America, Hawaii and New Zealand. He has taught in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and several other universities. With wide clinical experience and a special talent for interpreting complex health information, he has provided consumer advocacy content for CNN Health.com, WebMD.com, Onebody.com (Consensus Health Corporation), and HealthWorld Online. He is also a Senior Editor of the Natural Standard Research Collaboration (NaturalStandard.com) which provides evidence-based content to Intelihealth and CancerSource. His books include The American Holistic Health Association Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine (Warner) which received a "star review" from Publishers Weekly and was chosen a "Reader's Catalog Selection" by the New York Review of Books. His book Subtle Energy (Warner) has been published in eleven languages, and he is also author of Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Putnam/Perigee). He is on the editorial boards of Journal of Cancer Integrative Medicine, The International Journal of Healing and Caring, and Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine. William received his M.P.H. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley where he was a Murphy Fellow of the American Cancer Society. He received clinical training at the Menninger School of Psychiatry and Harvard's Mind/Body Medical Institute. |