World’s Largest Prize for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Posted October 26, 2009

Dr. Badri Rickhi: photo courtesy Dr. Rogers PrizeDr. Badri (Bud) Rickhi from the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine is one of the award winners of the world’s Largest Prize for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Rickhi and Dr. Hall Gunn from Vancouver have been recognized as “agents of change” in the revolutionary movement toward an integrative approach to clinical medical practice and have split the $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary & Alternative Medicine for 2009.

In the 1980’s Rickhi trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic, Japanese and Tibetan medicine. He established the Research Centre for Alternative Medicine, now the Canadian Institute for Natural and Integrative Medicine (CINIM), and played a key role in establishing the Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal College. Rickhi has been very successful in alleviating depression with his integrative approach and most recently has focused on teen depression.

In keeping with Canada’s recognized international leadership in the use and development of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatments, the Dr. Rogers Prize is Canadian in origin, and is synonymous with exceptional achievement in the field. The award is named for Dr. Roger Hayward Rogers, a Vancouver doctor and CAM pioneer who was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 2001 for his work in providing non-traditional therapies to cancer patients.

The largest prize of its kind, the $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize recognizes the important contributions of researchers, practitioners and others to health care in Canada. The biennial competition for the Prize is open to individuals who have made significant contributions to complementary or alternative medicine within Canada.

More information on the Dr. Rogers Prize for excellence in Complementary & Alternative Medicine