The Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies (CSCAT) at the University of Virginia was established in 1993 as one of the original NIH-funded centers to stimulate research in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The research theme in the CSCAT has focused on pain and pain-related symptoms as well as the study of basic physiological mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of selected CAM modalities.  A range of research opportunities exists in the five CAM program areas.

The CSCAT promotes information exchange through seminars, generates new research ideas, and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among students, trainees and faculty in four major schools within the University of Virginia (Schools of Nursing, Medicine [particularly Neuroscience Department], Engineering and Applied Science's Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Curry School of Education). The CSCAT provides superb facilities at the University of Virginia where CAM research is carried out and research training provided for both pre- and postdoctoral trainees.

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