National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
US government agency funding alternative medicine research
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| 2023 | William London, writing for Quackwatch, criticized NCCIH for misleading consumers and promoting complementary health practices, which he considered potentially equivalent to quackery. |
| 2019 | The Center for Inquiry conducted an analysis concluding that NCCIH continues to fund questionable science and recommended against reforming the current organization. |
| November 26 2018 | Helene Langevin assumes the role of director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. |
| August 29 2018 | NCCIH announced Helene Langevin as the new director, who was previously the director of the Osher Center and professor-in-residence of medicine at Harvard Medical School. |
| October 2017 | Josephine Briggs retired from her position as director of NCCIH. |
| December 2014 | NCCAM renamed to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) |
| 2012 | A study published in the Skeptical Inquirer examined NCCIH grants and awards from 2000 to 2011, totaling $1.3 billion, and concluded that no meaningful discoveries in complementary and alternative medicine were made. |
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