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IMAGINE Project

 

Welcome to the IMAGINE Project at SIO

What is the IMAGINE Project?

The IMAGINE Project is an implementation project funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr. Jun J. Mao, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service and Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

Implementing Massage & Acupuncture Into Oncology Care (IMAGINE) will implement evidence-based oncology acupuncture and massage protocols in 35 academic and community cancer centers/programs across the United States. These protocols were previously established as safe and effective in the PCORI-funded IMPACT trial which compared acupuncture and massage for pain in people with advanced cancer. Read more about the IMAGINE Project on the PCORI website.

How is SIO involved?

As the leading international, multidisciplinary organization in the field of integrative oncology, SIO is thrilled to be a partner with MSK in the IMAGINE project, which aligns with SIO’s mission to advance evidence-based, comprehensive integrative healthcare to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

Who is participating?

IMAGINE Project Sites:

    • Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine
    • Allina Health: including Allina Health Cancer Institute (AHCI) and Penny George Institute for Health and Healing (PGIHH)
    • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • City of Hope Atlanta
    • City of Hope Chicago
    • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • City of Hope Orange County
    • City of Hope Phoenix
    • Cleveland Clinic
    • Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
    • Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
    • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
    • (MSK Alliance) Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital
    • Henry Ford Health
    • Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Mass General Brigham
    • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
    • MediSys/Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
    • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Ochsner Health
    • Osher Center for Integrative Health, The University of Vermont
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
    • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
    • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    • Center for East-West Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (Osher Center for IM)
    • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ Basnight Cancer Center
    • University of California, San Diego, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
    • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center / Osher Center for Integrative Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center-Central PA Region
    • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University

 PCORI Statement

This work was funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Dissemination and Implementation Award (DI-2024C1-37390). The statements in this work are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee.

Contact us

For more information, please email Janet Liu, SIO Project Coordinator (janet@integrativeonc.org)