2007.02.22: Fredi Kronenberg, PhD - Herbal Therapies and Integrative Approaches to Women's Health

Fredi Kronenberg, PhD Herbal Therapies and Integrative Approaches to Women's Health Join host Michael Lerner in conversation with Dr. Fredi Kronenberg, founding director of the The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Kronenberg has done research on herbal treatment of menopause and other women’s health issues using ethnobotany, Chinese medicine, nutrition, and integrative medicine approaches. Dr. Fredi Kronenberg Dr. Fredi Kronenberg is professor of Clinical Physiology and director of the The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received her BS from Cornell University in neurobiology and behavior and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in physiology, where she researched thermoregulatory and reproductive physiology. Her postdoctoral research at Columbia University initiated her work in women’s health and menopause. She is a leading expert in the endocrinology and thermoregulatory physiology of menopausal hot flashes, and alternative therapies to treat them. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.