Amala Guha, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. Assistant Professor of Immunology and Medicine Department of Medicine Professional Background

Dr. Amala Guha is the founding Director of Complementary Alternative Supportive Care (CASC) at the UConn Health Center and the founding President of The International Society for Ayurveda and Health (ISAH). As the president the society, Dr. Guha leads a consortium of 11-medical schools that participates in the society’s activities at various levels.

Dr. Guha received her Doctoral Degree in Immunology from University of Allahabad, India in collaboration with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine (1990) followed by the fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, supported by the NIH training Grant. She received her graduate degree in Public Health from Connecticut School of Medicine (1997) and received her training in Ayurveda at Ayurvedic Medical College in Bombay (2002) and the University of Puna in Pune, India (2006). She teaches Ayurveda at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and leads Ayurveda Training Programs sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, in collaboration with The International Society for Ayurveda and Health (ISAH) and the University of Puna Ayurvedic Medical School India. Her research involves clinical Ayurvedic Medicine and Herbal Rasayanas in collaboration with Ayurvedic Medical Schools of India and the government of India. Dr. Guha is a fellow of The Leukemia Society of America.

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