On November 16, 2002, Jim and a number of other individuals were presented with the Foundation's Founders Award. See photograph above.

 

Jim's award:

 

JAMES OSCHMAN, PhD
for your work in Biophysics and Biology and your distinction as an international authority on energy and complementary medicine; for your numerous articles and books on complementary medicine including Energy Medicine-The Scientific Basis that uses science to demystify this emerging form of healing; for initiating a scholarly discussion on complementary therapies and their potential to contribute to patient care; and for your service on the Scientific Advisory Committee of NFAM.

 

Founders Awards were given to the following (Listed in Alphabetical Order):

Candace Campbell: Executive Director of the national advocacy
organization, The American Association for Health Freedom, Campbell
has lobbied intensively for the passage of the "Access to Medical
Treatment Act" and her organization functions as the foremost
political voice protecting the rights of complementary and
alternative healthcare practitioners.

Larry Dossey, MD: Executive Editor of the peer-reviewed journal,
Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, Dr. Dossey is also the
author of nine books on the merging of spirituality and medicine.
Although deeply rooted in the scientific world, Dr. Dossey has
become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the
mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare.

Lothar Hirneise: Lothar Hirneise is President and Founder of
People against Cancer Germany, a non-profit organization
established to promote international research, education and
consulting regarding alternative, as well as conventional cancer
therapies. His latest book, Chemotherapy Cures Cancer and the World
is Flat, became a bestseller within a few months in Germany and it
includes Hirneise's research results on over 100 alternative cancer
therapies.

Wayne Jonas, MD: As the Director of the Office of Alternative
Medicine, now called The National Center for Complementary &
Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health from
1995-98, Dr. Jonas created 13 major research centers and managed
more than 50 research projects, helping to set the national agenda
for complementary and alternative medicine in the 21st century. Dr.
Jonas is currently the Director of the Samueli Institute, an
international research organization reviewing the biology of
healing and its relationship to health and disease.

Diane Ladd: Actress, director, producer, three-time Academy
Award nominee and winner of the British Academy Award, Ladd is a
passionate public advocate for complementary & alternative medicine
who has testified before Congress on CAM issues. Ladd is a
certified nutritional counselor and has authored a nutritional
health book, Spiraling Through the School of Life.

Ralph Moss, PhD: Dr. Moss is an internationally acclaimed and
respected science writer and patient advocate who has spent more
than 20 years traveling the world in search of valid alternative
cancer treatments. He is the author of 11 books and 3 documentaries
on cancer-related topics and publishes The Moss Reports for cancer
patients.

James Oschman, PhD: International authority and author of 2
books on energy medicine, Dr. Oschman, a former academic cell
biologist, has also published over 60 research articles. His goal
is to bridge the intellectual barriers between different approaches
to clinical medicine so that new discoveries can be made to enhance
patient care.

Linda Peeno, MD: Dr. Peeno is a former HMO medical reviewer and
hospital ethics committee chair who became a moral crusader against
the abuses of managed care. She is the nation's leading expert on
the operational and ethical problems of American corporate
healthcare. In the television movie made about her experiences,
actress Laura Dern portrayed her.

Candace Pert, PhD and Michael Ruff, PhD: A groundbreaking
neuroscientist and research professor, Dr. Pert is credited with
the discovery of the opiate receptor and is the author of the
best-selling book, Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You
Feel. She and Dr. Ruff, her research partner and husband, are
pioneers in the field of emotions and healing and the
interconnectedness of the brain and the nervous, endocrine and
immune systems. They are senior researchers at the Georgetown
University School of Medicine.

Joseph Pizzorno, Jr. ND: Dr. Pizzorno is the President Emeritus
of Bastyr University, an institution he co-founded in 1978 and that
now is the nation's leading academic center in the natural health
sciences. He is the author of three books on the healing traditions
of natural medicine and he is a physician, researcher, lecturer,
journal editor and educator with over 25 years of experience in the
field of natural health.

Bernie Siegel, MD: Internationally known inspirational speaker
and former surgeon, Dr. Siegel is the author of 8 books, including
Love, Medicine & Miracles. In 1978 he started Exceptional Cancer
Patients, an organization that focuses on the healing potential
present in every patient. Dr. Siegel is very involved in humanizing
medical education and in making the medical profession aware of the
mind-body connection in healing.

Susan Silberstein, PhD: Founder and Executive Director of The
Center for Advancement in Cancer Education, Dr. Silberstein
established this non-profit patient advisory and referral service
in 1977, following her young husband's death from cancer. She and
the staff of volunteers she has trained have counseled over 20,000
patients in the past 25 years without ever charging a fee.

Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, MD: An internationally recognized
cardiologist, Dr. Sodi-Pallares is also a cancer researcher and
author of 16 books and 300 scientific papers and has been awarded
over 100 honorary degrees. He achieved international fame by
demonstrating dramatic results treating cardiovascular diseases and
advanced cancers, and he currently collaborates with approximately
100 physicians in Central and South America.