GrassrootsHealth Project Sponsors

Sponsors of GrassrootsHealth's D*action projects include individuals and organizations that actively endorse the Scientists' Call to Action to raise people's vitamin D blood levels to the healthy range of 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) and maintain them in that range year around.

Sponsorship Categories:

     - Medical Associations and Advocacy Groups
     - Clinics
     - Community Projects and Special Studies

Current Sponsors

Medical Associations and Advocacy Groups

D*action sponsors in this category endorse our scientists' recommendation for blood levels and take action by providing information and education to their members.

Ontario Medical Association; Section of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Ontario, Canada.

https://www.oma.org/

"The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) represents the political, clinical and economic interests of the province's medical profession. Practicing physicians, residents, and students enrolled in any of the six Ontario faculties of medicine are eligible for OMA membership."

Ontario Society of Physicians for Complementary Medicine. Ontario, Canada.
http://www.ospcm.org/

Direct-MS
http://www.direct-ms.org/aboutus.html

This charity is not about coping with the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis it's about defying it. They directly fund scientific research that properly tests the effectiveness of dietary strategies for slowing or halting MS progression and for preventing MS in the first place.

DIRECT-MS, "..is distinctly different from most other MS charities. First of all, as a grass-roots charity, DIRECT-MS is completely volunteer-driven with very low overhead costs and no paid staff. 99% of the funds raised through donations and events goes directly to funding scientific research or to making available information on nutrition and multiple sclerosis.

Furthermore, much of the information prepared and distributed by DIRECT-MS is not available from other MS charities that concentrate mainly on drug therapies. Although drug therapies are of some value, they do not address the causal factors of MS. DIRECT-MS believes that understanding the causal factors and using therapies that counter such factors hold the key to effectively treating MS and for preventing it in the first place."

InspireHealth Integrative Cancer Care

http://www.inspirehealth.ca/

InspireHealth is a world leader in cancer care. InspireHealth focuses on our patients’ health using an integrated approach that combines nutrition, exercise, emotional and spiritual support with standard cancer treatments. InspireHealth’s programs are evidence-based, we apply leading-edge immune system research to optimize cancer healing and recovery.

Clinic Sponsors

D*action sponsors in this category provide individual sponsorships to their clientele.

All About Children Pediatric Partners, P.C.
Active Staff at The Reading Hospital Medical Center and St Joseph's Medical Center. Reading, PA, USA.
http://www.aacpp.com/

655 Walnut Street
West Reading, PA 19611

"We provide, in a medical home setting, the finest quality health and preventive care to the children young adults of Berks County and surrounding area regardless of life situation or challenges."

Banner Functional & Complementary Medicine Clinic

                    Robert Banner, MD, CCFP (Member of The Canadian Academy of Pain Management)
                    620 Richmond Street, Unit 1 London, Ontario, Canada
                    N6A 5J9

Dr. Banner provides Individual sponsorship enrollment information in the D*action project to their patients.

"Robert Banner, MD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Anesthesiology and holds additional certification in Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is a member of many professional organizations and holds qualification with the American and Canadian Academies of Pain Management and the American Integrative and Holistic Medical Association. He is a consultant in the Multidisciplinary Pain Program at the University of Western Ontario. He uses traditional and complementary therapies in his practice including Prolotherapy, Neural Therapy, AK, and Nutritional and Functional Medicine."

Children's Health Services

                    Ruth Gingerich, CPNP, IBCLC (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Lactation                      Consultant)
                    25700 Canada Drive
                    Carmel, CA 93923
                    USA
                    831.624.9679

Children's Health Services provides well-baby/child through adolescent preventive health care, individualized vaccine schedule, and lactation help within well-baby visit. Also provides travel vaccines for all ages.

New Mexico Pain Management

                    http://www.personal-injury-clinic.com/
                    460 St. Michael's Drive, Building 200
                    Santa Fe, NM 87505
                    USA
                    800.702.NMPM

Homefirst Health Services

                    http://www.homefirst.com/
                    2000 Golf Road
                    Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-4216
                    USA
                    847.329.2020

Mattapan Community Health Center

                    http://www.matchc.org/
                    1425 Blue Hill Avenue
                    Mattapan, MA 02126
                    USA
                    617.296.0061

"Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC) is a comprehensive health delivery organization that serves individuals from the Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury and Hyde Park neighborhoods of Boston, as well as adjacent Boston suburbs like Brockton, Randolph, and Stoughton. It is the only community health center in Mattapan and Hyde Park."

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

                    http://www.roswellpark.org/
                    http://www.roswellpark.org/contact
                    Buffalo, NY
                    USA
                    877.ASK.RPCI (1-877-275-7724)

"Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. His revolutionary model of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer with scientists and clinicians working in concert and in consult has become the standard by which all modern-day comprehensive cancer centers are measured.

RPCI is among the first and only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Institute designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Many RPCI faculty serve on the NCCN panels that create the Clinical Practice Guidelines in OncologyTM â€“ the internationally recognized standards for clinical policy in oncology, and the most comprehensive, most frequently updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine.
Over its long history, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education."

Community Projects and Special Studies

GrassrootsHealth, in conjunction with its partner, World Health Action LLC, leads community projects and partners in scientific studies with extensive data management and project management services.

Breast Cancer Prevention Study in Northwest Arkansas.

The Breast Cancer Prevention Study in Northwest Arkansas was initiated by Bio-Tech Pharmacal and is co-sponsored by GrassrootsHealth and many independent sponsors.

Bio-Tech Pharmacal
http://www.biotechpharmacal.com/

Bio-Tech Pharmacal provides free vitamin D supplements and co-sponsorship to the Northwest Arkansas Breast Cancer Prevention study. Women 60 and over who do not currently have cancer or treatment for cancer may enroll.

Breast Cancer Prevention Month Project- October 2011

Breast Cancer Prevention Month is a special project sponsored by GrassrootsHealth that began October 1, 2011. During the month of October, this project will enroll 1000 women aged 60 and over in a scientific study to demonstrate health outcomes of women participating by testing vitamin D levels and tracking health outcomes for a 5 year period.