Professor Stephen Myers PhD BMed ND
Professor Myers is the Foundation Director of NatMed Research, the Natural and Complementary Medicine Research Unit in the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University. He initially qualified as a naturopathic practitioner (ND) and later in western medicine (BMed). He has a PhD in basic & clinical pharmacology and has been extensively involved with naturopathic medicine education at an undergraduate and postgraduate level in Australia for the past 20 years and is actively engaged in research in herbal medicine, nutraceuticals, therapeutic foods and in public health issues in complementary medicine. He has acted as consultant to industry, government and educational institutions on a broad range of issues involving natural medicine. In 1997 he was appointed by the Australian Commonwealth Government to the Complementary Medicine Evaluation Committee (CMEC) which is a statutory expert advisory committee to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). In 2003 he was appointed to the Australian Commonwealth Government’s Expert Committee on Complementary Medicine in the Health System which reviewed complementary medicines and practices in Australia. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Lady Cilento Award by the Complementary Healthcare Council which is awarded to individuals who have made a significant and sustained contribution to the field of complementary medicine over many years.
