AIH–FOH–GIRI Conference: A Brief Report October 20–22, 2023

Paolo Bellavite, Flavio Dantas, Francisco Eizayaga (from left to right)

During the third weekend of October 2023, three organizations came together to jointly sponsor a research conference, “Groundbreaking Science: Homeopathy and the Future of Global Health,” dealing with homeopathy and ultra-high dilutions (UHD).

The American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH; United States), the Faculty of Homeopathy (FOH; UK), and the Groupe International de Recherche sur l'Infinitésimal (GIRI; International Research Group on Very Low Dose and High Dilution Effects; https://giri-society.org/) hosted the first large-scale homeopathic research conference in the United States, the host country. It was the 36th GIRI Meeting since that organization's founding in 1985 and held at UCONN Health, a major medical school and teaching hospital located in Connecticut.

This event featured leading research scientists and physicians from around the world presenting the latest basic science and preclinical and clinical research in homeopathy. Approximately 100 persons were in attendance with nearly 400 virtual attendees participating from over 25 different countries. Seven booths were set up in the exhibition hall by various homeopathic organizations and companies. Keller Auditorium, the meeting hall, was quite comfortable and a perfect size to hold such a congress. Attendees were from across the spectrum: lay, medical professionals, and neophytes. One of the reasons why it was so well attended was because the organizers (Peter Gold of Gold & Partners, LLC, was the main coordinator) somehow managed to keep the price of the entry ticket low: US$60! I could have chosen the word “cheap” to describe this special price, but if I did, you might think that the quality of programming was such, which it was not.

Ronald Whitmont, Raj Manchanda, Leoni Bonamin, Laurie Grossman, Richard Moskowitz, Francisco Eizayaga, Lee Kayne, Todd Hoover, Kim Elia, Flavio Oliveira Dantas, Rachel Roberts, and Paolo Bellavite were some of the luminaries who attended this important conference in person.

The conference came to an end early Sunday afternoon with a presentation of awards for the best poster talks, an announcement of the next GIRI conference (Slovenia, November 2024), and concluding remarks by conference leaders Carla Holandino, Gary Smyth, and Alex Bekker.

This abbreviated report is only meant to pique your appetite, as abstracts and more from the entire conference can be accessed on the web.

Note

Please visit these Web sites:

• https://www.facultyofhomeopathy.org/articles/joint-research-conference-2023.

• https://homeopathyusa.org/conference-bios-and-abstracts-2023/.

• http://hri-research.org/.

Publication History

Article published online:
04 January 2024