Jennifer Rioux, PhD, AD, C-IAYT, RH

Jennifer Rioux

Jennifer Rioux, PhD, AD, C-IAYT, RH

Associate Professor adjunct


Dr. Rioux holds a PhD in Medical and Cultural Anthropology. Her research aims to understand Integrative Medicine as a social movement and holistic healers as communities of practice. She completed an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship though the National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health, focused on whole-systems and paradigm-consistent research designs. She has expertise in health justice, planetary health and the traditional world and indigenous medicinal sciences (TWIMS). She was previously on faculty at University of North Carolina, University of Arizona and University of New Mexico Schools of Medicine. She is Associate Professor, Integrative Medicine Programs, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Rioux is a Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine, Yoga Therapist and Botanical Medicine expert. She sees patients at the GW Center for Integrative Medicine.

Pronouns: She/Her