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Cleveland University-Kansas City named member of RAND REACH Center

Chiropractic Economics Staff May 9, 2025

RAND ResearchCleveland University-Kansas City (CUKC) has become an institutional member of the RAND Research Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Center.

CUKC is now among 17 member institutions in North America, seven of which have DC degree programs. Nine others have complementary and integrative healthcare programs such as Chinese medicine, acupuncture, naturopathic medicine and massage therapy.

In addition, two individuals will represent the university in this new venture. Carl Cleveland III, DC, CUKC president, was selected as a RAND REACH Executive Committee member, and Mark Pfefer, DC, CUKC director of research, was named as a Research Advisory Board member. Based in Santa Monica, California, RAND is a global, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with information needed to make evidence-based decisions.

“A growing list of research studies and reviews demonstrates that the services provided by doctors of chiropractic represent a clinically effective, nonpharmacological approach to pain management,” Cleveland said. “The evidence shows that when chiropractic services are part of an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, this results in a shift to a low-cost, low-tech, high-satisfaction patient model.”

Collaboration partners

“Being accepted as a member of the RAND REACH organization opens doors to widespread collaborative research opportunities and will bring educational opportunities and research support for CUKC researchers and faculty,” Pfefer said. “This process will ultimately impact the delivery of safe and effective, evidence-informed care for the community and patients we serve.”

The RAND REACH Center is a collaboration between RAND and member institutions that train complementary and integrative health (CIH) practitioners. Its purpose is to leverage the research infrastructure at RAND to support collaborative research across and within these institutions in support of collectively beneficial health policy.

The RAND REACH Center envisions a multidisciplinary system of healthcare that offers patients access to a wide variety of evidence-based, safe, effective options to improve their health. The CIH Research Network is a web-based platform that supports researchers who are members of the REACH Center.

About Cleveland University-Kansas City (CUKC)

Founded in 1922, Cleveland University-Kansas City (CUKC) is an independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited institution of higher education. Through the College of Chiropractic and the College of Health Sciences, the institution fulfills an ongoing mission to educate and develop leaders in health promotion. To learn more about CUKC, visit cleveland.edu. CUKC also has a research website.

About the RAND REACH Center

The RAND REACH Center is a collaboration between RAND and member institutions that train complementary and integrative health (CIH) practitioners. Its purpose is to leverage the research infrastructure at RAND to support collaborative research across and within these institutions.

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Filed Under: School News Tagged With: Carl Cleveland, Cleveland University-Kansas City, Mark Pfefer, RAND Research Center

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