New York: Sivarama P. Vinjamury has been bestowed with the President's Associates Outstanding Graduate Student Award of the california State University Fullerton.
In a statement, the university said Vinjamury is an accomplished professor, researcher and clinician - and will be adding his fourth degree - a master's degree in public health - to his list of accomplishments.
While pursuing his graduate degree, Vinjamury, who is married and the father of two children, has worked full-time at Whittier's Southern California University of Health Sciences in the College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
The La Mirada resident came to the United States from India in 2000 to continue his education. In India, Vinjamury received a bachelor's and a medical degree in ayurveda medicine, one of the world's oldest medical systems. It originated in India several thousand years ago and is considered complementary and alternative medicine in this country. He also is a licensed acupuncturist. In 2003, he earned a master's degree in oriental medicine from Southern California University of Health Sciences.
Vinjamury is a member of Eta Sigma Gamma, the national health education honor society, and is the Cal State Fullerton student member on the executive board of the Alternative and Complementary Special Interest Group under the American Public Health Association.
"My education at Cal State Fullerton has given me the confidence and knowledge to reach my career goals of serving the community through development of evidence-based programs and treatment methods," said Vinjamury, who also completed an internship at the City of Hope.
Vinjamury has conducted research as a graduate student, including working on two intervention studies for women with fibromyalgia. He is finishing his thesis on "Efficacy of Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia - A Randomized Clinical Trial" to assess the efficacy of acupuncture for pain and functionality in fibromyalgia patients.
His goal is to continue to conduct research on chronic pain, which he calls a major public health crisis in the United States. Vinjamury also plans to earn a doctorate in epidemiology and obtain federal funding to further his research to better understand the role of complementary and alternative medicine in public health.
(Compiled from a press release)
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