Susan Arentz
Affiliation: National Institute of Complementary Medicine, Western Sydney University, Building 5, Campbelltown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia
Institution: National Institute of Complementary Medicine, Western Sydney University
ORCID: 0000-0002-6721-472X
External IDs: Scopus Author ID: 36130109100
Works: 52, Cited by: 874, H-index: 12
Susan Arentz has over 20 years translational research experience in integrative gynecology, women's health promotion, women's mental and emotional health and women's public health issues and a focus on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TICM). She provides expert consultancy to leading organizations including the World Naturopathic Federation, Fertility Coalition, and Barwon Health. Dr Arentz’s expert knowledge of clinical trials and evidence synthesis has informed clinical practice guidelines, and the implementation of clinical recommendations for clinicians and consumers. Dr Arentz’s research is grounded in her clinical practice as a naturopathic practitioner. She works in an integrative gynecology setting providing collaborative team-based healthcare with specialist multidisciplinary teams, including leading academic obstetricians, gynecologists, physiotherapists and reproductive endocrinologists. As Adjunct research fellow at NICM Health Research Institute and as Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Herbal and Naturopathic Medicine, the journal for the Naturopaths and Herbalist Association of Australia (NHAA), Dr Arentz is committed to building research capacity and quality of TCIM research in Australia. She is an experienced lecturer in western herbal medicine, nutrition and naturopathic clinical practice.
Research Interests
Keywords:
Integrative Medicine Complementary and Traditional (Indigenous) Medicine Clinical practice guidelines Clinical trials Systematic review
Topics:
Integrative Medicine Gynecology Women's Health Traditional Medicine Clinical Trials
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Selected Publications
Hypericum extracts alleviate anxiety symptoms
Sevastre-Berghian AC, Toma VA, Sevastre B, Hanganu D, Vlase L, et al. Characterization and biological effects of Hypericum extracts on experimentally-induced - anxiety, oxidative stress and inflammation in rats. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2018;69. doi:10.26402/jpp.2018.5.13
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