This themed paper session will focus on several key areas in IM that have either been poorly or under-researched,or that are beginning to have substantial ramifications for the future health policy of Integrative Medicine (IM).The two key areas that will be explored are (1) the intrinsic relationship between CAM and traditional medicine (TM),and (2) the expanding relationship between biomedicine and CAM in the context of inter-professional education/collaboration (IPE/C).