Thanks to the generosity and vision of Richard "Dick" Krupp, UC San Diego has established the Krupp Endowed Fund (KEF). The primary aim of the KEF is to support research examining natural complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine approaches that show the greatest promise for bettering human health for the largest number of people, at the lowest cost, without relying on prescription drugs or surgery. Watch the video below to learn more about our history and mission.
Richard "Dick" Krupp grew up with chronic asthma and modest means, but his life changed when he began exploring health and nutrition through the work of pioneers like Adele Davis and Carlton Fredericks. Turning to natural approaches—diet, herbs, vitamins—he dramatically improved his own health and began sharing these methods with others, seeing similarly powerful results.
Believing that millions could benefit from natural healing, he sought to back these approaches with scientific research. In 1997, he established a trust at UC San Diego and later expanded his support through a transformative gift to the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine. Inspired by the Center's mission to serve all communities, he also helped bring Frazier Farms, a natural grocery store, to San Diego.
Dick passed away on January 1, 2015. His generosity and belief in the healing power of food continue to shape the future of integrative health through the Krupp Endowed Fund.
Director, UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research
Co-Director, UC San Diego Krupp Center for Integrative Research
Managing Director, UC San Diego Centers for Integrative Health
- Shahrokh (Shah) Golshan, PhD
- Nigel Crawford, PhD
- Lauray MacElhern, MBA
- Chris D'Adamo, PhD
- Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
- Tatyana Shekhtman, MS, PMC
- Phoebe Senowitz, M.Ed., NBC-HWC, CHES
- Renu Sugathan
- Kathleen Bundy, MS, RDN
- Chloe Delgado Ramirez, BA
- Jessica Matthews, DBH, NBC-HWC, DipACLM
- Leslie J. Sebastian
- Joshua Shelton (Chair)
- Larry Cooper, Esq.
- Daniel Vicario, MD
- Cindy Leeder, DC
- Lauray MacElhern, MBA
- Z'ev Rosenberg, LAc
- Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
- Seema Aceves, MD, PhD
- Sanjay Agarwal, MD
- Hossein Ansari, MD
- Ellen Beck, MD
- Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH
- Tim Brown, PhD
- Ru Bryan, PhD
- Laura Buehning, MD, MPH
- Marcia Ellison, PhD
- Lauren Foster, PhD
- Alessandra Franco, MD, PhD
- Linda Hill, MD, MPH
- Suzi Hong, PhD
- Chad Hutchison, MSN, RN
- Wonkyu Ju, PhD
- Carrie Jung, MD
- Hyeoneui Kim, RN, MPH, PhD
- Hollis King, DO, PhD
- David Kunkel, MD
- Thomas Liu, PhD
- Emily Lukacz, MD
- Lauray MacElhern, MBA
- Paul Mills, PhD
- Sonia Ponce, MD
- Erin Raskin, MS, LAc, DACM
- Ravinder Reddy, MD
- Byron Richard, MS, RD, CDE
- Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH
- Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD
- Dorothy Sears, PhD
- David Shannahoff-Khalsa
- Tanya Shekhtman
- I-Wei Shu, MD, PhD
- Amy Sitapati, MD
- Mamata Sivagnanam, MD
- Daniel Slater, MD
- Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD
- Pam Taub, MD
- Robert Terkeltaub, MD
- Luke Thompson, PhD
- Francisco Villarreal, MD, PhD
- Kenneth Vitale, MD
- Sonya Wang, MD
- Robert Weinreb, MD
- Linda Zangwill, PhD