Dear Dr. Blum,

I assume you sent this e-mail with the hopes that it would generate a
response. So it has with me. Having been a doctor of chiropractic before I
indulged in the research world, I too am able to cross the bridge between the
two camps. As President of Southern California University of Health
Sciences, part of my vision is that the University can now incorporate a
"Center" or an "Institute for Research in Chiropractic Technique". We are
inclined to do such in our new structure. What we lack is the financial
resources to assume new projects and provide the people power to carry out
the research that is so badly needed.

If there was any way you could help marshal the financial resources of the
technique world and bring it in closer proximity with the academic and
research world, we could develop a team that would move this profession ahead
in a way we have never before experienced.

I am interested in knowing your feelings regarding the establishment of a
partnership under the auspices of an academic institute or research center.
Could you bring the technique community into such an arena? Would they be
willing to work with us so that whatever research is conducted is done in a
fashion that is scientifically meritorious and at the same time unbiased
towards any particular technique.

We need to dialogue more on this issue.

Reed Phillips, DC
President Southern California University of Health Sciences
(Formally Los Angeles Chiropractic College)