Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health | Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC College of Medicine

Dr. Cotton is a licensed clinical psychologist and founding director of the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness and UC Health Integrative Medicine. A Professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Cotton has an active research lab with ongoing clinical studies focusing primarily on mindfulness-based interventions and integrative medicine practice-based research. In 2007, Dr. Cotton was awarded a K23 career development award by the National Institutes of Health to examine the role of spiritual coping and health-related quality of life in adolescents with a chronic illness. A former Board member for the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health, she is often invited to speak with community organizations and businesses, healthcare audiences, and academics about mind-body medicine for stress reduction, and preventive and wellness-based approaches to healthcare.

Mladen Golubic, MD, PhD, has worked in the fields of immunogenetics and molecular and cancer biology, contributing to the understanding of interactions between the environment and our genes. His clinical work focuses now on lifestyle-related chronic diseases.

As an internist, Dr. Golubic has practiced and directed educational and research activities within integrative and lifestyle medicine since 2009 with a group of exceptional lifestyle medicine professionals (dietitians, chefs, yoga instructors, exercise physiologists, meditation teachers, etc.) within the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

Outside of the health system, he enjoys time with his family and spending time outdoors.

Jalicia Bin Hamid, MS, Program Manager

Jalicia Bin Hamid is a dedicated health and wellness professional with a Master of Science in Health and Wellness Management and a graduate certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching. With a strong foundation in large-scale program management and health education, she brings a strategic and innovative approach to advancing well-being at both individual and community levels. Jalicia is deeply passionate about health equity and lifestyle medicine, striving to create accessible, sustainable wellness solutions. Known for her organizational and creative problem-solving skills, she thrives in complex, mission-driven environments where collaboration and impact go hand in hand.

Dr. Chef Stephanie Michalak White is the Culinary Medicine Director at the Osher Center for Integrative Health and an assistant professor within UC College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.

A chef, educator, and researcher, Dr. White brings over a decade of diverse experience in hospitality and culinary education leadership. Her doctoral research explored food insecurity in higher education, published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, and she has presented at conferences such as Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives on advising patients and clients on a limited budget, and the Food as Medicine Global Conference on food literacy in health and wellness, and has been featured in numerous media outlets and podcasts.

In her role as Culinary Medicine Director, she leads culinary medicine programming and will oversee the John & Carrie Hayden Community Learning Kitchen, a transformational space dedicated to bringing food as medicine education and experiences to all, opening in March 2026.