SCOTTS VALLEY, CA. American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), a leader in development of herbal medicine standards and references, announced the appointment of Dawn Costa as the Program Director of AHP and the newly formed Global Alliance for Integrative Health & Medicine (GAIHM). As of June 1, 2026, Dawn Costa has begun to marshal the development of AHP monographs and oversee the content development, consensus building, and operations for all GAIHM initiatives.

"We are thrilled to welcome Dawn to the AHP-GAIHM team," said Roy Upton, President of AHP and a Founder of GAIHM. "Dawn brings decades of integrative health experience and expertise in content development and consensus building. This has always been the mainstay of AHP’s work and is critical to the success of GAIHM."

Before joining AHP-GAIHM, Dawn Costa served as Managing Editor of Integrative and Complementary Therapies, a peer-reviewed clinical journal on integrative health, and Publishing Editor at the Natural Standard Research Collaboration, a publisher of systematic reviews on botanical medicines and dietary supplements. Dawn Costa holds a Master of Science degree in Sustainability Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a graduate of the herbal science program at Bastyr University.

"I am incredibly excited to step into this role with AHP and GAIHM," said Dawn Costa. "I look forward to working with the team to build on AHP’s decades-long foundation and to elevate and amplify GAIHM’s mission to increase global access to evidence-based integrative, botanical, and traditional medicine."

About AHP and GAIHM

For more than 30 years, the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) has been dedicated to promoting the responsible use of herbal medicines, helping to ensure that they are used with the highest possible degree of efficacy and safety. AHP develops standards of identity, purity, quality, analysis, and therapeutic use for botanicals. AHP monographs represent the most comprehensive body of information on herbal medicines in the English language and serve as a primary reference for researchers, practitioners, manufacturers, and regulators.

Global Alliance for Integrative Health & Medicine (GAIHM) is an international collaboration dedicated to expanding access to evidence-based Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in healthcare. GAIHM unites practitioners, researchers, and advocates to shape a sustainable future where patient-centered, integrative care forms the foundation of global and planetary health.

For more information about AHP and GAIHM, please visit herbal-ahp.org and gaihm.org.

Contact:

Cathirose Petrone

Public Relations Director

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia

cathirose@herbal-ahp.org