LIFE program gets results, studies sayby Roger Brigham

Jeffrey Leiphart, Ph.D., center, with staff
and interns from Shanti's LIFE
Institute. Photo: Rick Gerharter

Two recent extensive national and state studies have affirmed what Learning Immune Function Enhancement program administrators felt anecdotally: the program works.


"The studies showed positive outcomes in all areas, especially in medication adherence, psychological functioning, and reduced substance abuse," said Jeffrey Leiphart, Ph.D., director of Shanti's LIFE Institute. "We were really surprised at that. It never occurred to us we would get such a big outcome on that."
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Arbitrator clears Shanti's name AIDS charity wins $711,000 from former auditorsby Kathleen Sullivan

Shanti Project, an AIDS services provider that got into trouble with The City in 1993 over its billing practices, is hailing an arbitrator's decision as a complete vindication of the organization.
Arbitrator Jeffery Martin has ordered Antonini Professional Corp. of San Francisco, Shanti's former auditors, to pay the nonprofit group $711,850 in damages, including $449,748 to repay a debt incurred to The City in the 1991-92 fiscal year.

Paul Vander Waerdt, director of development and marketing for the 15-year-old Shanti, applauded the award Monday.

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