Dr. Lynda Balneaves
Weeding Out Fact From Fiction: Cannabis Use Among Seniors
May 13th, 2020
https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/nursing/academic_staff/Balneaves.html
Dr. Balneaves has been a nursing leader in the fields of psychosocial oncology, shared treatment decision making and complementary and integrative health care. She is the Principal Investigator of the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes (CAMEO) research program (www.cameoprogram.org) and has published and presented on topics related to knowledge translation, integrative oncology, and treatment decision making. She is currently the President of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and is Deputy Director of the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC). She teaches a graduate level course in evidence-informed practice, and supervises students interested in the treatment decision-making process, the lived experiences of people affected by cancer, complementary and integrative health care, medical and non-medical cannabis, and mixed methods. Dr. Balneaves has been the recipient of the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology Award of Excellence in Nursing Research and the Award of Excellence in Research from the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia.
