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CAMEO Research Team
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Lynda G. Balneaves, RN, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lynda Balneaves is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, an Affiliate Nurse Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency. She also holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR) New Investigator Award.
For the past 12 years, Lynda has focused her research program primarily on the health care decisions made by people living with, or at risk, for cancer. She has held a special interest in how individuals and families touched by cancer can be best supported in making safe and informed treatment decisions about complementary medicine (CAM). To this end, Lynda has been involved in numerous nationally-funded projects that have explored the treatment decision-making processes and information needs of cancer patients who are using CAM. In addition, Lynda has been a co-investigator on several research studies that have examined the efficacy of select CAM modalities. |
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Marja J. Verhoef, PhD
Co-Investigator
Marja J.Verhoef, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Marja also holds a Canada Research Chair in Complementary Medicine research. Her research focuses on a wide range of factors related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as factors that impact on CAM use, making the decision to use CAM, patient-provider communication about CAM, information needs, meaning and importance of evidence and integration of CAM in conventional medicine. She is also very interested in methodological issues such as identifying and developing appropriate designs to evaluate whole systems of treatment and care, as well as appropriate outcome measures to evaluate such systems. She is Co-Chair of the Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for CAM Research (IN-CAM). |
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Tracy Truant, RN, MSN
Co-Investigator
Tracy is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia and Co-Chair of the Complementary Medicine Special Interest Group, CANO/ACIO. Over the past 2 years, Tracy has held a variety of practice, education, and leadership roles at the local, provincial and national levels. Currently, she focuses her time as Co-Investigator of the CAMEO Program at the BC Cancer Agency, exploring the best ways to facilitate the uptake of evidence-based CAM information, education and decision support interventions that will benefit patients and familes in the clincial setting. |
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Brenda Ross, RN, BScN
Research Nurse Coordinator
Brenda Ross is proud to have worked in a variety of clinical, education, research, and management positions throughout her thirty-five year career in oncology nursing. Her passion for melding patient education and research led to a Fellowship in Research Utilization in Cancer Nursing (2004). Brenda received the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) Award for Excellence in Education (2006). In addition, Brenda served as Project Lead Phase One and Readying for Phase Two for the CANO National Strategy for Chemotherapy Administration (2008-2010).Currently, Brenda is a Research Nurse Coordinator at the BC Cancer Agency’s innovative CAMEO Program and develops education programs for patients and staff to support informed decision-making about complementary medicine and cancer. |
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Margurite Wong, RN, BA, BSN (Hon)
Research Nurse Coordinator
Margurite Wong brings a wealth of nursing experience to the CAMEO team, including her staff nurse roles in hospice and acute palliative care, the inpatient oncology unit, and most recently as an Education Resource Nurse, at the Vancouver Centre of the BCCA. In the position of CAMEO Research Nurse Coordinator, Margurite will assist in the identification of patient and oncology health professionals' information and decision support needs related to CAM, as well as in the design, development, and uptake of educational and decision support interventions to meet these needs. Margurite will provide important clinical and educator knowledge and skills to enable the CAMEO program to achieve these goals. |
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Antony Porcino, BSc, PhD (candidate)
Project Director
Antony Porcino had been working in the field of CAM and CAM research for over 10 years, starting as a practitioner, and then as Deputy Registrar Research and Credentials for a national CAM practitioner association, before returning to school in 2006 to complete a PhD in health services research with a focus on CAM resarch design issues under Dr. Marja Verhoef. He is interested in research education and translating research results into action. Antony is excited to be applying his skills in management and research design to co-create and manage the many research programs at CAMEO. |
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Karen Cooke, MA
Project Director, MyChoices: Managing Menopause after Breast Cancer
Karen Cooke has been working in the field of complementary medicine research for the past 12 years in many environments including UBC, the Centre for Integrated Healing (now named InspireHealth), and the CAMEO program. Her work has focused on evaluating complementary and integrative approaches to health care, exploring methodological approaches for evaluating complementary therapies, and educating patients and health care providers about complementary therapies. In her present role, Karen is managing the CAMEO research project related to the development and evaluation of a natural health product decision aid for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer treatment. |
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Last updated: September 12, 2011 |
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