Dr. Jerrilyn Cambron, professor at
National University, has been elected "president elect" for
the Massage Therapy Foundation. Her position
will begin in March of 2013, and she will serve her two-year term
as president from 2014 - 2016.
Dr. Cambron was previously elected to the Foundation's board of
trustees in 2010, and became a vice president of the organization
in 2012.
The focus of the Foundation is to "advance the knowledge and
practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research,
education, and community service."
Dr. Cambron says, "These three tenets of research, education,
and community service are exactly what I stand for as well, so
as a massage therapist, the Foundation was a natural match for
me. "
"The Massage Therapy Foundation's work is very exciting," says
Dr. Cambron. "We have an international massage therapy research
conference coming up, and also an online open-source journal that is indexed in
PubMed. The Foundation gives out funding for research and community
service projects, and is starting a webinar series on how to write
case reports. In fact, we have a case-report contest for both
students and practitioners." says Dr. Cambron.
Dr. Cambron serves on the faculty of National University's
Research Department and in addition to her doctor of chiropractic
degree, holds both a master's degree in public health and PhD from
the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
She is also a licensed massage therapist and founder of MassageNet, a
practice-based research network for massage therapists.