Jerrilyn Cambron, DC, MPH, PhD, LMT
Dean, College of Allied Health Sciences & Distance
Education
Professor, Research
Jerrilyn Cambron
received her DC degree from National University of Health Sciences
(then National College of Chiropractic) in 1991, and received her
MPH and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago in
1999 and 2005. She then completed a certification program in
massage therapy at NUHS in 2006.
Dr. Cambron is currently the Dean of the College of Allied Health
Sciences and Distance Education and a professor in the department of
research at NUHS. She is also a faculty member in the
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division of the School of Public
Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has taught
numerous research-related courses including introduction to
research and biostatistics, epidemiology, public health,
practice-based research, critical appraisal of the literature, and
writing case studies.
She served as a principal investigator on research studies
focused on massage therapy and chiropractic care for 20+ years and
has received funding for several research projects from federal
agencies such as NIH and HRSA, as well as private foundations such
as the Massage Therapy Foundation and the Foundation for
Chiropractic Education and Research.
Dr. Cambron is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of
Bodywork and Movement Therapies, a peer-reviewed journal
focused on providing evidence about manual therapies and movement
techniques. She is also the immediate past-president of the Massage Therapy
Foundation, where she served as president for four years and
continues to serve on the Board of Trustees.
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