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.