About Us

The Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for CAM Research (IN-CAM) is an interdisciplinary, collaborative research network, created to foster excellence in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)* research in Canada.

Since it’s launch in 2004, IN-CAM’s innovative approach to networking has helped to define a CAM research community in Canada. CAM researchers now have a place to gather, share their research results, and develop collaborative projects.

IN-CAM's activities include:
  • Maintaining an interactive website, with a rich database of information related to CAM research and individuals interested in CAM research.
  • Hosting an bi-annual IN-CAM Research Symposium, which brings together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and educators in the CAM field. The symposium provides an opportunity to share research findings and discuss emerging issues and topics in the CAM field in the Canadian context.
  • Linking with networks, organizations and educational institutions to develop partnerships that further IN-CAM’s objectives and streamline research initiatives within the CAM field.

IN-CAM was co-founded and is co-directed by Dr. Heather Boon and Dr. Marja Verhoef.

Dr. Heather Boon is a pharmacist and medical sociologist with an interest in CAM at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. For more information on Dr. Boon, please visit: http://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/graduate/faculty/boon.jsp

Dr. Marja Verhoef is a health services researcher who holds a Canada Research Chair in Complementary Medicine at the University of Calgary's Department of Community Health Sciences. For more information on Dr. Verhoef, please visit: http://www.ucalgary.ca/marjaverhoef/.

Both Drs. Boon and Verhoef have been involved in CAM research network development and implementation in Canada, through the Toronto CAM Research Network, the CAM Education and Research Network of Alberta (CAMera) and the Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network.



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* IN-CAM has adopted the definition of complementary and alternative medicine provided by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) as a working definition.

2 Mar 10